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Corporations Have Consciences and Contraceptives Are Cheap: Hobby Lobby at the Supreme Court

By Sarah Posner

…rmit the government to mandate that religious entities pay for abortions, Chief Justice John Roberts betrayed his view: “Isn’t that what we’re talking about?” Verrilli, though, accurately noted that no federal law requires anyone to pay for abortions. That, actually, is a testament to how successful religious conservatives have been in getting statutory and regulatory exemptions, and Verrilli repeatedly pointed out that a Hobby Lobby win here woul…

Our Failure To Understand Ferguson: A Cognitive Explanation

By Andrew Aghapour

…o blame unemployment on individual laziness, or segregation on prejudiced white homeowners, but this would miss the forest for the trees—or, better yet, the stairwell for the step. Continuing the subway staircase metaphor: in the case of Ferguson, Missouri, it would be a mistake to blame the one who trips. “If we understand that segregation was created unconstitutionally by federal, state, and local government policy, rule, and regulation,” Rothst…

Mormon Women Knock at the Door, Are Turned Away

By Holly Welker

…is very clear. We chose the name ‘Ordain Women’ for a reason: because we think that nothing but women’s ordination will result in the full equality and enfranchisement of women.” Kelly said that she was “very disappointed that women’s issues didn’t come to the forefront during the Mormon moment” of 2012 and founded the group earlier this year after her work with women fighting for justice around the world forced her to ask, “What is it I do to as…

California Inmates Protest the Abuse of Long-Term Solitary Confinement

By Sarah Sentilles

…because the prisoners themselves have stepped up and are taking the leadership in this movement, and it has made all the difference. There is much more awareness nationally and internationally about the problems of solitary confinement and why it constitutes torture.” It’s not just the fact that this hunger strike might become the largest in the state’s history that matters, according to Magnani. “It’s the decision-making process,” she said. “It’s…

Will SB 1146 End LGBT Discrimination in California’s Religious Schools?

By Stephanie Russell-Kraft

…ould say something like “no student may participate in a same-sex relationship,” as this rule would apply to all students on campus. They could also use the property protection clause to deny trans students housing or prevent LGBT groups from meeting on campus, according to the ACLU. And the provision exempting schools that prepare students for the ministry would apply to the entire institution (even cleaning staff and maintenance workers)—not jus…

Spiritual Unplugging, Or What to Do When There is Wifi at the Ashram

By Matt Hamilton

…n them, like alcohol, sex, and general restlessness. But going straight to him? Him? That’s where the road ended and delusion, I thought, began. But long after morning meditation ended, I kept chewing on that one line, “Why delay?…Go straight to Him.” It percolated during later chants and yoga sessions. With its simple two-word question—“Why delay?”—the verse presumed to know so much. By the second day in the ashram, it hounded me. What am I hidin…

The Contested Religious Powers of Baseball on Display in Cuba

By Sean O'Neil

…leads with a rum-drinking, cigar-smoking deity named Jobu to help him with his hitting. Jobu is the most prominent figure in Cerrano’s religion, a system of symbols and ritual devotions which the film ominously introduces as “Voodoo.” Viewers also learn that Cerrano left Cuba for the United States because of religious persecution. But Cerrano’s baseball salvation, hitting a triumphant home run in the final game, comes only when his religious devot…

Who Is “Sam Bacile?”

By Sarah Posner

…d that the film was intended to be a provocative political statement assailing the religion. He denied being Sam Bacile, the pseudonym for the video’s purportedly Israeli Jewish writer and director, but AP said the cellphone number it called for a telephone interview with Bacile on Tuesday matched Nakoula’s address. —- For more RD coverage of the events in Libya see “Tragic Violence in Libya: No Excuses,” by Haroon Moghul — ed….

Blame Series Bonus: Why We Want That Dish For Free, an Uncut Interview with Bertram Malle

By Andrew Aghapour

…ution as a whole might be trusted and might be just.) So maybe one way to think about this is that if we find ourselves blaming institutions, we’re already using a flawed set of psychological mechanisms, because institutions don’t act the way that individuals do? I wouldn’t put it quite the way that you said it—it’s not that we’re using flawed psychological mechanisms. We’re using the only psychological mechanisms we have, which are well practiced…

Pope Praises ‘Complementarity’ & Resists Gay Ambassador; Irish Religious Leaders Spar Over Marriage; Colombian Atty Gen Cites ‘Bogus’ Study Opposing Adoption; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…lamented Sayyed’s withdrawal, deeming it a shame for India rather than for him and his family. “It is unfortunate that LGBTQ rights aren’t accepted in one of the world’s largest democracies,” said Coenie Kukkuk, the pageant’s managing director. Guam: Governor still stalling on marriage We reported last week that Guam’s Governor was stalling on ordering public health officials to give a lesbian couple a marriage license. Pacific Daily News points o…