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Rev. Barber: A “Moral Center,” Not a “Religious Left,” Will Save Us in 2017

By Peter Montgomery

…were arrested for civil disobedience in weekly protests against regressive policies enacted after a far-right takeover of the Republican Party, legislature, and statehouse in the 2010 and 2012 elections. This year, under the auspices of a nonprofit group, Repairers of the Breach, Barber and other religious leaders hit the road for a “moral revival” tour, traveling to 22 states calling for a “moral revolution of values” and training more than 1,000…

Hillary Flirting with Fear

By Ira Chernus

…pt for the more conservative candidate, even if they don’t like his or her policies. The promise of safety overrides every other consideration. That’s why a glance back at the last presidential election is so useful for all of us who are keeping a close eye on this year’s election. It reminds us that appeals to a traditional mindset centered on security, and the powerful emotions it evokes, can trump even the most persuasive logic. Democrats ignor…

Anti-LGBT Culture Warriors On The March; More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…rty Law Center reports: The FRC post did not address el-Sisi’s dictatorial policies toward his own citizens or the draconian policies currently being enacted toward LGBT people and their supporters, including a proposed law that dictates prison sentences for those who engage in homosexuality, those who support it, and media that “promotes” or mentions it. A social media campaign using the hashtag #WeNeedToTalk to promote the World Youth Forum bein…

The Revolution Will Not Be Fetishized: Taking Resistance Beyond the Spiritual Industrial Complex

By Andrea R. Jain

…I wonder what those spiritual people will do now to resist the oppressive policies and efforts of the Trump administration? It is not enough to raise their signs at Women’s Marches, lower their bodies into downward dog at Lolë “peace” events, cloak themselves in Spiritual Gangster leggings with “Good karma” appliqued across the butt, or shop for “eco-friendly” biodegradable paper plates at Whole Foods. There is a difference between gestural subve…

Critics of Hasidic Schools Exposé Missed the Point: It Wasn’t Antisemitic or the Product of Secular Bias — It’s a Story of Corruption

By Shaul Magid

…some ways, is precisely the point. Regarding the educational curricula and policies of haredi schools, much of what appeared in the Times has been a source of controversy for decades. Naftuli Moster and his “Young Activists For Fair Education” (a.k.a. YAFFED) have been working tirelessly on this issue, while numerous essays in law journals have addressed these matters, including a recent 57-page scientific essay by Matty Lichtenstein published in…

Op-Ed: Rev. Wright and the Church-State Divide

By Ira Chernus

…ters want their own religious doctrines translated into specific political policies, many more voters want to be protected against having any doctrines, and often religion itself, forced upon them. They want to be reassured that the wall of separation between church and state will stand firm. It’s a matter of having their freedom protected, which the candidates say is their number one priority. On the other hand, most voters want assurances that t…

Election 2016: Postracial Blues, #BlackVotesMatter, Evangelicals for Trump, and “Who Are We Now?”

By The Editors

…k youth culture to an animal needing to be made to heel, or her support of policies that led to the overpopulation of prisons with black men), she seems recently to have found her rhetorical mojo with black voters. And here’s where her “postracial” performance becomes clear. Clinton has found her mojo with a certain Black electorate in no small measure due to her wrapping herself in President Obama’s exceptional Black mantle. She’s also found her…

Double Helix: Stress, Religion and Your “Real” Age

By Arri Eisen

You can argue about their policies—who lies more, who’s taken which money from what lobbyist, who spends money more effectively—but to me the difference between likely candidates McCain and Obama is their age; the former is my dad’s age, the latter is mine. From a biologic perspective, what does it mean “to age”? Why do some folks, like the vigorous and resilient Sen. McCain, seem to “age better” than others? Can we, as Aubrey De Grey champions i…

Trump Order A ‘Death Sentence’ For Some LGBT Refugees? Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…nail over every word because each one influences international law, public policies, and government budgets. When these words aren’t spoken, we see dire consequences like “conversion” therapy of gay men, forced marriages of lesbians, or mandatory sterilization of transgender people. We need LGBTI people to be specifically named and protected. OutRight looks forward to working with the new ambassador to ensure an unequivocal and specific American v…

Barna Plays God, School Board Boot Camp, and the Birth of the ‘SAGECON’: Day 3

By PRA Staff

…ho decided to run for school board in fall 2020, outraged by “masking, CRT policies, gender ideology” and other decisions by her local school board. Cawvey and two other conservatives “ran on our values as conservatives, and we won…[and] now we have a majority.” With the imprimatur of the majority, Cawvey and her fellow school board members repealed their school district’s mask mandate, shut down a school “social justice club,” removed books from…