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“Soul Freedom” versus “Christian Nation”: Exploring the Legacy of Roger Williams

By Becky Garrison

…reas of citizenship, but should not seek or desire government privilege in promoting their specific views. How do you think Roger Williams would define “social justice?” Again, Williams’ insights into the Native American, their religion and their tribal practices give us clues to his view of social justice. He listened to their religious views and sought to understand their practices, rather than dismiss them as pagans who had nothing to teach the…

Including Bono on Glamour’s “Women of the Year” List is Two Steps Backwards

By Sunnivie Brydum

…Bono’s work is absolutely important, and worthy of recognition—though the Irish rocker’s philanthropy has also faced a fair amount of scrutiny from those suspicious of the “white savior” complex that his exclusive focus on Africa belies. Bono’s charity, combined with his celebrity, also facilitates a massive amount of access to world leaders—though his advocacy seems to fall short of directly critiquing those (generally white, cisgender men) in p…

A Pence Presidency Would Give Margaret Atwood’s Dystopian Vision a Run for its Money

By Diane Winston

…n, you’re likely wondering how things went so very wrong. Growing up in an Irish Catholic family, Mike Pence was proudly Democratic. With John F. Kennedy as a patron saint, Pence became a high school Democratic coordinator. His first ever presidential vote was cast for Jimmy Carter. But Pence belonged to a generation that wanted something more, and his current faith commitments are inseparable from his experience as a baby boomer. In the ‘60s and…

Mexico’s Religious Conservatives Seek Anti-LGBT Constitutional Amendment, LGBT Activists Defend Secular Government; Cash From Qatar Funds ‘Traditional’ Family Activism Worldwide; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…sake of the little ones. Many little ones will fall into this sin if LGBT promoters push them. And we also protest for the sake of the LGBT promoters themselves. For their sin will be multiplied by every abused child that they push into sodomy.” Orozco discounts the likelihood of such an appeal, since Belizean law generally bars “interested parties” from appealing if the parties themselves decline. Rather, his focus is on understanding the decisi…

What Should the Vatican Say to the (Last Generation of) Nuns?

By Peter Manseau

…eligious orders they had joined as teenagers. Daughters of immigrants from Irish and Italian enclaves, many of them had become sisters for reasons not just of faith, but of education and opportunity. The convent to them had been an unlikely part of the American dream. By the time I met them, some of these women had left religious life, having shed their habits in the late 1960s, as my mother had, as if to feel more of the breeze blowing after…

It’s Not a Tea Party, Silly, It’s a Rebellion

By Louis A. Ruprecht

…f 1794. This one started in nearby Pennsylvania, mostly among Scottish and Irish immigrants, for whom whiskey was an important commodity, as well as a way of life. They did not accept the federal government’s right to tax it. President Washington found himself in the ironic position of assembling a federal army to put down the rebellion, which pretty well evaporated when he did so. Once again, most of the rebels were pardoned, since the federal go…

Orthodox TV Channel Offers Gays One-Way Ticket Out of Russia; And More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…of Panama belongs to all those who live in it. From the Mayor’s Office we promote respect for diversity #CeroDiscriminacion.” Armenia: Justice Ministry says couples married in other countries should be recognized The Justice Ministry has confirmed that a same-sex couple married abroad should receive the same benefits in that marriage. China: Targets of sweeping new censorship rules for online media include homosexuality The Chinese government imp…

Vatican Instruction on Cremation Rankles Many, But Give it a Second Look

By Karen E. Park

…r an angle to get people to pay up for pricey lots in Catholic cemeteries. Irish Independent columnist Liam Collins was apoplectic accusing the Church of having nothing better to do than to dream up new ways to torment the faithful. But the most common objection, the one expressed more than any other, seemed to be about who controls the body. One commenter in the National Catholic Reporter put it this way: “The issue is choice. This choice should…

Why is the Pope Popular Among Nones?

By Kaya Oakes

…burned and Catholics hunted down by mobs. Protestant army officers abused Irish Catholic soldiers so badly some defected to the Mexican side during the 1846 war (they were subsequently hanged), and the KKK unleashed verbal attacks on Catholics in the 20th century. Today, public suspicion of Catholics is less overt, but still present, and sometimes that takes the form of attacks on the pope. In addition, the current pope’s reluctance to identify t…

The Real (and More Interesting) World Behind Magic in the Moonlight

By David Walker

…ans encouraged with one hand what they squashed with the other. Born to an Irish-American family in New York in 1861, Robinson came to prominence as a Chinese magician in London around the turn of the century where, in 1905, he waged stage-war with—and won the title “The Original Chinese Conjurer” from—Ching Ling Foo, the native Chinese magician from whom Robinson had actually stolen his Chung Ling Soo act. In 1898, before leaving the U.S., Robins…