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The Kremlin and the Church: Russia’s Holy Alliance

By Konstantin Petrenko

…w religious movements has led to unfounded accusations that westerners are bribing Russians into joining their sects or, worse yet, recruiting them to work on behalf of foreign governments to destabilize the country. The anti-Protestant rhetoric escalated after many evangelicals took part in the 2004 Orange Revolution in neighboring Ukraine. These days, many religious groups are at the mercy of local authorities that feel pressured by the Orthodox…

In Defense of Richard Dawkins, Awe-Full Scientist

By Alana Massey

…out much talent or understanding of the biological sciences, of which I am both. But time and again, I found myself defending Dawkins as a brilliant scientist first and foremost, often assuming correctly that those that disparaged him were unfamiliar with his scientific accomplishments. I have always found that his remarks on religion, though caustic and sometimes mean-spirited, have served as tools of liberation and justification for untold numbe…

Creationism 3.0: Meet Intelligent Design’s Huckster

By Michael Schulson

…ries of lectures, one demonstrating, in the organization’s words, that the Bible “is a reliable historical document,” and the other arguing “that our universe was created by an intelligent designer—and the most logical candidate is the God of the Bible.” On the website of the Ligonier Ministries, who sell copies of these lectures, Meyer is described as having “spent 20 years researching cosmology, biology and metaphysics to determine the existence…

As a Muslim, I am Exhausted…

By Nabil Echchaibi

…ance about Islam and Muslims, but it’s also partially determined by our stubborn propensity to conceal our imperfections, to dis-narrate our lived diversities and push back against the supposed perils of doubt and contamination of change. Against the wisdom of our most enlightened forebears we have become afraid of art, literature, film, and music. We denounce everything or we call for its sanitization to follow a narrow path of fanatical morality…

Republican Jewish Coalition Calls Obama Out for “Donors” Mention

By Evan Derkacz

…accused of mission creep. If there’s any misrepresentation at all, it’s probably in the RJC’s name; its use of “Jewish” when, by all appearances, the organization exists solely to convince American Jews that Democrats are harmful to Israel. The RJC’s latest release—”What Exactly Did President Obama Mean By That?”—takes such an aggrieved posture that you’d think the president had referred to “powerful banking interests” or, while praising the cater…

Australia’s Harsh Refugee Policies Stirring Backlash; Malawi Court Sides With Pastors To Lift Moratorium on Sodomy Prosecutions; Uzbek President Says God Has Taken Gays’ Reason Away; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…arly against plans to send 267 people to the island of Nauru, including 37 babies born in Australia to asylum-seeking parents. However, while offshore processing has previously enjoyed consistent bipartisan support, the removal of the 267 to Nauru has met with massive public opposition within Australia, and led to a fracturing of political support. Rallies under the banner of #LetThemStay have been held across Australia, attracting thousands to pr…

Country Trumpkins

By Daniel Schultz

…the nearest built-up area, another ten to West Bend. The Trump campaign probably selected the venue to assure a friendly audience. The WOW counties surrounding Milwaukee—Washington, Ozaukee, and Waukesha—were his toughest area in the Wisconsin primary. But West Bend, which sits in northern Washington County, is just on the cusp of the rural, northern areas of the state where he did best, neither really in or outside the metro area (many residents…

Nike’s Token Equality: New Campaign Masks the Truth About Workers’ Rights

By Gerald J. Beyer

…ke announced a “Pro Hijab” for female Muslim athletes, with its own eye-grabbing (and controversial) video. These ads are inspirational—unless you believe that the factory workers making Nike sneakers, who are largely female and people of color, should actually be treated as equals! Almost twenty years ago, in a powerful essay called “Token Equality,” leading scholar of race and class Adolph Reed Jr. lampooned the efforts of companies such as Nike…

Australians Vote Overwhelmingly For Marriage Equality; and More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…s in the Coalition for Marriage, which included the Australian Christian Lobby, with an opportunity to run advertisements warning that marriage equality would pose a threat to children. The Washington Post notes: In a wealthy, urbanized country where 52 percent of the people regard themselves as Christian, according to a census last year, the vote marks a defeat for Australia’s two big churches, the Catholic Church and the Anglican Church, whose l…

Alabama’s Yoga Ban Is Part of the Christian Right’s War on Pluralism

By Manisha Sunil

…rew up learning, just as I support bans on school-sanctioned recitation of Biblical scripture. Maintaining a healthy wall of separation between church and state protects our democratic freedoms and religion itself. Unfortunately, the conservatives rallying against the teaching of yoga—with or without mantras—in public schools are not doing so out of allegiance to our nation’s wall of separation. Their attack on yoga has nothing to do with the cons…