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Here’s What the Court Didn’t Decide in Masterpiece

By Patrick Hornbeck

…wo justices—Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch—showed interest in Phillips’s free-speech claims, relying on Phillips’s description of himself as “an artist” and on the labor and imagination that he puts into his frosted creations. In a long footnote, dissenting Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor decisively rejected their colleagues’ argument, observing that Phillips had offered “no evidence showing that an objective observer understand…

Porn, Abuse, or Just Plain Incompatibility… Is Divorce Ever a Sin?

By Daniel Schultz

…raphy. Thankfully, only 28% of pastors surveyed agreed, which is still too high for comfort. Still: Christians are much more likely to say divorce as a result of abuse is a sin than non-Christians (43% to 22%); within Christians, Evangelicals say it’s wrong more than others (46% to 34%). Dear Christ, what is wrong with us? Well, here’s one idea: David Gushee, looking at the same poll, apparently zeroes in on the 37% of lay people who think it’s no…

In Vitro v. Dignitas Personae: Teacher Fired for Fertility Treatment Sues Diocese

By Sarah Morice-Brubaker

…a case for other degrees of cooperation, but the point is that the set of questions are a bit different for self-funded plans, which is what the diocese of Fort Wayne has. The Vatican Time Machine Finally, although this may veer into chin-stroking territory, intellectual honesty demands that one look at the actual teachings of the Roman Catholic Church laid out in Donum Vitae and Dignitas Personae, well-summarized by Rev. Richard Sparks in an int…

Grassley Staff Memo on Televangelists Makes Clear Religious Right Opposition to Government Oversight

By Sarah Posner

…s that the IRS establish an Advisory Committee, under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, comprised of church leaders and representatives, to “consider” issues related to religious organizations: We believe that such a Committee would be helpful in facilitating an ongoing dialogue between churches and religious organizations and the IRS. Through our discussions with various stakeholders after the letters went out to the six churches, we perceived…

Israel Votes to Limit Sheldon Adelson

By Sarah Posner

…imed at limiting the free distribution of Israel Hayom (Israel Today), the free newspaper owned by American casino magnate and Republican super-funder Sheldon Adelson. The same Sheldon Adelson who, at the inaugural meeting of the Israeli American Council in Washington on Sunday, said, “I don’t like journalism.” Haaretz’s Anshel Pfeffer explains the anti-Adelson bill that advanced today: The law, proposed by MK Eitan Cabel (Knesset) and sponsored b…

Bachmann Weaves Own Salvation Story into Christian Nation Mythology

By Sarah Posner

…settling,” by knowing Jesus Christ “in his fullness” can someone be truly free, free in the way that Jesus intended when he “set captives free” by the founding of the country. It’s all wrong, of course, historically, constitutionally. But Bachmann found the precise sweet spot where testimony and Christian American exceptionalism mythology intersect. Bachmann took her speech even further, invoking the biblical story of Joshua and Caleb, who led a…

What 19th-Century Marriage Controversies Can Tell Us About The Fight Over Gay Marriage

By Eric C. Miller

…iage have a tendency to replicate government models (I call this the family-as-government metaphor). Because ways of thinking about family and government tend to be deeply intertwined, I think that marriage is here to stay (at least for the foreseeable future). Although it may be tempting to look for a clear linear trajectory with marriage controversies, the reality is more complex. Marriage is fascinating because the institution is about much mor…

Why I’m Not An Organ Donor

By Kristel Clayville

…can’t. So the telescopic story is one of free resources and the skills of highly-trained professionals (skills gained with tax-payer subsidies) helping the well-insured and financially well-off overcome diseases and extend their lives, while medically qualified candidates without financial and social means run out of options. From a social justice perspective, this story mirrors the story of the United States in general: most of the resources flo…

Challenge to ‘un-Africanness’ of homosexuality; LGBT Catholics in Africa face church cooperation with persecution; lesbian cartoon project debuts in bangladesh under shadow of violence; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…obably be held after the next elections. Meanwhile, a new TV ad by the anti-equality Marriage Alliance, “claims that allowing same-sex marriage will lead to an increase in drug addicts, rapist and suicidal teens.” In other news, Australia’s first transgender television host, Andrew Guy, is sharing his story. Cayman Islands: Legal challenge on immigration may lead to change in marriage law Caribbean News Now reported last week that two gay lawyers…

Yeshiva is Likely to Win Its Battle Against LGBTQ Group — But Do Jewish Orgs Really Want to Empower a Militant Christian Movement?

By Orit Avishai

…foundations of American democracy, including its cherished individual and communal freedoms. YU has long prided itself on its dual commitment to “the knowledge of Western civilization and the rich treasures of Jewish culture.” But here there seems to be an impasse between “Western civilization” (as reflected in New York City Human Rights Law which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender) and “Jewish cultural riches”…