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Haiti and the Push for Theological Questions

By Paula M. Cooey

…ation to the present. Lisbon: The End of Optimism? The Lisbon earthquake struck the capital of Portugal on November 1, 1755, All Saints’ Day. Scientists today speculate that it probably registered as a nine on the Richter scale. It devastated the population. Estimates of the number of people killed range from 10,000 to 100,000. At the time the quake struck, worshipers filled the churches honoring their dead. The churches, the worshippers, and the…

UK Christian Mag Argues for “Separate but Equal” Unions

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…a heterosexual couple Try as they might to paint the distinction between “marriage” and “civil partnerships” as something to celebrate, Christian Today merely reminds us why no one is truly equal until we all are….

Darrell Issa’s Show Trial
on Alleged Obama Administration “Anti-Catholic Bias”

By Sarah Posner

…fabricated scandal isn’t going away anytime soon, though. It’s a perfect crucible for interrelated Republican cause celebres that all serve as election season fodder: that the Obama administration “promotes abortion;” that contraceptives are like a gateway drug for abortion; and that the Obama administration is depriving the Catholic Bishops of their religious liberty. But the Democrats could easily turn this around on the Republicans. Should rap…

Perry’s Challenge to Bachmann for Religious Right Vote

By Sarah Posner

…hooling movement and convention lectures are frequently informed by Reconstructionist readings of the bible, in which the Old and New Testaments are a continuous narrative, and in which Biblical Law provides the basis for understanding our obligation to obedience, the exercise of dominion, and the purpose and significance of history.” And “Rushdoony laid the philosophical/theological grounding for these movements in the late 1950s and early 1960s,…

Invoking God’s Name Like a Bludgeon

By Lauri Lebo

…it’s about the dignity, huh? And I love the comment under the above posted YouTube video by Epicrebt07: Nothing says “I’m secure in my beliefs” like a bitter, public diatribe. On Wednesday, the court issued a ruling denying defendants’ motion to dismiss. A hearing to rule on a plaintiffs’ request for preliminary injunction to prevent the prayers at a May 21 scholarship ceremony is scheduled May 3….

Confront Death by Avoiding Fritos: The Gluten Lie, Fad Diets, & Foodie Faith

By Michael Schulson

…urges or they want to say, well, gluten-free dieting is complete B.S. The truth is somewhere in between those two poles. When it comes to food rhetoric today, the industrial world is often held up as the source of evil. Are there other evils you see coming up in the rhetoric that surrounds these diets? I think there’s a worship of nature, which ties to modern industrialism, but is slightly different. People have created a dichotomy between natural…

Think Yoga and Mindfulness in Public Schools Are a No-Brainer? Think Again

By Candy Gunther Brown

…s without violating the Constitution. The Court has, however, consistently ruled against school prayer and Bible reading, even when children are allowed to “opt out.” One reason is that children may feel subtly, even if not overtly, coerced to participate, due to the influences of teachers as role models and peer pressure, bolstered by mandatory attendance. Only one federal court ruling, Malnak v. Yogi (1979), has considered the constitutionality…

Vaccine Mandates are Constitutional; Religious Exemptions are Unnecessary and Harmful

By Andrew L. Seidel

…fety of anyone else. You might believe you can safely operate a car while drunk; but if you get behind the wheel we punish that reckless behavior. Vaccine refusal is reckless in the same way drunk driving is. Whether the belief is religious or not doesn’t change the calculus. If you need an easier example, just think of ritual human sacrifice. Is murder permitted if the murderer believes his god commands it? If religion were a license to violate a…

Muslim Mickey Mouse Tweet by Christian Billionaire Sparks Controversy

By Joseph Hammond

…sluggishness. Of the 183 companies listed on the Egyptian Exchange, only 6 stocks gained on Wednesday. All tweets considered, Naguib Sawiris would rather focus on other political issues and the race to form coalitions in run-up to the fall elections. His FEP is courting other liberal parties, while the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party is crafting a political alliance with Wafd (Egypt’s traditional liberal party) and several establish…

Facing White Christianity’s Role in the January 6th Insurrection

By Robert P. Jones

…sisters to achieve the promise of a multi-racial, multi-religious America. This article was originally published on Jones’ #WhiteTooLong substack newsletter. To read more or sign up, go to robertpjones.substack.com….