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Student Says He’s Ostracized for Objecting to Graduation Prayer

By Lauri Lebo

…uinn said there have been students who were atheist, agnostic and other non-Christian religions who “had no problems” with the prayer. “They respected the majority of their classmates and didn’t say anything,” Quinn said. “We’ve never had this come up before. Never.” Throughout her time working with the student, Quinn said they never expressed their personal beliefs or that they had any problems with other students’ Christian faiths. “And what’s e…

‘Soul of Yoga’ at Stake in Texas Regulation Push

By Andrea R. Jain

…yoga advocate in New York, argues that yoga is “sacred,” that it is an “all-encompassing whole Truth,” and that it functions to explore the “self, health, and life.” A broader evaluation of American society’s views on yoga also shows that a significant number attribute religious dimensions to it. Consider a 2009 study by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, which found that 39% of liberals believe yoga is a spiritual practice and 15% of cons…

How Religion Shapes Sex Discrimination at Wal-Mart

By Joanna Brooks

…r of the highly praised To Serve God and Wal-Mart: The Making of Christian Free Enterprise (Harvard, 2010: It is striking that even among the six named plaintiffs in Dukes v. Wal-Mart, four are born-again Christians—that is, even among women suing Wal-Mart for sex-based discrimination, the multinational’s reputation as a Christian company held real appeal. To many of the women who worked in low-wage jobs at Wal-Mart over the years, a Christian com…

Which Side Are You On?

By Daniel Schultz

…r your neighbor struggling to make ends meet. Investment in your city’s low-income school districts. Mosquito nets and vaccines for children in impoverished nations. These essential poverty-reduction programs are all at stake in the fast-approaching federal budget vote. Congressional leaders just announced a plan to slash these programs (and more) immediately. We can’t let them place the burden of deficit reduction on the poor and vulnerable. Th…

The Circle Can Remain Unbroken, If Battered And Bloody

By Daniel Schultz

…have never been in full agreement about the purpose or direction of their common enterprise. In fact, you might argue that the only thing that unites us is our shared disagreement on the big questions. The technological innovations of the internet age doesn’t worsen the situation, necessarily, but it does sharpen the contrasts. It used to be that you’d only hear from bigoted professors or crackpot pastors if you were unlucky to live next to them…

Tea Partiers and Religious Right Court at Values Voter Summit

By Sarah Posner

…teach leaders literally all over the world that the basis of our laws, free-enterprise system, educational excellence and political liberty that all once were indeed a ‘shining city on a hill’ to the world, flow directly from Judeo-Christian principles in general and the Bible and Torah in particular.” McDowell claimed to have reached hundreds of thousands worldwide with the Providence Foundation teaching materials. Reflecting the “Christian natio…

Eddie Long in Hot Water Again

By Anthea Butler

…ock, made a video, imploring Taylor to return the funds. Scandals have become business as usual with Bishop Long and New Birth church. These stories will continue in part because of the recent fail of Senator Grassley’s investigation of the prosperity purveyors. Grassley turned a serious investigation of fiscal malfeasance that could have suggested real changes in laws into a pat on the back for prosperity preachers. The Grassley investigation h…

Tax Cuts for the Super Rich Aren’t Biblical

By Daniel Schultz

…not in fact charity, but the representatives of the people as they build a common enterprise. The principle behind taxation is not therefore generosity, but the duty that those who have benefitted most from the social and economic system to pay back into the system to keep it running smoothly. We could talk about all of that, but it’s in fact beside the point. Jesus and Paul are absolutely clear on this point: being a good citizen is not an option…

Meet The Liberal Tea Partiers

By Abby Scher

…of times, states have notoriously regressive tax systems that burden lower-income people. But only 5 out the 30 states that raised taxes last year targeted the wealthy, and the conservative spirit in the land means that sometimes liberal religious activists take what they can get. The North Carolina Council of Churches is a member of the NC Together coalition that convinced the state legislature last year to raise sales taxes rather than just try…

Why All the Silly Devil Talk Should be Taken Seriously

By Ebony Utley

…of Tea Party nationalism. Ostracizing undesirables (i.e. rich black men and independent, vocal women) is not inconsistent with the Tea Party’s desire to take back our country. The important unspoken questions are: who are we and take back our country from whom? These bizarre claims based on free-association analyses of lyrics, videos, and public appearances of popular culture icons reveal fears about difference and a desire for homogeneity that is…