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With Election Takeaways Like ‘Too Transgender’ or ‘the US is Shifting Right,’ Dems are Determined to Learn the Wrong Lesson

By Chrissy Stroop

…to reason, must genuinely not fully grasp that they just voted against the policies they support. So what are the right lessons to draw from this hot mess? For one, Republicans did not win a mandate to persecute transgender Americans, deport millions of immigrants, bring back prayer in public schools, or implement policies that further impoverish struggling Americans while enriching millionaires and billionaires. Sadly and predictably, the legacy…

Is Pope Francis’ Abuse Commission A Fail?

By Patricia Miller

Pope Francis’ formation of a committee to advise him on long-term policies to stem clerical sexual abuse was hailed as a major step forward in the Catholic Church’s bungled handling of the abuse crisis. But an internal crisis within the committee—along with the glacial pace of any reforms—is raising questions about the credibility and effectiveness of the committee going forward. Over the weekend, Peter Saunders, one of two actual survivors of se…

The Resurgence of Right-Wing Anti-Semitic Conspiracism Endangers All Justice Movements

By Ben Lorber

…eories play in right-wing ideology? How are they related to discourses and policies that target other marginalized groups? How do they endanger Jews—and harm other justice movements? Yiddish Communism Versus Christian Civilization In the early 20th century, as communist movements were on the rise the world over, their opponents often portrayed these movements as Jewish conspiracies, hopeful that fearmongering about “Judeo-Bolshevism” would distrac…

A Pair of Christian Colleges Quietly Cracking Down on LGBTQ Acceptance

By Chrissy Stroop

…e (for which the budget crisis provides evidence) and violation of its own policies. “One of the things we noticed,” Green says, “was that APU has an anti-harassment policy that does protect sexual orientation.” Her hope is not that APU will lose its accreditation, but that it will be forced to not only enforce the policy currently in place, but to adopt policies and practices that will better protect its LGBTQ students. Green believes that “the p…

The General’s Son Recounts Very Different Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

By Ira Chernus

…ctory of the occupying army and almost instantly made support for Israel’s policies the centerpiece of American Jewish life. Growing up in the ’50s I had dutifully given my pennies at Hebrew School to plant trees in Israel, though beyond that I didn’t sense that the Jewish state was supposed to play any great role in my life. Years later I discovered sociological data confirming that, before the ’67 war, most adult Jews in the U.S. viewed Israel t…

Is Putin a ‘Real’ Christian? To Understand This Conflict We Need to Ask Different Questions

By Sarah Riccardi-Swartz and Robert Saler

…n turn might ask what Putin’s long history of supporting anti-human rights policies in Russia means in terms of sincere religiosity. After all, we tend to acknowledge the deep religious beliefs of American public figures, like former Vice President Mike Pence, who often support many of the same anti-human rights ideas as Putin. Given the clash between Putin’s performative piety and prejudicial policies, it’s natural for those troubled by his actio…

LGBT’s, Opponents Prep for Vatican Synod; UN Rights Council Adopts LGBT Resolution; Brazil’s Evangelicals Eye Presidency; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…even as religious conservatives push for the Vatican to stick to its older policies and positions, religious progressives have reason for hope: Although the first Argentinian pope hasn’t taken any formal steps to change church doctrine, Francis has gained global popularity in part for shifting the Vatican’s focus away from culture war battles, saying the church is too “obsessed” with the issues such as abortion and responding to a question about h…

Without Judgement Day or Karma How Does a Humanist Confront ‘Trump Funk’?

By Ivan Strenski

…eaders needn’t be reminded of the list of depressing executive actions and policies feeding our collective depression. That’s not why I write now. I do so to try to understand why, after nearly 2 years, the Trump Funk seems a nearly bottomless pit of emotional darkness, worse even than what we’d have the right to expect in the wake of a mere election defeat? Why the oft heard, but inarticulate, lament of pundits over Trump’s growing list of misdee…

Election Survey: White Evangelicals Remain Cultural Outliers on Race, Trump, Immigration

By Candace E. West

…ple of color, journalists, LGBTQ people, and immigrants with lies, harmful policies, and violent rhetoric. The Trump administration continues to deny any responsibility, even as they continue to blame the press. On Monday, PRRI’s report was released publicly and showed that sizable majorities of all religious groups but three acknowledge that Trump’s “both-sides” rhetoric and openly racist language and policies have emboldened white supremacists i…

Warships, Animals, Pubs Eligible For Blessings From Church of England, But Not Same-Sex Couples; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ottom. “The incoming administration needs to make clear that these liberal policies will be reversed and the ‘activists’ within the State Department promoting them will be ferreted out,” he said. The special envoy position was created during the Obama years to fight back against the discrimination of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people around the globe. Conservative groups have called the office an attempt to “entrench the LGBTI agenda”…