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Wolves Repelled by Christian Rock, Bibles for Porn, Fox Rejects Super Bowl Ad

By Michael J. Altman

…is trying to get more Muslims writing for TV and movies in Hollywood. The number of US Muslims accused of terrorism dropped by half in 2010, a new study reports. A pair of doves just didn’t want to leave the Pope’s window this week. People who believe the end of the world will come on 12/21/12 are flocking to a French mountain. A Norwegian boy fended off a pack of wolves by terrorizing them with a song by the slightly Christian band Creed. German…

LGBT Rights in the New Egypt

By Hussein Rashid

…Whether the movement will result in a fully liberal democratic state remains to be seen, but because it is being led by a younger generation who tend to be more open, we can remain hopeful. However, class continues to play a huge role in this movement, and there is no clear positivist political platform yet. The interview is fairly nuanced and really worth listening to….

Unauthorized Catholic Immigrants will Renew a Christian America, Archbishop Says

By Marie Friedmann Marquardt

…ts have been such unsavory historical events as the mistreatment of Native Americans, slavery, the internment of Japanese Americans during World War Two, and recurring outbreaks of nativism and anti-Catholicism. Which brings him to the second point: Who is best equipped to remind America of this more complex history? Catholics, who “have a special duty today to be the guardians of the truth about the American spirit and our national identity.”…

Old Politics, New Bedfellows: The Olson/Boies Challenge to Prop. 8

By Jesse Lava

…of religion.” Or, heck, that financial policy should be based on real-life numbers rather than the numbers that banks would like to pretend are real. We are at a point where it’s no longer clear that a large, vibrant conservative movement exists outside of policy areas that are supposed transcend conventional political divides. The constellation of interests that now define conservatism include being anti-science, anti-privacy, anti-Constitution,…

Humiliation and ‘Success’ in the Great Recession

By Peter Laarman

…Depression, when the worst of all hard times brought out the best in many Americans. To the point that, years later, many old-timers could recall those days as both unimaginably horrible and unimaginably wonderful. Re-read Studs Terkel’s Hard Times if you doubt it. ’Buked and scorned for centuries by white oppressors, African Americans built for themselves a rich religious and ethical culture filled with tenderness and respect for personhood. Som…

Obama Recognizes Gay Dads

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…so saw their self-esteem and relationships with their extended families greatly improve when they had children.” Far from being “immoral” it seems that fatherhood is good for gay men, just as it is for straight men. But, LaBarbera and his “pro-family” cohorts won’t ever let facts get in the way of a good scare tactic. Even if President Obama has, by and large, disappointed our community since his election with his foot-dragging on issues like Don’…

“My Name is Will and I’m Putting You on Notice”

By Lauri Lebo

…who last year took a stand and refused to say the Pledge of Allegiance in class. Will believes that until gays and lesbians receive the same rights and recognition as heterosexuals in this country, the phrase “liberty and justice for all” is just a farce and he refuses to be a part of it. Phillips was speaking at the Big Commit Sunday in Washington DC, a counter-rally to the anti-gay National Organization for Marriage’s wrap up of its “Summer for…

Quiz: The Outer Limits

By Becky Garrison

…between NAMBLA and the Catholic Church g. Unintelligent Church: A Journey Towards Creating a Tea Party Theology h. The Manchurian President: Barack Obama’s Ties to Communists, Socialists and Other Anti-American Extremists i. Dawkin’s Demons: Dissecting his Dark Night of the Soul j. Deer Hunting with Jesus: Dispatches from America’s Class War [The real titles are: b, d, e, h, j]…

Immigration and Anti-Immigration in the Book of Mormon-Belt

By Joanna Brooks

…us much about the contemporary vision of Zion we can claim. This July 24, I will celebrate the undocumented immigrants who share my faith and call themselves Mormons, as well as the Anglo-American Mormons who are thinking carefully, ethically, and pragmatically about immigration reform. Both are pioneers for a global Mormon 21st century….

Glenn Beck Takes on Liberation Theology

By Elijah Prewitt-Davis

…nifier, then liberation theology is still important and clearly has a future. Unlike Beck, I look forward to the day that a young immigrant worker picks up a copy of God of the Oppressed and realizes her humanity through it. James Cone once said in class that if you can write a book that people are still talking about 40 years later, then you might have had something very important to say. At the 41st anniversary of Black Theology and Black Power,…