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“Biblical” Disaster: Understanding Religion in Haiti

…o things have struck me as I watched the constant onslaught of images of suffering and destruction. The first is the erroneous fact that CNN keeps claiming on its ticker that Haiti is 80% Roman Catholic. The second is the sheer amount of U.S. missionaries on the island. The two are inter-related. Recent studies estimate that the Protestant population of Haiti is somewhere around thirty percent. In Port-au-Prince that number jumps to almost forty p…

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Pat Robertson: No Longer a Relevant Player

…sentiment about Pat’s unholy Haitian slur, perhaps we should just treat him like the crazy uncle that comes over for Thanksgiving dinner. Simply put him off to the side so he can droll all over himself while keeping away from the kiddies….

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CPAC Spat Between Gay Republicans and National Organization for Marriage

…booth of GOProud, a gay Republican group whose presence at CPAC caused some religious right groups to pull their co-sponsorship. Now Jimmy LaSalvia of GOProud (sporting a Draft Cheney 2012 sticker) is miffed that NOM has threatened to “Dede Scozzafava” any pro-marriage equality candidates GOProud supports. Watch the video: GOProud’s Jimmy LaSalvia at CPAC from sarahposner on Vimeo….

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Anti-Abortion Movement Tries to Fit In With Tea Party (Video)

…Yesterday RD associate editor Sarah Posner appeared on GRITtv with Laura Flanders, assessing the role of anti-abortion activists at CPAC. She found that while the tea party activists who dominated the conference were claiming to be “saving freedom” from the “tyranny” of liberalism and progressivism, some anti-abortion activists were invoking the civil rights movement as a model for “saving freedom, one life at a time.” Watch it:…

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Catholics Coming Around On Senate Health Care Bill

…whether reform passes — is how all this rhetoric about the Hyde amendment affects future legislative maneuvers relating to abortion. Pro-choice members and activists have been miffed for months that Democrats, including President Obama, initially framed the abortion provisions in health care reform as “maintaining the status quo” (i.e., Hyde), because the Hyde Amendment is unjust in the first place. If the Senate bill — which exceeds Hyde in restr…

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Training God’s Rottweiler: Catholic Church Sexual Abuse Must End

…he dark: suicides, abuse, and shattered lives of children and adults who suffered the abuse—the product of malfeasance at all levels of the Church hierarchy, which tried to blame it on “America,” “homosexuality,” and “a few bad priests.” The story is repeating itself, with a vengeance. Its stench now reaches all the way to the seat of Peter in Vatican City, and the late Pope John Paul II’s “Rottweiler,” Pope Benedict XVI. The Biggest Don’t-Ask-Don…

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Young Male Congregants Sue Televangelist Eddie Long, Alleging Sexual Coercion

…itual authority, is a common theme in Long’s career trajectory. The plaintiffs claim that Longfellows “purports to train young men to love, live and lead as they proceed on their ‘masculine journey.’” They alleged that Long “utilized his spiritual authority as Bishop” to “coerce certain young male members” of the congregation “into engaging in sexual acts and relationships for his own personal sexual gratification.” These men were known as his “Sp…

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Do Space Aliens Need Baptism? The View From Gliese 581g

…nd outer edges, respectively. (If these planets’ atmospheres had evolved differently, they too would be able to support liquid water.) The search for life on other planets has been ongoing for a long time, starting with the founding of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Institute in 1959. Today, SETI is funded by private money and NASA funds an extensive Astrobiology research program. In its 2008 Roadmap, this program states the f…

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All That Glitters…

…Americans as political weapons to further your ambitions. That’s really so ’90s, Newt. In this day and age, it’s embarrassing to watch you talk like that. You should be more afraid of the new political climate in America, because there is no place for you in it. Indeed, all that glitters is not gold….

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Will the Religious Side with Workers?

…has been crucially important. Much credit for this goes to the nimble and effective coordinating work of Interfaith Worker Justice, the Chicago-based umbrella group for dozens of local and regional religion-labor coalitions across the country. One reason religious types have come to the defense of public sector workers is the blatant unfairness of the new attacks mounted by GOP governors like Walker, Kasich, and Daniels. Many faith leaders see how…

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