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Ground Zero is Sacred Space, But Not Just Because of 9/11

By Randall Balmer

…t-turned-Anglican and an early advocate for abolition who ran a school for Africans in New York City. Roman Catholics arrived in greater numbers in the nineteenth century, from places like Ireland, Germany, and Italy. As with other groups, finding their place in the rich tapestry of American diversity did not always come easy. John Hughes, who became the first archbishop of New York (and the founder of what is now Fordham University), protested th…

LGBT Mormons Ask in Historic Temple: “If they could just see us, don’t you think they would change their minds?”

By Joanna Brooks

…ir 70s: gay men, mostly, but lesbians too; white, Asian-American, Latino, African-American, and Native Hawaiian. Many served LDS proselytizing missions, raised children, and held positions of responsibility in their local congregations before coming out of the closet. Some have stopped participating in LDS institutional life, while others have continued by walking a carefully negotiated path. Many gay Mormons in attendance had partnered with oth…

God Dissolves into the Occupy Movement

By Nathan Schneider

…d, and we would not have bent the rules for them. Last chance: anyone feel free to chime in. We’re going to close tonight. Thanks, everyone—this has been great. NS: Occupy Wall Street has had its share of celebrity visits and they haven’t always gone very well either. The example that comes to mind concerns a prominent black leader, Russell Simmons, who was allowed to speak during a General Assembly meeting. He interrupted the discussion at hand a…

Qaddafi Dies; Should it Matter How?

By Haroon Moghul

…archy and challenged the world? Did he expect, as he funded so much of the African Union, that his life would end with him shoved to the ground by fighters from Misrata? We’re not sure exactly what happened; it seems, as of now, that he was shot while trying to escape, quickly captured, and died of his wounds. Those who seized him did take him to an ambulance, but we’re not sure if he was tortured, mistreated, left to die—the details may or may no…

Joe Lieberman: Romney Surrogate?

By Joanna Brooks

…will swerve from particulars and appeal to general principles of religious freedom in defense of Romney, while the other takes pleasure sensationalizing and even ridiculing the most unusual or controversial aspects of the faith and its history. It’s the same bifurcation we often see in the broader Mormon community between total defensive avoidance of and doomsaying fixation on issues like the historical facticity of the Book of Mormon, or the repu…

Did Jesus Help Ghanaian Women with Birth Control?

By Allie Carter

…s as likely to use family planning as women who retained their traditional African faith, and had significantly smaller families. The churches certainly didn’t promote family planning. But, despite their defense of patriarchal family values, many churches were giving women a voice denied them by their own culture. Exciting, right? Especially given that, according to UNICEF, in the developing world “more than half a million women die as a result of…

New Poll: Millennials Suspicious of Mormonism

By Joanna Brooks

…esident. More Democrats (50%) report discomfort with an LDS president than Republicans (36%) or Independents (38%). About half of white evangelicals say we’re not Christian. Two-thirds of American voters perceive Mormon beliefs as being significantly different than their own. Voters who perceive Mormonism as “different” are significantly less likely to favor Romney. And only 40% know Mitt Romney is Mormon. For now. And here is some startling new d…

The Many, Not the Few: An Anthem for Occupy

By Elizabeth Drescher

…I knew the power in the words that I had written. And, in a world that was free of punishment for being yourself… I would have sung it at the top of my lungs. But I also didn’t want to do it out of disrespect. I did it because there was really no other option at that point. I had to do it. I had to forget about what could happen to me. I was guided by something bigger… I don’t know what it is… I can’t put a name to it… The whole thing was providen…

Pennsylvania School Voucher Plan Would Allow Religious Discrimination

By Lauri Lebo

…tnerships, formed by Religious Right activists joining forces with radical free market think tanks and libertarian-minded investment and hedge fund managers. The movement is billed as the salvation of inner city students; and Democratic politicians, often African American, are portrayed as the heroic champions of children who desperately need access to better education. The need is real, but the claim that this about improving public schools is f…

Goldstone 2.0: God Plays No Favorites

By Jill Jacobs

…re in the Jewish community than Richard Goldstone? When the esteemed South African judge issued his 2009 report alleging that Israel had committed human rights abuses during the 2008-2009 Gaza War (known as Operation Cast Lead), many in the Jewish community condemned him as a traitor. A synagogue sought to ban him from attending his own grandson’s Bar Mitzvah. On the other side, some skipped over the report’s criticisms of Hamas and the call for H…