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Franklin Graham Defends Himself from Birtherism Charges by Engaging in… Birtherism

By Sarah Posner

…rly vetted him before they swore him into office. I’m sure somebody had to look at his credentials. I’m not saying the President is a Muslim, never said he’s a Muslim. He says he’s a Christian. There is the issue of his birth. Under Shari’ah law, Islamic law, which is not legal in the United States, he was born a Muslim because his father is a Muslim. That’s why [Muammar al-Gaddafi] calls him “my son.” The President has renounced Islam. He says he…

Who’s Really Politicizing School Shootings?

By Chrissy Stroop

…his light, right-wing calls to stop “politicizing” mass shootings start to look about as apolitical as the “Jesus 2020” campaign—that is, not apolitical at all. And there’s plenty of evidence to back up Stoehr’s point. Republicans—and right-wing Christians in particular—have been exploiting mass shootings to pursue their goals since at least the Columbine school shooting in 1999, in the aftermath of which they created a whole “martyrdom” craze aro…

No One Can Tell I’m a Muslim: All-American Muslim Debuts

By Su?ad Abdul Khabeer

…centerpiece, invoked by two female cast members who opine that they don’t “look” Muslim. And it makes an appearance in another cast member’s struggle with infertility. It’s highly likely that her attempt to gain God’s favor includes more than wearing a headscarf, yet the show focuses solely on what she wears on her head. And it’s important to note that all this “women in Islam” talk occurs alongside the conspicuous absence of any discussion of mas…

Rep. Pelosi, Can I Tweet You Some Lewd Photos?

By Sarah Sentilles

…someone accountable, then I have some other “lewd” photographs for you to look at, and I’d be more than happy to open a Twitter account so I can send them to you. There seems to be an enthusiastic eagerness to hold—or at least to pretend to hold—philandering men accountable for their adulterous behavior, and to be sure, there’s been a never-ending parade of them for us to wag our fingers at—Clinton, Spitzer, Ensign, Pickering, Edwards, Sanford, S…

The Right is Deeply Divided Over Support for Israel — Though It’s Not About Justice for Palestinians

By Ben Lorber

…re host Matt Walsh tweeted to his 2.5 million followers that “the absolute number one priority of the United States right now should be to protect American lives and avoid getting our nation involved in a disastrous conflict overseas.” North Dakota State Representative Brandon Prichard, a Christian nationalist, echoed Walsh, tweeting that “US tax dollars are better spent at our own border or on combatting addiction than being sent to Israel.” On h…

T-Paw Doesn’t Have a Pastor Problem, He Has a Pawlenty Problem

By Sarah Posner

…rticularly inspiring candidate. Coppins opines that evangelical voters are looking for “fire and brimstone,” not Pawlenty’s version of Minnesota nice. But that’s a far too narrow lens through which to view their desires. Yes, Rick Perry’s prayer fest is focused on averting God’s judgment for America’s supposed sins, but if you look at the rise of Michele Bachmann, she appears to be scoring points with voters by embracing a Christian Americanism th…

The White Christian Moderate Is Our “Great Stumbling Block”

By Thomas Greene

…ument from me or other liberals will do much against their ideology. So, I look to the man I spoke of earlier for guidance. Should I respond as he responded? I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro’s great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen’s Counciler or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to “order” than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the a…

Why We Should Stop Trying to Pigeonhole This Pope

By David R. Brockman

…erican Right, he calls upon Americans not to “be taken aback” by the sheer number of immigrants, “but rather [to] view them as persons, seeing their faces and listening to their stories.” On the other hand, Francis’ critique of capitalism emphasizes the collective over against individualism. Quoting from the encyclical Laudato si, Francis calls business “a noble vocation,” but stresses that it should regard “the creation of jobs as an essential pa…

How to Prevent Ethnic Cleansing in Syria

By Haroon Moghul

…he dark side of democratization: When peoples want sovereignty, they don’t look kindly on other peoples who might physically be in their way. Tellingly, this region was, like the Balkans, part of the Ottoman Empire for centuries. Frequently, the conflict in Syria has been compared to the conflict in Bosnia—it wasn’t a comparison I would have made, but recently the spectre of ethnic cleansing threatens to consume Syria as it did its neighbor in Ira…

Documenting the Struggle and Suicide of a Young Woman, ‘Dear Alana’ Podcast Raises Questions About Queer Identity and the Catholic Church

By Abigail Battles

…le for the tragic end to Alana Chen’s life? What would accountability even look like? Fung doesn’t offer easy answers, preferring instead to let the questions linger in listeners’ minds: Who is responsible when something goes wrong? It’s almost as if, by design, no one is. The Church can stay in its own protected spiritual lane and claim that it leaves the mental health to the therapists. But what if the line between religious practice and mental…