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Irish Vote Reflects Diminished Moral Authority of Catholic Church

By Peter Montgomery

…all of Irish democracy one of its greatest days. It has given our battered republic a new sense of engagement, a new confidence, an expanded sense of possibility. On Monday (Memorial Day in the US) Justice Minister Francis Fitzgerald said she would push for quick passage of enacting legislation to allow couples to begin marrying in Augus, saying, “My intention is to seek Government approval for the Marriage Bill 2015 in June with the aim of introd…

‘No Room’ for Gays in Country that Worships God [Kenya] | Churches Fight to Keep Sexuality Out of Sex Ed [S. Korea] | Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…administration has criticized anti-gay laws in Africa and elsewhere. “The Republic of Kenya is a republic that worships God. We have no room for gays and those others,” Ruto told a Nairobi church congregation in the national Swahili language, according to an online video posted by Kenyan broadcaster KTN. Speaking at a news conference on Monday, Kerry was not familiar with Ruto’s remarks but said it was the U.S. position that “all people are creat…

The Blasphemy of ISIS: A 7-Point Pro-Guide to Islam(ism)

By Haroon Moghul

…ersation. Far from it. As a postscript, Iran and Pakistan are both Islamic Republics. The latter is a parliamentary democracy, whereas the former is, well, a constitutional… theocracy, for lack of a better term. So what then is an Islamic Republic? 4. Islamic law Not Shariah. Confusion of the two is rampant and unfortunate. Islamic law is an interpretation of Shariah; while various interpretations may be authoritative, and may find widespread acce…

It’s Barack v. the Bible, Says Barton

By Paul Harvey

…stian America. Ultimately, these can be traced back to the founding of the Republic. More directly, they emerge from the rise of Christian apocalyptic conservatism from the early twentieth century forward. Matthew Sutton details a similar assault on the FDR administration, one with numerous parallels to the contemporary campaign against Obama, in “Was FDR the AntiChrist?”—a Journal of American History article whose findings are distilled in this N…

Even Calling the Debate a ‘Shitshow’ Normalizes the Threat to Democracy

By John Stoehr

…s making it seem like the president’s attempt to bite out the heart of the republic was too close to call, in keeping with partisan politics-as-usual. Tapper wasn’t the only member of the Washington press corps to whitewash rightwing propaganda and thus make it respectable. Oliver Darcy rounded up some of the headlines from last night: “CNN: ‘Pure chaos at the first debate’; NYT: ‘Sharp Personal Attacks and Name Calling in Chaotic First Debate’; H…

The Holocaust and 9/11 Museums: A Tale of Two Controversial Films

By Todd Fine

…ntroversy became a topic for polemic in national magazines such as The New Republic, the museum declined to consider any changes. In April 1998, a spokesperson argued that the film, produced and written by Sandra Wentworth Bradley, had been “reviewed by the 17-member museum’s church-relations committee, which consists of theologians and historians both Protestant and Catholic.” Eventually though, permanent exhibition curator Steven Luckert emailed…

Don’t Sleep on Trump’s CPAC Speech Calling For ‘The Final Battle’: This was Southern Strategy as Apocalyptic Promise

By Thomas Lecaque

…“Dismantle the deep state.” “Demolish woke tyranny.” “Restore the American republic,” in a way that hearkens back to a “glorious past” that is very much the era of the Second Klan. How can you tell? It’s law and order rhetoric tacked onto The Ending—“make America safe again,” the Southern Strategy as apocalyptic promise. CPAC is now the venue where calls for violence are made, either alongside or else by, the power brokers of the Republican Party;…

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Putin’s ‘Year of the Family’ Declaration Blends Russian Nationalism with the Far-Right Rhetoric of the Global Pro-Family Movement

By Irina Smolevskaya

…250. [20] When annexing the Donetsk People’s Republic and Luhansk People’s Republic from Ukraine, for example, Putin cited “restoring our historical unity” as one of Russia’s justifications for invading Ukraine. In that speech, like many others, he placed emphasis on Russia and Ukraine’s shared history, Orthodox faith, and linguistic and cultural similarities. See Team of the Official Website of the President of Russia, “Signing of Treaties on Acc…

The Threat to Democracy Runs Deep, But Mathematics Could Address the Abominable State of Representation and Voting

By Ismar Volić

…this was Bosnia’s first general election while it was still a constituent republic of Yugoslavia, a country whose socialist-era days were clearly numbered. Three ethnic parties, representing Bosnian Muslims, Croats, and Serbs, swept the election and formed the new seven-member presidency. The dream of Bosnia as a multicultural, multiethnic model of tolerance and coexistence for the rest of Yugoslavia—and Europe—had started to unravel. On June 25,…

Blood and Politics — Christian White Nationalism in the Age of Obama

By Bill Berkowitz

…ies where they teach each other how to live and what to believe. They also promote their belief that the United States is a White Christian republic rather than a multiracial democracy. And in a number of cases they turn their conviction that White Christians have superior civil and political rights—over those they deem “Fourteenth Amendment” citizens (everybody else)—into fraudulent schemes with fake money. In other instances, they establish “Chr…