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Latest Misogyny Wasn’t First Shocking Comment from Hannity’s Preacher Pal

By Katie Toth

…wacky. Here are some of our favorites (citations at bottom of post): 1) On Alabama Gov. Bob Riley’s signing a 2007 resolution expressing “profound regret” for Alabama’s role in slavery: “A slavery apology is pure political pandering. It also opens the door for radical Blacks to come in and demand reparations for slavery. An apology will not solve the anger, nor address the lack of moral character which permeates most of Black culture today.” Rev….

The Most Important Religious Category of the Primaries, the Non-Religious, Doesn’t Break Down as Cleanly as You Think

By Daniel Schultz

…turned out this year than in 2016 in most states. (The two exceptions were Alabama and, embarrassingly, Vermont.) But because so many older voters surged to the polls, the youth vote dropped as a percentage; in other words, its rate of growth didn’t keep up that of older voters. Appropriately enough, Teen Vogue put it best: As expected, Sanders won big with the young voters who did show up, but the youth vote continues to be outnumbered by older v…

Beyond ‘Thoughts and Prayers’: How the Christian Right’s Politics of Providentialism Keeps America from Addressing Gun Violence

By Chrissy Stroop

…er’s meme represents the same kind of fallacious argument made by sometime Alabama State Supreme Court Chief Justice and Senate candidate Roy Moore, who is now probably as infamous for being credibly accused of child molestation as he once was for illegally defying the separation of church and state. “Without God, there can be no ethics,” Mr. Moore said of his refusal to obey a federal court order to remove a Ten Commandments monument from the Ala…

Gun Ownership: ‘An Obligation to God’

By Julie Ingersoll and Sarah Posner

…emove his 2.6-ton monument to the Ten Commandments from the rotunda of the Alabama Supreme Court, he joined Titus in drafting the Constitution Restoration Act. The bill, had it passed, would have deprived federal courts of jurisdiction to hear cases challenging a government entity’s or official’s “acknowledgment of God as the sovereign source of law, liberty, or government.” This clear articulation of the religious right’s dominionist aims, framed…

Tebow’s Tears: Is God Really a Gator Fan?

By Louis A. Ruprecht

…ntion for the National Title this year. There was no such scrim this year; Alabama won in convincing fashion, beating Florida by a final score of 32-13 (while they led throughout the game and led at halftime, Alabama scored 13 points in the second half while their impressive defense held Florida scoreless). Still, the media story all year long has been Florida, and in particular Florida’s remarkably gifted quarterback, Tim Tebow. It is very diffic…

Dying in Dirty Places: How to Honor the Dead in the Era of Ecocide

By Ryann Croken

…ked as a charter boat captain, leading fishing trips off the Gulf coast of Alabama for 25 years before the oil came. Then, as the sludge began to spread all over the place, no one felt much like fishing anymore, and Kruse, like many other Gulf captains in his position, was forced to work for BP to help with the cleanup operation. Kruse signed himself and his boat, “The Rookie,” up for the “Vessel of Opportunity” program, through which BP contracts…

Closing with Gospel in Morocco

By Hussein Rashid

…s. I am not sure why, but the Moroccan audience—and Bab Makina has a large number of upper-class Moroccans in attendance—really enjoy gospel. It’s an appreciation that appeared to cut across generations. Based on comments I heard, people are aware that many of the songs praise Jesus as the son of God, an idea that is anathema to Muslims. Unfortunately, I could not understand the appeal, outside of the aesthetic, but it was wonderful to see so many…

The “Religious Freedom” Issue That May Cost the Accused Boston Bomber His Life

By Anthony Santoro

…principle has since been extended to exclusions based on gender (J.E.B. v. Alabama ex rel. T.B.) and should now be extended to these exclusions in capital cases. There are several ways that this could be done. One suggestion is to treat death-scrupled citizens as a “cognizable group.” A cognizable group of jurors, or potential jurors, has some specific attribute that both defines and renders the group discrete and represents a “’community of inter…

Civil Rights’ Roughneck Preacher, Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth (1922-2011)

By Anthea Butler

…th Bull Connor, the KKK and the worst of the racist figures of Birmingham, Alabama, died this week at the age of 89. Shuttlesworth was called the cussing preacher, but his fiery preaching and willingness to put his body on the line countless times made him the warrior of the Civil Rights movement. In A Fire you Can’t Put out, The Civil Rights Life of Birmingham’s Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, author Andrew Manis said of him: “I believe Shuttlesworth pe…

The Uncertain Post-Obergefell World of Religious Exemptions

By Sarah Posner

…gefell v. Hodges, will be to combat efforts in some states, such as Texas, Alabama, North Carolina, and South Dakota, to thwart same-sex couples from obtaining marriage licenses. But its ultimate scope will be much broader, and will include lobbying efforts to defeat expansive religious freedom acts in the states, and litigating cases arising out of claims that religious freedom protects the rights, for example, of business owners who refuse weddi…