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In OK, a “Christian” And a “Muslim” Decapitation Challenge “Religious” Violence Narrative

By Joseph Laycock

…an exorcism by Archbishop Paul S. Coakley. Oklahoma City has also been the site of an ongoing controversy as The Satanic Temple (a different Satanic group) has campaigned to erect a monument to Satan on the grounds of the state capital to complement the current monument of the Ten Commandments. After Michael Tate Reed II rammed his car into the Ten Commandments monument on October 24, shattering it, the Satanic Temple released a statement condemni…

World Congress of Families Draws Anti-LGBT Activists to Budapest; More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…slamist extremists. AFP noted, “Bangadesh criminalizes gay sex under a law dating back to the British colonial era that has never been repealed but is rarely enforced.” Scotland: Church of Scotland moves toward blessing same-sex couples’ weddings The Church of Scotland’s governing body accepted the recommendations of its theological forum, moving the church toward approval of same-sex couples getting married in church, while preserving the option…

Is The Episcopal Church Driving Drunk?

By J. Terry Todd

…accusers is just the ass end of a long line of episcopal outrage and filth dating back more than 40 years. In the case of Bishop Suffragan Heather Cook, a half empty whisky bottle and a marijuana bong have become her own personal Eucharist,” thundered David Virtue of virtueonline.org, who concluded, “This latest outrage will only hasten the church’s demise.” Many, though not all, of these Anglicans reject any role for women as priests or bishops….

Religious Freedom Historian John Ragosta on “Religious Freedom”

By Frederick Clarkson

…eligious Freedom Day hasn’t exactly caught on, and there’s no official web site (although an evangelical education outfit managed to purchase the web address for Religious Freedom Day and make it look rather official). Since 2015, the Coalition for Liberty and Justice, an alliance of more than 60 civil liberties, human rights, and religious and secular groups (originally formed in response to the 2014 Supreme Court case, Burwell v. Hobby Lobby) ha…

Modernity’s Fraternity: What Dan Brown Gets Right

By Samuel Biagetti

…e makeshift “lodges” where masons worked (and sometimes lived) at building sites became home to a subculture, an alternate world with its own ethics, lore, and customs. Their legends centered on the building of Solomon’s Temple, giving them a special connection to God and to the world of the Bible. Later, in the seventeenth century, particularly in Scotland, the organization began to expand beyond its medieval foundation. Men who were not actually…

“We (some of) the People” Florida Governor Rick Scott and the Tea Party

By Julie Ingersoll

…de a grand old porticoed building identifies it as the former Grand Hotel, dating its history to 1855. But an employee of the real estate office there whispers, “Don’t believe everything you read. This was a vacant field seven years ago.” The retirees tool around in golf carts and gather in the Town Square replica at four o’clock each afternoon for dancing and two-for-one cocktails. As I sat under a tree waiting for the festivities to begin, I str…

Will “Church Militants” Be Marching for Trump?

By Patricia Miller

…n, even as the church itself rejects such interpretations. Under a concept dating to early Christianity, the church was envisioned as having three parts: the Church Triumphant, which was those in heaven, the Church Penitent, which was those in purgatory, and the Church Militant, which was those on earth. The Catholics on earth were supposed to battle against sin, especially as a way to hasten the ascent of those in purgatory to heaven. This battle…

Former USCCB Spox: HHS Doesn’t Speak for Me on Contraception

By Sarah Morice-Brubaker

…nt to accomplish in a liberal democracy. The Women Speak for Themselves website elaborates: Those currently invoking “women’s health” in an attempt to shout down anyone who disagrees with forcing religious institutions or individuals to violate deeply held beliefs are more than a little mistaken, and more than a little dishonest. Even setting aside their simplistic equation of “costless” birth control with “equality,” note that they have never res…

Douthat’s Wager: Go to Church, Even If You Don’t Believe

By Jonathan Malesic

…the Trump agenda will need more than yoga, composting, and the occasional online donation to be effective. Self-improvement is a worthy aim, but as Jain says, the political reality of the day demands that liberals undertake “concrete acts of collective resistance.” In that case, mainline churches seem to have just what secular liberals need. As Douthat points out, mainline denominations are already committed to gender and racial equity, LGBTQ rig…

True Blood: When Marketing Goes For the Jugular

By Joseph Laycock

…Blood by deliberately confusing fact and fiction. This was primarily done online, where Web sites such as TruBeverage.com were created, complete with product descriptions of various synthetic blood types. Vampire profiles began to appear on Myspace, Facebook, and livejournal complete with fake news and fake discussions on how Tru Blood would affect the vampire political structure. YouTube clips began to circulate in which actors in fangs snarled…