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Are School Districts Getting the Message on Government-Sponsored Prayer?

By Lauri Lebo

There’s an old joke in newsrooms that goes if you can find three examples of something, it’s automatically worthy of a trend story. And so, according to the rule, it’s too early to call this a trend. Still, it is interesting that two news stories came out yesterday about school districts ending government-endorsed religious observances because they recognize that they would probably lose a costly First Amendment battle. Could it be that in the wa…

The C Word

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

As a Christian it has never truly occurred to me to think about where the “best” place might be for me to work, but a new survey on the “Best Christian Places to Work in the US and Canada” has me thinking. Certainly, as a person of faith who is concerned about the environment, I don’t think I’d pursue a job at a nuclear plant or at a company clear-cutting forests. But, overall, I consider just about any place of employment a great place to be whi…

Racist Remarks by popular BYU Religion Professor Spark Controversy

By Joanna Brooks

…missionaries, to as many as 3,000 students a year. This semester, more than 800 students are registered in Professor Bott’s classes. (Eleven are registered for BYU’s African-American history course this semester.) Professors at BYU routinely find themselves having to address racist and sexist content taught in Bott’s classes, and many are outraged and embarrassed by his rogue remarks to the Washington Post, say sources at the university. “Dr. Bott…

Orthodox Rabbi Imitates Pat Robertson

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…of the military, cause many to leave the army, and dramatically lower the number of recruits, perhaps leading to the reinstatement of a compulsory draft.” However, that belief runs counter to many studies already done that show lifting Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell would not adversely affect the military in any way. In 1993 RAND Corp. concluded that openly gay people in the U.S. military do not negatively impact unit cohesion, morale, good order, or mili…

A Church With a Hole In Its Heart: An Excerpt from Peter Manseau’s “One Nation Under Gods”

By Peter Manseau

In the dry red soil of Chimayo, New Mexico, there is a hole in the ground that some call holy. They intend no pun, no play on words. The hole is a serious matter; the locals who tend to it would no more joke about their humble opening in the earth than they would a hole in the head, or the heart. An arm’s length in diameter and just deep enough that the temperature seems to drop when you lean in for a closer look, the hole has been here for centu…

CPAC 2017: Hypocrites on Parade

By Sunnivie Brydum

…the fact that there is already a wall along the vast majority of the U.S.-Mexico border, a January report from the Pew Research Center found that less than half of Americans consider Trump’s much-touted “border wall” to be a priority for immigration reform. It is unclear where Priebus got his information that “80 percent” of Americans want a taller, thicker border wall, but no one onstage today challenged his claim. Among other dubious claims tha…

GOP Candidate Allegedly Orchestrating Shooting of Democrats’ Homes is no Accident

By Annika Brockschmidt

…On January 3rd this year, three bullets hit the house of Linda Lopez, New Mexico senator representing District 11. They went through the window of her 10-year-old daughter’s bedroom, who was asleep at the time of the attack, and was awakened by the gunfire. State Representative Javier Martínez, having heard of the attacks, checked his house—and found bullet holes. All of the targets were elected Democrats. The man arrested for allegedly orchestra…

The Penis+Vagina Monologues

By Sarah Posner

…sor and supporters have admitted that they were prompted to act by the New Mexico Supreme Court’s decision in the Elane Photography case—where the court ruled that a photographer violated that state’s human rights act by refusing service to a lesbian couple—it seems difficult to conclude that there could be a better description of it. And given that the bill’s supporters couldn’t come up with a single example of how religious liberty had been infr…

Bill to Stone Gays to Death Introduced in Kenya

By Peter Montgomery

….S.-Latin American group to expand into the Caribbean, boost operations in Mexico and train pastors throughout Latin America, starting in Peru in 2015, on how to conduct political campaigns…. “Yes, I can’t deny that we are asking Evangelicals in Mexico to rise up and become very engaged and to defend Biblical truth and religious liberty to stand up for family and faith,” [Rodriguez] told Reuters. Uruguay: Progressive Advances Fueled by Intersectio…

Desert Prophet of Salvation Mountain Wants to Share his Life Story

By Lauri Lebo

…r Leonard for the past 20 months. A frequent visitor to the Slabs from New Mexico, he came by Salvation Mountain one day and noticed the toll the harsh life was taking on Leonard. So, he went back to New Mexico, rented out his house, bought a camper and moved to the Colorado Desert where he has lived since, taking care of Leonard, making sure he eats and stays cool. A month ago, just as the temperatures were beginning their climb past the 100-degr…