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Clinton’s Faith Talk Not New, But Was There a Better Answer?

By Sarah Posner

…faith outreach for her 2008 presidential campaign and in 2014 founded the super PAC Faith Voters for Hillary, predicted that Democratic outreach, whether through the Democratic National Committee or individual campaigns, will be more about mobilizing progressive religious voters than trying to court moderate or conservative voters away from the Republican Party. Strider, who now is the executive vice president of American Bridge, a Democratic sup…

The Brutality of Life for Syrian LGBTs; Saving the Anglican Church by Dissolving It; Backlash to Hindu Gay Wedding Ceremony in Indonesia; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…en in support of Kim Davis…. K-pop fans who were familiar with the work of Super Junior delivered the strongest reaction to his Twitter activity, due to the regular practice of skinship or simulated homosexuality that has been performed by Choi Siwon during concerts and other activities. Skinship is regularly practiced by many Korean pop acts, as part of their fan service…. While he has frequently appeared in scenes depicting skinship with other m…

Aliens, Nanobots, & Microbes: The Science of Secular Apocalypse

By Michael Schulson

…studies isn’t well-funded probably has a lot to do with the fact that it’s super-uncomfortable thinking about these sorts of things. I grew up in a fundamentalist evangelical household, where talk of the Rapture and end-times events was kind of frequent. Frankly, I think I suffered a bit psychologically because I took it quite seriously. What did taking it seriously look like for you? I must have been in elementary school when Bill Clinton was ele…

New Study of Christian Nationalism in Texas Should be a Warning for the Whole Country

By David R. Brockman

…his lack of academic qualifications, and he headed the “Keep the Promise” super PAC backing Ted Cruz’s 2016 presidential bid. But perhaps his most influential turn was when he served on the “steering team” of Project Blitz, a Christian Americanist campaign that first gained widespread attention thanks to reporting by Frederick Clarkson here on Religion Dispatches. Yet another nationally prominent Texan is Robert Jeffress, senior pastor at the 13,…

Liberal Evangelicals Growing, Unlike Their Coverage

By Ira Chernus

…urposes they could hardly have picked a worse time, just a few days before Super Bowl and Super Tuesday. Still, you’d think this would have been front page news [Look for a report from the Covenant later this week on ReligionDispatches]. Second, the largest part of the Democratic-voting evangelical Christian church in the United States is made up of African-Americans. There must be a very complicated story here about race, religion, and politics….

Clinton vs. Sanders isn’t About Policy, it’s About Power

By Marcia Pally

…hical and less likely to support the policies you want. A Buzzfeed post on Super Tuesday summed it up quite colorfully: Hillary Clinton – The presumptive favourite, the establishment choice, determined to avenge her 2008 defeat by Barack Obama. Eighty-nine per cent likely to be Illuminati. Bernie Sanders – The eccentric uncle in a film about a group of kids who have to put on a show to save their community centre from being shut down by property d…

Catholic Conscience Over a Woman’s Life?

By Sarah Morice-Brubaker

…his bill seem to conflict with EMTALA, do we? I mean, it’s not exactly the Super Genius Challenge Brain Bonus Puzzler, is it? Doesn’t really require Sunday-Times-like attention to detail and mental storage of arcane knowledge to ask the obvious question! Because in fact, the only scenario we need to raise is this one: What if it’s an emergency and the woman needs the abortion or she’ll die? Which is, like, not outside the realm of possibility. Fro…

Focus on the Family’s New Face?

By Sarah Posner

…arches on with its same old talking points. Fleece had cited the Tim Tebow Super Bowl ad as an example of FOFA’s new approach. At a panel this morning on the pro-life movement’s place in the conservative movement, FOFA’s Carrie Earll elaborated on how the Tim Tebow Super Bowl ad represents the future of how FOFA will do anti-abortion advocacy. This year is FOFA’s first appearance at CPAC, and organizers were clearly trying to attach opposition to…

Muslim Voices Festival: A Teahouse, and a Shakespeare Play

By Hussein Rashid

…about, as were Qur’anic phrases. Although not explicitly mentioned on the super-titles, these quotations were visibly different. In addition, there was Qur’anic recitation during Lancaster’s funeral scene. In perhaps one of the more striking moments of the production, Clarence is performing wudu, the ritual cleansing before prayer, and his assassin drowns him the wudu water. Islam is a recognized part of these characters lives, and the most relig…

Wanted: Your Vote

By The Editors

…done!) Wev’e also set up a nifty Thunderclap as a follow-up to your vote. Super easy, super quick. Just click on the link, click again to connect your Twitter, Tumblr, or Facebook accounts (or, even better, all three), and BOOM! An automatic follow-up tweet or update will be posted for you on April 14 saying you’ve voted for RD in the Webby Awards. While we’d love your vote (and thunderclap), we also wanted to take this opportunity to say a heart…