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In Trump Era, Young Muslims Question Respectability Politics of Mosques

By Hebah H. Farrag

…he also feels a growing sense of frustration with the Muslim community. “I signed that letter because it’s a step forward,” Aly said. “But the letter just focuses on Muslim issues, and at this point, we don’t need to have 400 people sign one letter. We need 400 letters—you know what I mean? We are not one voice, we are not a monolith.” Given the demographics of American Muslims, the most diverse faith community in the nation, it might seem natural…

God Dissolves into the Occupy Movement

By Nathan Schneider

…s, ritual: Merritt offered to anoint people “for wholeness,” with an equal sign on their foreheads, not a cross. He had several takers. Merritt told me that participants at ODC asked for a religious presence, religious ritual, religious gatherings. A woman who came to the interfaith service wanted to express a joy, saying she was “happy I am living through this process, of finally standing up for something… we’re coming together of one accord for…

God and the Gay Christian: An Interview with Matthew Vines

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…ension, but many felt they didn’t know how to embrace me without having to significantly revise their understanding of scripture. This is why many people will be compassionate and sympathetic but only within the parameters of their biblical interpretation—which means there is a limit to how far their compassion goes. You need people not to just tolerate you; you need people to embrace and affirm you. I appreciated the sympathy and that people did…

U.S. Religious Right Groups Support Move Toward ‘Illiberalism’ of Hungary and Poland; and More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…lam by luring them into bed. The stories claimed he made the four-fingered sign of the Muslim Brotherhood during sex, like a religious form of fisting. The allegations are often ludicrous. But the arrests of LGBTQ people lend legitimacy to the regime’s other repressive measures. The tortured bodies of trans women and gay men cement the dictatorship’s bloody but insecure foundations. Romania: U.S. Religious Right Groups Back ‘Illiberal’ Path A plan…

Is “Weak Leadership” to Blame for Catholic Trump Support?

By Patricia Miller

…e Act, paired with opposition to same-sex marriage, that helped convince a significant segment of white Catholics that the Democratic Party is hostile to people of faith. As Mark Silk notes in RNS, the campaign to turn the Catholic Church “into a spiritual doppelgänger of the Republican Party” on the part of both lay and clerical elites from the right has been underway for some time: Despite the Church’s longstanding support for universal health c…

What We Saw in the Eyes of Koko the Talking Gorilla (1971-2018)

By Ed Simon

…to confirm our suspicions about our common connections. Before Koko could sign, there was the monkey princess Babiole in Madame d’Aulnoy’s 17th century fairytale of the same name; before Washoe the chimp taught her baby the sign language that had been taught to her, there was the ape-mother Kala raising her human baby in Edgar Rice Burroughs’s Tarzan; before the adorably named Nim Chimpsky, wearing overalls and doing the dishes at Columbia Univer…

Can Democrats Question Amy Coney Barrett’s Faith? Yes! Should They? Well…

By Daniel Schultz

…ut I also incline toward E.J. Dionne’s observation that, “far from being a sign of “bigotry,” invitations to public figures to explain how their faith influences their ethical and political views is a sign of respect and of taking faith seriously.” The idea that faith is somehow exempt from evaluation or pushback in fact empties it of its value and renders it meaningless. Look, it even says in the good book that Christians ought to be ready “to gi…

Why We Should Ban Oppressive Speech Acts

By Natasha Lennard

…at liberals who “fell” for the supposed hoax of believing the “okay” hand sign to be a white supremacist gesture. But since it was white supremacists who kept “okaying” in photos, it turns out the social justice snowflakes were correctly observing a new hate symbol’s addition to the lexicon through the far right’s collective use. In response to alleged political correctness gone too far, the vile alt-right radio host Paul Joseph Watson once tweet…

Pelosi Attacker’s New Age Spirituality and Belief in QAnon is no Contradiction

By Susannah Crockford

…and enlightenment that’s the animus of new age spirituality. There’s also significant overlap with libertarianism, a shared space of socially progressive, fiscally conservative, anti-government politics. Those overlaps would naturally include nudity activism because personal freedom is paramount. The unifying theme that “I can do what I want, so can everyone else” forms a naive (at best) understanding of how harm occurs in society. The peace, lig…

Dragged Through the Mud: This Little Church-Backed Support Group for LGBTQ Teens Suffered Bomb Threats, Smears and the Cancellation of its Drag Show

By Chrissy Stroop

…ng with students through the schools’ wellness centers. But the statement, signed by Constant and superintendent John Becker, went much further. Treating the deceptive and inflammatory Project Veritas video like legitimate journalism, Becker and Constant wrote, “Given statements by Pastor Tinnins [sic] in the video, along with other related concerns, RJUHSD staff has contacted the Roseville Police Department and Child Protective Services to advise…