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Getting Wright Wrong: Preaching is Not Policy

By Anthony B. Pinn

…gn of hate. To the contrary, passionate critique of the United States is a sign of patriotism, in that it arises from a deep need to push the country to be the best it can be, to embrace its full potential and live out its principles. In this public conversation we must be open to hearing diverse perspectives and opinions. These differences must be respected and allowed to shape healthy and rich exchange through which we learn a great deal about t…

Would Tea Partiers Consider Jefferson a Heretic?

By Lauri Lebo

…o the state ratifying conventions, where they urged state delegates not to sign on. As Ed quotes from the book: If there was little debate in Philadelphia over the “no religious test” clause, a veritable firestorm broke out in the country at large during the ratification conventions in each of the states. Outraged Protestants attacked what they saw, correctly, as a godless Constitution. The “no religious test” clause was perceived by many to be th…

It’s The Apocalypse, Stupid: Understanding Christian Opposition to Obamacare, Civil Rights, New Deal and More

By Daniel Silliman

…back before the millennium. From there they determined that there will be signs or indications that tell us we’re approaching the Second Coming. They believe the Bible had laid out these signs, the sequence of events that would happen, as they understood it, as we get closer and closer and closer to the Second Coming of Christ. The rough picture is that we’re moving towards the End Times. Instead of the idea that Christians are building the kingd…

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…

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…

Hopping on the Meditation Brandwagon: “Heartfulness” Makes Landfall in Los Angeles

By Anita Little

…rst. The conference and the materials were free, and there’s nary a dollar sign to be seen for any of their heartfulness services on the website. But for the organization to have the reach and global real estate it apparently possesses, there is certainly a point at which revenue (donation!) is extracted. That combined with the nebulous promise of transformation (if only you connect with a Los Angeles-based trainer!) earned a side-eye or five from…

Religious Right to Newsweek: ‘Woe to [You] for Even Printing This’

By Bill Berkowitz

…he Freedom From Religion Foundation, an atheist organization, to display a sign promoting non-belief near a Nativity scene in the Legislative Building in Olympia. Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly has made the Washington fight his own personal Battle of Stalingrad (let’s hope that the only casualty is limited to a stolen—and later replaced—atheist sign). Local religious right leaders, led by longtime conservative evangelical and former National Football Lea…

J Street: Mainstream on Foreign Policy, But Are the Rabbis Listening?

By Sarah Posner

…itarian crisis in Gaza has grown all the more dire.” Although he wanted to sign on to the fast, Rabbi Joshua Levine-Grater of Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center, a Conservative congregation in Pasadena, California, said it would be “too far” for many in his congregation. In a sign of how his congregation is talking, though, a member who took issue some of Levine-Grater’s positions had come with him to the J Street conference. At a previous congrega…

Obamunism? The Traditional Values Coalition Coins a Term

By Bill Berkowitz

…“to secure the 41 votes necessary to sustain a filibuster against measures promoting federal taxpayer funding of abortion.” The Susan B. Anthony List, “a nationwide network” of over 150,000 Americans “dedicated to mobilizing, advancing, and representing pro-life women in politics,” played a prominent role opposing Barack Obama’s election. ++++++++++ Obama Should “Bring America Together” by Appointing Bush-Nominated Judges, says the Family Research…

American Brokenness: A Lament

By Daniel Schultz

…rtsmouth, New Hampshire, showed up with a pistol strapped to his leg and a sign calling for the refreshment of the tree of liberty with the blood of tyrants. That was a patriotic sentiment in revolutionary times. Now it’s just a vile form of sour grapes. That an election went against the conservative movement does not mean that it was unfair, or undemocratic, or oppressive. In this nation, we stick together—win or lose. But that, I think, leads us…