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Polygamy Bus Tour, ‘Spiritual’ Healthcare for Christian Scientists, Baptizing an Alien…

By Michael J. Altman

…olina and Carmina will take up residence at the church. Christian Surfers, USA unites Christianity with the waves. The small town of Sidney, NY wants a Sufi graveyard gone. The city claims the bodies were buried illegally and wants them removed. In Washington, two Muslim inmates are suing the Pierce county jail for religious discrimination; among other things, they complain that Christian inmates receive special treatment such as a special living…

Lou Engle Attempts To Backpedal On Uganda Anti-Gay Bill

By Sarah Posner

…es? Does he support the criminalization of homosexuality in Uganda? In the USA? Given Engle’s recent rise to prominence among religiously conservative political figures, these questions have important implications for American politics and policy. Indeed (and I’ve requested comment from Engle’s organization). Engle has been evolving as an increasingly important figure to the religious right for rallying shock troops against what Engle calls “Anti…

How the Christian Right Can Save America from Donald Trump

By Sarah Posner

…ging Into Donald Trump’s Religion (D.C. Innes in World, calling Trump’s refusal to name a favorite Bible verse in a Bloomberg interview his “Sarah Palin moment” for evangelicals, referring to when Palin told Katie Couric she reads “all” the newspapers); Conservative Columnist Says Donald Trump is Scamming Christians for Vote, Urges Conservative Evangelicals to ‘Wake Up’ (Gospel Herald referring to Kirsten Powers’ op-ed in USA Today). If Donald Tru…

Worse Than Madoff: Amway Launches Domestic Revival

By Bill Berkowitz

…ia DeVos Foundation (1992). There is also a DeVos connection to Blackwater USA, the world’s most powerful mercenary army, and the largest contractor providing security in Iraq. That company too is currently up to its neck in Iraq-related legal problems. Blackwater was founded by former Navy SEAL Erik Prince, the son of Edgar Prince, a wealthy Michigan auto-parts supplier. The elder Prince is described by Jeremy Scahill, in his bestselling book Bla…

Obama and the Unbelievers: The Future of Secularism

By Bruce Ledewitz

…these people are nonbelievers. But most of them probably are. According to USA Today, this group—the unaffiliated—represent one of the “fastest-growing segments of the population.” Their percentage of the electorate has already grown from 9% in 2000 to 12% this year. It may even be that the category of unaffiliated underestimates the voting power of nonbelievers. The same Pew Forum study also reported on another question in national exit polling—h…

Cornel West, Using His Powers for Good

By Edward J. Blum

…oblem of allocating work and income.” He joined the Communist Party of the USA and was viewed as a traitor by many Americans, hated by conservatives, and a pariah to most liberals. West’s trajectory has some similarities. During the 1970s and 1980s, he made a name for himself writing about the problems of race in American philosophy, society, and morality. Now, he has moved to focus more on housing, banking, taxation plans, and material infrastruc…

‘Putin’s Children’ Push ‘Traditional Values’ in Latvia; Jewish Reparative Therapy Group Finds ‘Haven’ In Israel; Sikh Activist in UK Supports LGBT South Asians; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…two million people participated, but Reuters reported that “hundreds of thousands” attended the rally in the ancient Circus Maximus, which authorities said could hold about 350,000 people. The week before, thousands of Italians had participated in pro-civil-unions rallies across the country. Prime Minister Matteo Renzi is promoting the civil unions law but faces opposition from within his own government and from the Catholic Church. The president…

Ping-Pong Politics After Underwear Bomber

By Louis A. Ruprecht

…me of increased security… as if the sacrifices made under the aegis of the USA Patriot Act were not enough. The Obama administration, with the notable exception of Vice President Biden, seems to be caving to the pressure of needing not to appear soft on terror and to appear especially firm on anti-terrorist security matters. So the president has elected to retrieve the very rhetoric from which he had so significantly distanced himself in the contr…

The Chilling Response to the Pelosi Attack isn’t Simply a Matter of Partisanship, it’s a Sign of the Right’s Embrace of Fascism

By Annika Brockschmidt

…get hit with hammers,” he declared. Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, the former libertarian-turned White Christian nationalist think tank, went even further, proclaiming that an “amazing patriot” should become a “midterm hero” by bailing him out of jail “and then go ask him some questions.” Right-wing commentator Dinesh D’Souza claimed the police were involved in a cover-up. The most jarring reactions were those of Republicans who mocke…

Invoking God’s Name Like a Bludgeon

By Lauri Lebo

…at public gatherings. No, no matter to the special interest group that has contacted this college to pursue its agenda of driving God from the public square. No matter to those too uncertain in the strength of their own views that they cannot abide any mention in public of the divine, and that would prefer instead to censor and silence free speech. If you don’t believe in God, that’s fine. The government has no business trying to convince you othe…