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Don’t Laugh at Rick Scott’s ‘Plan to Rescue America’ or Be Fooled by Reports of a ‘Backlash’ — His Only Mistake Was Revealing the Truth of Today’s GOP

By Annika Brockschmidt

…that Christian nationalism is a strong predictor of support for racialized policies such as these. We believe in science — just not yours Of course, Scott’s plan doesn’t aim for logical consistency or cohesiveness because, when it comes to culture war issues, logic isn’t what the Right is after. Talking points don’t have to make sense overall or in relation to each other; they simply need to advance the movement’s goal, which is the preservation o…

Did the Pope Claim Gay Marriage as a Threat to Humanity or Didn’t He?

By Peter Montgomery

…onvention, but rather the fundamental cell of every society. Consequently, policies which undermine the family threaten human dignity and the future of humanity itself. Brown not only claims that the Pope didn’t specifically use the words “gay marriage,” he says that there wasn’t even the suggestion “that gay marriage was the most important of these [policies that threaten the family] and he didn’t mention it at all.” Really? Immediately followin…

Vatican Council on Women Would Be Funny Were it Not So Insulting

By Mary E. Hunt

…concede (which they do not) that the Roman Catholic Church’s theology and policies on sex and reproduction tie women in knots (except for their Fallopian tubes), I respectfully suggest that this image, like the YouTube video, be retired before it causes more scandal. Irish women’s ordination activist Solime Humbert identified the problem: Like many other male Surrealist artists, Man Ray tended to objectify women and define them as subordinates…th…

Poll: Gays Oppose Arizona Immigration Law

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…sbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgender (LGBT) individuals oppose these policies, with 45% expressing strong opposition.” As with other topics centered on social justice, the gay and lesbian community seems to be at odds with their heterosexual counterparts. As the press release for the poll points out, “in other national opinion polls, 6 out of 10 (60%) heterosexual adults who also have seen, read or heard about Arizona’s forthcoming statute s…

No Longer Content With Right to Opt Out, Conservative Christians Asking Courts to Eliminate Rights for Others — And They’re Winning

By Elizabeth Reiner Platt

…tial burden” (the legal term of art in these cases) on religious activity. Policies that bar a Sikh soldier from wearing a turban, require a Seventh Day Adventist government employee to work on Saturdays, or deny a Jewish or Muslim person access to kosher or halal food in prison have been extensively litigated. If and when such plaintiffs win their claim, they gain a right to personal accommodations that allow them to practice their faith—for exam…

Billy Graham and the Gospel of American Nationalistic Christianity

By Anthea Butler

…who are actively supporting Islamophobia, isolationism, and America first policies. Billy Graham may have been “puffed up” by William Randolph Hearst newspaper reporters in his first crusade in Los Angeles, but the more important event in Graham’s ministry was his Washington, D.C. crusade in 1952. It was there that he would begin what was part of his lifelong work: fusing Christianity and Americanism together to create a potent cocktail of Evange…

Long Before Lying to Congress, Barr’s Views on Church and State Should Have Disqualified Him

By Becky Garrison

…that under his rule, the U.S. Justice Department would continue to pursue policies that weaken church-state separation. Why should we care about comments Barr made in the ‘90s critiquing church-state separation and secular government? We should care because the things Barr said at that time were very extreme. This was not mild criticism of some Supreme Court rulings. Barr attacked the very concept of secular government and in one speech said advo…

Obamunism? The Traditional Values Coalition Coins a Term

By Bill Berkowitz

…sely how much power each of these individuals will wield over our nation’s policies during the next four years. They will impose Obamunism upon our nation.”— TVC Executive Director Andrea Lafferty; and, “Obama’s ‘Hope’ Portrait To Hang In National Portrait Gallery”—a profile of Shepard Fairey and his “Soviet-style” art work which “were seen everywhere during the election campaign on posters, campaign stickers, and banners all over the United State…

Egypt Goes After Gays to Silence Islamist Critics; South Africa’s ‘Open Mosque’ is Closed; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…eligious conservatives can’t seem to shake their love for Putin’s anti-gay policies. As Miranda Blue notes at Right Wing Watch, Austin Ruse, who heads the Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute (C-FAM), was on the planning committee for the recent “pro-family” summit in Moscow. As we noted last week, that gathering was held without the official sponsorship of the World Congress of Families, who pulled their support under pressure after Putin’s…

Don’t Be Fooled By Trump’s Acceptance of Marriage Equality: Here’s What to Expect

By Sunnivie Brydum

…half the article is dedicated to how Trump can disrupt the LGBT-affirming policies implemented under Obama. This prioritization of stripping away LGBT rights is one of the clearest indications yet that these defenses of religious liberty are nothing more than thinly-veiled attacks on LGBT people. Desanctis stresses that “Trump must also be willing to protect the conscience rights of religious citizens, especially within the health-care industry.”…