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Updated: My Work on Confederate Monuments Leaves This Christian Ethicist Distrustful of Calls for Reconciliation and Healing

By Ryan Andrew Newson

…ry process of truth-telling and the material righting of wrongs. Rather, a cheap reconciliation was rendered, which served—at the beginning of Jim Crow, no less—to hide our continued animosities from ourselves, rejecting one of the major opportunities this nation has had to face what Eddie Glaude, following James Baldwin, calls “the lie.” It is now relatively well-known that most Confederate monuments were constructed at the height of lynching and…

Bishops Search for Condoms in Cookie Boxes

By Mary E. Hunt

…ent, a blueprint for just living in the 21st century. The Episcopal Church USA adopted a resolution at its 74th General Convention to support the goals. Perhaps they will be investigated next. The hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church is hardly leaving the Girl Scouts quaking in their boots. Their reasoned and patient replies to accusations that they shouldn’t have to answer demonstrate their mission: “Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confi…

It’s Bring Back the Holy Bible and Christian Prayer in Schools Month

By Sarah Posner

…brainchild of one Pastor Steven Andrew, president of Christian Ministries USA, who is, according to Charisma, “working to make it a year-round reality.” God help us. Andrew calls the separation of church and state a “lie,” which is clear evidence that he should certainly not be giving advice on what children learn in public schools. Other monthly “celebrations” Andrew has declared include Affirm the USA’s Covenant with God (July) and God in US Hi…

Values Voter? Sure, So Long as it’s My Biblical Values

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…opposite sex households. Instead of reinforcing all families, Value Voters USA seeks to tear down many other families in the name of a “gold standard” family. Aren’t all families valuable?) “Our constitutional rights must be preserved, not compromised,” we’re told. (Unless it’s the separation of church and state—that one must be compromised early and often.) “America was built on Judeo-Christian values,” the video proclaims—ignoring President John…

Praying for a Christian Nation on the Fourth

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…ions of Jesus and for the foundations of satan to be 100% destroyed in the USA right now.” And by “satan” they mean anyone who isn’t the kind of Christian they like. We also must put away the childish notion that America is “special” and somehow uniquely God blessed because of our great wealth. As Meister Eckhart proclaimed some 700 years ago: Some want to see God with their own eyes, just as they see a cow; and they want to love God just as they…

The Trials of Janie Spahr

By Richard A. Lindsay

…a denomination as evenly split on LGBT issues as the Presbyterian church (USA). Speaking of the church judiciary process, Spahr says, “The farther away you get away from the grass roots and the Presbytery, they don’t know you and it becomes more of a system.” Rev. Spahr would prefer a more personal approach to those who disagree with her. “I say to them, ‘come with me for a day and meet the people I work with.’” The church is also dealing with co…

Carrie Prejean, God’s Prophet or Porn Star?

By Paula M. Cooey

…stake. For those who don’t follow this sort of thing, three weeks ago Miss USA contestant Carrie Prejean was asked by judge Perez Hilton whether she thought gay marriage should be legal, to which Miss California responded “I think that I believe that a marriage should be between a man and a woman.” Later, in a videotaped response to questions over whether her position on gay marriage cost her the contest, Hilton unloaded, saying that she didn’t lo…

The Next Generation of the Pro-Life Movement

By Bill Berkowitz

…tivists who reject any notion of “common ground.” Keith Mason’s Personhood USA describes itself as “a grassroots Christian organization founded to establish personhood efforts across America to create protection for every child by love and by law.” Earlier this month, Personhood USA, along with the American Life League, launched personhood initiatives in Colorado and Montana “seek[ing] the passage of state Constitutional amendments that would defi…

Commies, Blacks, Jews, the UCC and Other Threats to America

By Daniel Schultz

…gational Church Jewish Labor Committee Harlem Congregations for Community Improvement Greater Allen A.M.E. Cathedral United Church of Christ American Muslim Association of North America (AMANA) Beulah Church of the Nazarene Bethel Tabernacle AME Church, Brooklyn Pax Christi USA Tikkun-Network of Spiritual Progressives Jewish Funds for Justice Disciples Justice Action Network Sojourners Scary people, all of them. Scary!…

The Jarring Ugliness of Beauty Queen Carrie Prejean

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…d made it for her boyfriend back when she was 17 years old. Since her Miss USA pageant answer, Prejean has been making hay as a darling of the religious right – working for the National Organization for Marriage and making the speaking rounds at conservative events. She makes her faith a prominent talking point in speeches and in her new book. Vieira took the time to read this excerpt to Prejean: “Our bodies are temples of the Lord. We should earn…