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Is Refusal to Write Anti-Gay Cake Message a Violation of Religious Freedom?

By Kara Loewentheil

…that the fact that the baker has a political objection to the customer’s religious beliefs means that refusing to bake the cake isn’t arguably religious discrimination. There’s an ongoing question in other areas of discrimination law, like Title VII’s employment discrimination protections, about whether religious discrimination means discriminating against someone because they are a member of a given religion or because they take or don’t take ac…

Anti-Vaxxers Illustrate Danger of Overly Broad Religious Freedom Laws

By Kara Loewentheil

…reason, most religious exemption laws are, as the name suggests, only for religious believers. (In the military conscientious objector context, the set of protected beliefs was expanded to include a philosophical opposition to war that was of a similar scope and gravity to a religious objection.) But a belief that vaccines cause autism (which is contrary to all scientific evidence) is not the kind of life philosophy that exemption laws are general…

The Plot to Turn the Synod into a “Plot”

By Patricia Miller

…will be advisable and to designate the place where the meetings are to be held; To ratify the election of members described in articles V and VIII; To determine matters for discussion at least six months before the Synod is to meet, if that be possible; To see to it that the material to be discussed is sent to those who ought to be concerned about the discussion of these matters; To set the agenda; To preside over the Synod personally or through s…

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

By Mary E. Hunt

…aggression, or even at the first harsh words, do [women] not put distance between themselves and the men who threaten…?” (p. 9). Let’s start by talking about economics and whether women can afford to leave. Nevertheless, the question is: Why do men act violently and get away with it, and what are we going to do about it? The final section is on women and religion. The much-needed feminist critique of Catholic structures, teachings, and policies i…

Before Oprah, There Was the “Hour of Power”: Crystal Cathedral Pastor Robert H. Schuller Has Died

By Cathleen Falsani

…eativity and loving those far away from the church.” He is a superstar of televangelism; an estimated 2.7 million watch his Sunday program, “Hour of Power,” where he preaches his individualized, sunny gospel of success, self-esteem and positive thinking—or, as he prefers to call his theology, “Possibility Thinking.” — Los Angeles Times, 1983 Richard Mouw, former longtime president of Fuller Seminary in Pasadena, Calif., who now serves there as a p…

The Man in the Red Dress: My Unlikely Friendship with Cardinal Francis George

By Cathleen Falsani

…eciated that, and I appreciated him for recognizing it. Dogmatically we likely agreed on little else beyond Jesus himself. But Frannie G didn’t inquire about specifics and he never gave me cause to suspect he presumed we were ideological comrades or adversaries. An introvert in an extrovert’s job, Cardinal George was deeply caring, something that wouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone had his public persona more accurately reflected the actual man….

What the Conservative Christian “Fake-Trans Bathroom Creeper” Has To Do With Suburban Anxiety

By Sarah Morice-Brubaker

…lp repeal this thing.” In a post for Barton’s Black Robe Regiment network, Ellison elaborates that his vested interest in Springfield’s nondiscrimination policies mainly has to do with commerce. He explains that he was “amazed that such an ordinance would be passed in a city in which I and every member of our congregation do business.” But Ellison’s claim that the City Council “passed it in secret” is hard to square with the available facts. The C…

How Would Religion Respond to Extraterrestrials? A Thought Experiment

By Ed Simon

…changes such radical discoveries might manifest in religion? I’m going to bet that religion is not going to disappear. If anything, the discovery of extraterrestrial intelligence might look a bit like the sixteenth century, when Europeans first began to grapple with the fact that the western hemisphere contained two massive continents with millions of inhabitants. But, as to specifics: how could Christians maintain the special election of humanit…

The Return of Government as “Idolatry” and the “Second Amendment Remedies”

By Julie Ingersoll

…open election it would favor Angle, but if there is a primary or a party selection process it’s unlikely that party officials will choose Angle after she repeatedly sabotaged herself in the race with the unpopular Reid. If you’ve forgotten, you can read the “Ten Most Ridiculous Sharron Angle Quotes” here. There is also speculation that, if she is passed over in a nominating process, Angle might run as an independent (the Constitution Party?). Ang…

Fascinating History of Search for “Lost White Tribe” Sheds Light on Construction of Race

By Michael Schulson

…F. Robinson does in his extraordinary new book, The Lost White Tribe, can help unravel that claim. For a book that focuses on long-dead explorers and old scientific texts, The Lost White Tribe feels startlingly relevant to the present political moment. Robinson’s excavation begins from a bizarre and little-known strand of history: long before Europeans began exploring far-flung lands, they dreamed of finding white people there. And once they start…