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Gay Marriage Still Resonates As Top Issue Issue for Some Republicans

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…rote, later adding: “Still, I believe that we’re in denial about potential problems as we see more and more homosexual couples raising families. It will be years before we know whether or not our little guinea pigs turn out to be good at marriage and parenthood.” In a side note, we don’t have to wait “years” before knowing how children of gay and lesbian parents do. Studies are already showing they’re just fine. While Roll Call suggests “gay marri…

Will the Religious Side with Workers?

By Peter Laarman

…n of Labor, and even the IWW attracted significant religious allies. Large numbers of clergy and religiously-based lay activists rallied behind the industrial union surge of the 1930s. Yale Divinity School’s Liston Pope became a national labor advocate during the ’30s and ’40s. The Brothers Niebuhr and the Brothers Reuther spoke pretty much the same language—and I don’t mean German. During the 1950s and 1960s, civil rights heroes like King and Hes…

King Witness’ Story Undermined By Reality

By Sarah Posner

…nnessee don’t remember the young man. From Smietana’s piece: “Something is wrong with the Muslim leadership in Nashville,” Melvin Bledsoe said, testifying in Washington. “What happened to Carlos at those Nashville mosques isn’t normal.” But local Muslim leaders say they don’t tolerate any violent behavior or rhetoric in their communities. They say Muhammad attended prayers at two Nashville mosques — the Al-Farooq Islamic Center and the Islamic Cen…

Frodo and Mormon Share Stage in South Park Mormon Musical

By Seth Perry

…sweet.” Its most defining characteristic, though, is more subtle than the number of F-bombs dropped and the missionaries’ endearing Mormon eccentricities. At its core, Mormon is an escapist fantasy about faith; two-plus hours of wishful thinking about how we might want religions to function: as powerful platforms for telling stories, joyful stories that only help and never hurt. Two guys often criticized as enemies of religion in fact depict it a…

The Vampire Who Beat Wells Fargo

By Joseph Laycock

…mericans consider statements from banks to be “not at all believable.” The number is even higher for mortgage companies. Last month, Patrick Rodgers of Philadelphia “foreclosed” on a local Wells Fargo branch. In an act of legal jiujitsu, Rodgers was able to prove that Wells Fargo exhibited a pattern of failing to communicate with its clients and was awarded $1000. When the bank didn’t pay, he arranged for a sheriff’s levy to sell the bank’s assets…

Of Gods and Men Resurrects Martyrdom

By Nathan Schneider

…as much as to teach. Again, the monks’ response to this and other complex problems is to start with simple actions. Like Qur’an-reading. And doctoring. Being there. I don’t think it’s spoiling anything to say that they hatch no elaborate plan to surprise us at the end. They just stay. Basically, Of Gods and Men is a masterpiece. I should admit, though, now that I’m nearing the end of this, that I’m biased. As I write, I’m completing a two-week st…

Michele Bachmann: The Huckabee of 2012

By Sarah Posner

…on’t get farther than that. As I’ve discussed before, Huckabee has serious problems with conservatives who think he’s a RINO — Republican In Name Only. That he used government coffers to help immigrants and really isn’t sufficiently committed to starving government into an empty shell. And those RINO hunters convinced the religious right leadership to hold off on backing him. Huckabee won Iowa notwithstanding all that, through the support of local…

The Cult of Kurzweil: Will Robots Save Our Souls?

By Robert M. Geraci

…human-computer relations. After decades of difficulty—in which all of the problems that seemed easiest turned out to be the most difficult—artificial intelligence (AI) experts are now well (or at least better) positioned to tout the potential of computers. Although robots still cannot walk, talk, and chew gum at the same time, enthusiasts hope they will soon equal our intelligence and, perhaps, even provide us with scientific alternatives to the…

Captain America v. The Collective: Redemption in Tucson

By Christopher H. Evans

…e framework of American history tragedies like Tucson tend to register in our conscience for a limited time. Part of what Obama’s response calls us to do is to move beyond the limitations of our attention span to acknowledge that the current problems of America transcend party affiliation. If we can at least acknowledge that reality, then perhaps we can use the president’s words to engage in a meaningful—dare I say, redemptive—conversation. But un…

Former Employee of Televangelist Joyce Meyer Charged with Murdering Wife and Sons

By Anthea Butler

…ngulation death of his wife and two sons. Coleman and his wife had marital problems, and before her murder, had participated in marriage counseling in Meyer’s ministry center. Coleman’s wife Sheri had indicated that she was afraid of him, and Coleman had been having an affair with a woman in Florida. The case is elaborate, in part because of emails Coleman sent, police claim, to make the murders appear to be at the hands of detractors of Joyce Me…