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Opponent of LGBT Equality Lauded for His Great Courage

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…dn’t have to justify their very existence. Perhaps the lions would be more willing to lie down with the lamb (or the “Daniel”) if the lions weren’t being continually tossed into the political ring for a blood sport sideshow over their “right” to exist. Of course, the article is quick to point out that Chambers and his crew have every reason to be afraid of the gay community. Their headquarters in Orlando does not have a sign and they keep their do…

Religious Right Dream of Privatized Public Education Gets Boost

By Julie Ingersoll

…rticipating in a democracy. An RD commenter, frharry, to my previous post about this topic, rightly noted the danger of these “individualistic and tribal impulses”: “Increasingly Americans are saying we do not want to be a nation, we do not want to be a single people. And without a single story, we won’t be. Without a shared set of knowledge and understandings, we can’t be. And without the resolve to remain united, we have no way to be.” He sugges…

Baptist Resolutions Signal More Culture War

By Paul Harvey

…er slavery, the Southern Baptist Convention had long been wrapped together with the Confederate flag, both central to historic white southern identity. Southern Baptists historically represented a regional culture-religion that virtually defined the Bible Belt. Following the Civil Rights Movement, the energies of defenders of “traditional” culture moved towards concern with gender norms (especially “wifely submission”), while the convention moved…

It’s Unanimous: No “Moderates” in GOP Field

By Julie Ingersoll

…(including diversion of funding) to foster an alternative public education with the long term goal of replacing it. Although Republicans used to debate the abolition of the Department of Education, when asked about education in the debate last night, every single candidate espoused this position: Johnson: abolish federal dept of education Cain: get the federal government out of trying to educate our kids. Bachmann: I’d sign the mother of all repea…

A Locked and Loaded Covenant: The Religious Roots of America’s Gun Culture

By Peter Laarman

…es was the first nation-state founded on the principles of raw capitalism, with land viewed as a commodity and with human beings viewed as chattels. Nation building on this model obviously requires a great deal of lethal violence, and there was never the slightest hesitation among the colonizing whites to use such violence. This is not the kind of history that’s taught in our high schools and colleges, but it ought to be. Some of the key data surf…

Religious Freedom Org Sticking By Trump Clinging to SCOTUS Nominations

By Sunnivie Brydum

…legal nonprofits that claim to be faith-based, while actively working to influence legislation on the local, state, and national level. And both have a decidedly anti-LGBT agenda. The Orlando-based organization might not have the massive financial backing of the ADF, but it’s clear the two groups share an ideological mission, and it’s hard not to see that Liberty Counsel hopes to grow up to be as influential as ADF. In fact, Liberty Counsel has pr…

Hayworth: Just Say “Neigh” to Gay Marriage

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…in Arizona, has taken up the Santorum mantle, asserting in an interview on Orlando, Florida’s WORL that gay unions could lead to “man-horse” wedding ceremonies: “You see, the Massachusetts Supreme Court, when it started this move toward same-sex marriage, actually defined marriage — now get this — it defined marriage as simply, ‘the establishment of intimacy,’” Hayworth said. “Now how dangerous is that? I mean, I don’t mean to be absurd about it,…

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

By Bill Berkowitz

…club to bash others. The religious right is making a mockery of the season with a litany of stunts cheaper than dollar-store wrapping paper.” One of this year’s hot battlegrounds in the so-called “War on Christmas” is Washington State, where government officials have allowed the 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’ B…

Rush Limbaugh’s Race-Baiting and Gaslighting of Obama Paved the Way for Trump

By Ian Reifowitz

…-Baiting Rhetoric on the Obama Presidency Paved the Way for Trump Ian Reifowitz IG Publishing June, 2019 This is a publication about religion, so rather than simply talk about the host’s broad influence on our politics, I’m going to delve specifically into some examples of how he used religion to divide Americans when talking about President Obama, and how this reflects his larger approach. This material is drawn from the research and analysis inc…

London’s ‘Big Gay Iftar’ And More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…-equality. As the Independent noted in April, Le Pen is not the only right-wing candidate in Europe drawing support from white gay men. Last month Handelsblatt noted that Alice Weidel, an openly gay former Goldman Sachs banker, had been named co-leader of the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany Party. Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board adopts new guidelines on LGBT refugees Canada’s Immigration and Refugee board announced new guidelines for…