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Dog Whistles and Holes in the Masterpiece Cakeshop Arguments?

By Patrick Hornbeck

…rve black customers in violation of his religious beliefs. Courts have typically applied “strict scrutiny” to laws that involve “suspect classifications,” categories like race that have historically been used to disadvantage some and favor others. Although the Supreme Court has not formally applied either strict scrutiny or the lower “intermediate scrutiny” standard to religion, its First Amendment doctrine requires the government to demonstrate t…

“They Have No Intention of Changing”: An Interview with Sex Abuse Expert on Pope’s Fierce Defense of Accused Bishop

By Evan Derkacz

…comments Juan Carlos Cruz tweeted (in spanish) “As if I could have taken a selfie or picture while Karadima abused me or others and Juan Barros stood there watching it all.” Given that material evidence is rare in cases of sexual abuse how should the pope approach allegations? Is there cause for him to be skeptical? Have there been numerous cases of demonstrably false accusations? Material evidence is not rare in the cases. The church is very good…

Update #2: No Safe Place for Truthtellers: A Larger Frame for the House Chaplain Brouhaha

By Peter Laarman

…e Chaplain through the end of this Congress. That’s through the end of the calendar year for those keeping score. *** In her WaPo piece asking why we even have paid chaplains serving in both houses of Congress, Sarah Pulliam Bailey uncovers the not-surprising fact that it’s basically all about the persistence of superstition. In 1787 no less a religious skeptic than randy old Benjamin Franklin proposed that the proceedings of the Constitutional Co…

SBC’s #MeToo Problem Isn’t a Rotten Apple, It’s a Rotten Theological Tree

By Dianna Anderson

…, known colloquially as “Al,” is the president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY. He’s also one of the most prominent voices in American evangelicalism, representing the Southern Baptist Convention on the national stage through his radio shows, blogs, and on the boards of various organizations across the United States. Paige Patterson, like Mohler, is a prominent member of the SBC, working as president of the Southwestern…

The Shared Assumption Behind Creationism and Anti-GMO in Europe

By Michael Schulson

…d, like baseball, creationism can feel like a uniquely American sport—“a local, indigenous, American bizzarity,” in the words of Stephen Jay Gould. There’s no question that anti-Darwinian sentiment occupies a special place in the American psyche. But there is nothing uniquely American—or, for that matter, especially right-wing—about feeling as if nature works in ways other than those specified by contemporary biology. And skepticism toward evoluti…

Earth to Planet Catholic: Francis Papacy is no Picnic

By Mary E. Hunt

…pokey and no deputy has yet been named. Rumor has it that Pell’s legal counsel costs the earth and people in Australia have been asked to ante up. Adelaide Archbishop Philip Wilson convicted last week of covering up sex abuse cases in his diocese will be sentenced in mid June. This is a first in Oz where knowing about abuse and not stopping it is judged to be as bad as the crime. Prosecutors are pushing for jail where clerics may need their own wi…

State-Licensed Ministers Can’t “Pray Away the Gay,” SCOTUS Affirms

By Sunnivie Brydum

The Supreme Court’s refusal to consider an appeal of California’s 2012 ban on conversion therapy is the clearest sign yet that even a Neil Gorsuch Court is unwilling to allow religious practitioners to engage in objectively harmful behavior—at least when it comes to minors whose care has been entrusted to licensed mental health professionals. The summary rejection of the appeal effectively affirms the lower court’s ruling that California’s law wa…

Trump’s Easter Egg Roll: Inauthentic Christianity in a Bunny Suit

By Karen E. Park

…to the Boy Scouts. Flanked by the miserable-looking First Lady and the comically aghast Easter Bunny, Trump spoke to the children about the booming economy and the “$700 billion going into our military”—not topics usually favored by the kindergarten set. He also seemed to forget the name of the White House saying “there really is no name for it.” Though it made great late-night fodder for comics like Seth Meyers, who variously described it as “wac…

Wearing White is Not Enough: A Conversation with Cherisse Scott of SisterReach

By Anita Little

…ping this. RD contacted Cherisse Scott, the founder of a Memphis nonprofit called SisterReach, which advocates for the reproductive autonomy of marginalized groups. We talked to her about what we can expect for reproductive justice under Trump. _____ RD: Just a few weeks ago, a Republican House voted to make the Hyde Amendment permanent. A few weeks before that, Speaker Paul Ryan said that one of his goals would be defunding Planned Parenthood. In…

Catholic Church Bans Gay Film: This Week’s Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…these violations from entering the United States.” Indonesia: Muslim Political Parties Push ‘Propaganda’ Law as Wave of Homophobia Builds We have been reporting for weeks on a wave of anti-gay rhetoric and actions by religious and political leaders. In a review of recent developments in Indonesia, the Global Law Monitor at the U.S. Library of Congress notes, “Homosexuality is not outlawed at present in Indonesia, except in Aceh Province, which ope…