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Set to Privilege Christianity in Public Schools, Texas Sends a Message About Who is Welcome — And Who is Not

By Steven K. Green

…slims, Hindus, and Buddhists each accounting for approximately 1%. But the number of unaffiliated Texans—aka “nones”—come in at 18%. Although these figures may suggest that Texas is still a “Christian State,” employers, particularly in high-tech and research centers surrounding Houston and Austin, need to attract workers who often come from diverse backgrounds. Religious provincialism can be off-putting to prospective employees. The Texas Legislat…

Liberal Religion is Not Just Compromise

By Rebecca Ann Parker

…justice causes from women’s rights and the abolition of slavery to present-day struggles for marriage equality and ecological stewardship. Additionally, progressive people need a renewed commitment to building and sustaining communities of faith—houses of hope—that can nourish our values and empower us for the long-haul change needed to establish a just and sustainable society. Is there anything you had to leave out? We love the 19th-century progr…

Synod ‘Fight for Soul’ of Catholic Church, Flap On English Translation of Key Report; Anti-Gay Law Advances in Kyrgyzstan; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…mate not only by advocating that they speak freely and boldly on the first day but also by arriving early each day, greeting participants when they arrive, and mingling with people at the coffee breaks. It is well known that in past synods a discreet but effective censorship was exercised by Vatican officials, but what was even more serious and damaging to the realization of an open and honest debate was the “self-censorship” exercised by the bish…

Bishops Release Religious Liberty Manifesto Vowing Disobedience to “Unjust Laws”

By Sarah Posner

…the Feasts of St. John Fisher and St. Thomas More—to July 4, Independence Day.” Fusing the martyrdom of Catholic saints with Independence Day, the Bishops write, “Our liturgical calendar celebrates a series of great martyrs who remained faithful in the face of persecution by political power . . . . Culminating on Independence Day, this special period of prayer, study, catechesis, and public action would emphasize both our Christian and American h…

Is Religion Wrecking Our Air?

By Jay Wexler

…t satellite images reveal a smoky haze hovering over Israel during the holiday. Scientific research has shown that visits to emergency rooms for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) occurrences go way up because of the smoke, which is hardly surprising since the concentration of particulate matter on the evening of the holiday can spike to as much as ten times the normal level. Government officials in Israel are well aware of th…

Ex-Mormons Shouldn’t Proselytize Mormons… Really?

By Holly Welker

…s hard to shake the sense that post-Mormons are tolerable to active Latter-day Saints only if we never speak at all of either the beliefs we have abandoned or those we have adopted. Given the article’s prissy disapprobation that post-Mormons might actually be curious about alcohol—it makes us look like we “leaves the church because [we] ‘want to sin’”!—apparently we must also continue to live according to Mormons standards, eschewing coffee, alcoh…

Christian Nationalists Aim to Dismantle this Core Freedom

By Andrew L. Seidel

…Papers. At the head of this Christian Nationalist beast is Donald Trump. Today, he’s issuing a guidance to put prayer back in public schools. He’s appointed not only the Christian nationalists above, but also megachurch preacher Paula White to a White House position for which she has no qualifications. Trump held his first 2020 campaign rally at a church run by “Apostle” Guillermo Maldonado who, like Paula White, preaches the prosperity gospel, a…

When Violence is Inevitable: Club Q and the Success of the System

By Heron Greenesmith

…do we? I have a young daughter and we were supposed to celebrate our birthdays on Sunday. We were supposed to celebrate our birthdays together by painting pottery and taking a trip to Target. We did do those things, and we laughed and we held hands and she ate a cake pop and I watched for shooters. What the hell do we do? In October 2022, two scholars from the Harvard Kennedy School published a paper recommending immediate responses to the threat…

Beyond White Reasonable Doubt: Why I Cannot Fully Celebrate the Verdict Against [Let His Name Be Erased]

By A. E. Brooks-Key

…he corner. But that hope came crashing down on July 13, 2013. That was the day the killer of Trayvon Martin was acquitted. Since that day, the numbness of the unreasonableness of black death has persisted. As the list of Black people dying at the hands of law enforcement, white terrorists and vigilantes has grown longer since 2013, I remain traumatized by the unreasonableness of white reason. What do I mean by “white reason”? It is the presumption…

Amid Anticipation of Government Disclosure, ‘We Are Not Alone’ Follows Those Who Claim Alien Contact Through Meditation

By Joseph Laycock

…e hinted that something was coming in the next few weeks and, indeed, just days after our interview, Congress passed a “UFO disclosure bill.” Unfortunately, the bill was stripped of any language requiring documents to be declassified. It merely directs the National Archives to collect reports on UAPs. Claims of imminent disclosure start to seem like Charlie Brown constantly running to kick the football only to land on his face. In 2002, Greer clai…