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“Man of Steel” Brings Muscular Message to Oppose Right-to-Die Legislation

By Ann Neumann

…d himself as the new face of a movement fighting against legislation that will give aid in dying to terminally ill patients (opponents call these “assisted suicide” laws). After his diagnosis, Hanson founded the Patients’ Rights Action Fund (PRAF). This fall, he has been working to thwart new aid-in-dying legislation in New York and Washington, D.C., as well as a referendum in Colorado (which ultimately passed). In this effort, he is clearly tryin…

UPDATED: Turning Catholic School’s Anti-Mask Theology Into a Faith Argument is Just Fine With Religious Right (Even if it is Based on Garbage Theology)

By Daniel Schultz

…there’s ample evidence from places like Asian schools, where masking when ill is common, to show that it doesn’t do much to impede education. How this stuff doesn’t get laughed out of court, I cannot say. But I will add this: any deity whose inherent nature can be slowed down by a piece of fabric isn’t much of a god, and any faith that’s stymied by the same isn’t very strong, either. *** There’s an old saw in the legal world that “bad cases make…

Anti-Vaxx Cardinal Burke, Just Off the Ventilator, is Becoming a Living Anti-Abortion Martyr

By Karen E. Park

…bortion)” and expressed the belief that “Cardinal Burke went to the Pearly Gates, and Jesus said ‘Cardinal Burke, your job’s not over, I’m sending you back, to end the chaos caused by Pope Francis Bergoglio.” For his part, Pope Francis has urged Catholics, and all people of goodwill, to receive the Covid-19 vaccination. He’s called the vaccine a “moral responsibility” and “an act of love.” But for those who follow Cardinal Burke, only the cell lin…

Who Could Possibly Take Issue With ‘Human Dignity’? Beware of Trojan Horses

By Peter Schwartz

…foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world.” No doubt, Stephen Miller’s language was intended, generally speaking, to invoke these lofty goals. However, Miller also smuggled into Trump’s UN address a more politically specific meaning of “human dignity,” derived from Catholic natural law moral philosophy, and more directly aligned with the ways Paul Johnson and Justin Dyer made use of the term. To flesh out this meaning, let’s consider D…

Global LGBT Recap: Nigeria Jails Gays, Russian Orthodox Spox Calls for Criminalization Referendum

By Peter Montgomery

…sion talking about the LGBT people being less than human. For example, the number two person in the state broadcasting company – actually now he’s the number one person – hosted a show devoted to the question of whether it was enough to protect our children to ban homosexual propaganda or whether more needed to be done. He argued that more needed to be done. He said and we need to outlaw blood and sperm donations by them. And if they die in car ac…

Creators of Missing Lowe’s Ad Tell All

By Hussein Rashid

…UB Network’s new cartoon, Transformers: Rescue Bots. Parv grew up in Naperville, Illinois, and studied musical theatre at the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University. He currently resides in Los Angeles. Cheena has recurred on Help Me Help You, ’Til Death, and Brothers and Sisters. Other guest-starring roles include ER, The West Wing, The O.C., The Fresh Beat Band, The Suite Life with Zack and Cody, and My Name is Earl. His film…

Holey Holey Holey: The Problem with a New Study Valuing Religion at $1.2 Trillion Per Year

By Michael Schulson

…thod is “hard to defend.” Let’s focus for a minute, though, on that $1.2 trillion number. (Actually, $1.16 trillion, but hey, what’s a difference of $40 billion, really?). Here’s the most important thing to realize: according to the Grims, Walmart accounts for one-quarter of the nation’s religious GDP. Of that $1.16 trillion estimate, $422 billion comes from a list of “religion-based companies,” $279 billion of which comes solely from Walmart. The…

Does Record Number of Religious “Nones” Mean Decline of Religiosity?

By Elizabeth Drescher

…ough time and space. Judging by the media excitement over the latest poll illustrating continued growth in the number of people who answer “none” when asked with what religion they are affiliated, the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life seems to have pulled a similar trick for those interested in how religion is changing in America. “‘Nones’ On the Rise,” released on October 9 by Pew in affiliation with PBS’ Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly, gives th…

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….

How to Choose a Tour Company for Your Hajj

By Amina Wadud

…nts than their quota allows. Most Muslim countries have a quota; a limited number of hajjis permitted from that country in any one year. This number is set by hajj authorities in Saudi Arabia, because, in all fairness, there has to be a cap on how many Muslims converge on the place. Right now, it stands at around 3 million! Countries with large populations of Muslims have many more applicants than their allotted number of pilgrims. This means you…