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America, the Mythical: “Mother of Exiles” or Denier of Safe Haven?

By Ed Simon

…Nathaniel Hawthorne, who was in the line of the dreaded Judge Hathorne of Salem witch trial fame (and whose notoriety was the reason for the author’s addition of a “w” to his own name), said that he was proud that the Puritans once existed, and relieved that they no longer did. And yet during the horrors of the Civil War, the pilgrims took on a new symbolic role, as Yankee historians conceptualized the origins of America not in Jamestown, Virgini…

Conservatives Accuse Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori of Misconduct

By Elizabeth Drescher

…y a bishop from suing in civil courts to retain property or funds from its sale. The provision effectively reinforces the authority of bishops over churches in their dioceses. In this case, however, the AAF is attempting to hoist Jefferts Schori in the church’s own canonical petard by claiming it is she who has violated the bounds of ecclesial legal authority by pursing cases against breakaway congregations in secular courts. The Republican Party…

Op-Ed: A Few Things I Wish Barack Obama Had Said

By Garret Keizer

…rm belief that the American electorate regards its suffrage as a thing for sale. Both are based on that time-honored American political tradition of buying votes. You know, people have tried to accuse me of having messianic pretensions. But here is the proof that I am not “the one you’re waiting for.” The true messiah of American politics will be the candidate who is willing to say that enjoying the privileges of United States citizenship means pa…

US Catholic Bishops Jump on Anti-Trans Bandwagon With Gratuitous Vote to Amend Healthcare Directives

By Chrissy Stroop

…ar hospitals and subjected them to the bishops’ ERDs as a condition of the sale, patients may not even know they’re in a Catholic system until it’s too late. Like reproductive healthcare, queer healthcare can also be dicey in Catholic institutions. And in March, the USCCB’s Committee on Doctrine released a statement against gender-affirming healthcare, complete with concern-trolling about children, that adds fuel to the fire of the vicious attacks…

Proposition 8, Mormonism, and the Other Fight for Alternative Marriage

By Holly Welker

…ll not be available in heaven, but sees no need to legislate against their sale, even in Utah. There is the assumption that however wicked or wrong a certain behavior might be, it need not overwhelm the efforts of the Latter-day Saints to be righteous, and that, furthermore, God can adequately judge and punish those whose behavior he finds abhorrent, no matter how legal or acceptable it might be here on Earth. Tyler Barrick, whose June 17, 2008 ma…

Vatican Idol?

By Kate Childs Graham

…l just forget about that new mortal sin called “excessive wealth” for right now.) If you are rushing to Amazon.com to purchase this musical wonder, don’t be surprised if you can’t find it. While it is on sale today in Italy and Mexico, it won’t go worldwide until January. However, surely in the coming weeks, you will be able to have it shipped overseas just in time for the holidays….

God, Guns, and the Confederate Flag

By Sarah Posner

…lyer. More recently, following New York’s passage of a law restricting the sale of assault weapons in the wake of the Newtown, Connecticut massacre, the gun manufacturer Remington cited Alabama’s motto in its decision to relocate a plant there from New York. On marriage equality, Moore is unabashed about Alabama making its last stand alone. “I can’t explain why more than 20 other states have bowed down to unlawful federal authority but Alabama is…

“Unrealistic” Candidates and the Prophetic Tradition

By Peter Laarman

…so that we may sell grain, and the sabbath, so that we may offer wheat for sale? We will make the ephah small the the shekel great and practice deceit with false balances, buying the poor for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals and selling the sweepings of the wheat.’ The Lord had sworn by the pride of Jacob: Surely I will never forget any of their deeds. In the face of this impudence, Amaziah, a corrupt court prophet, complained loudly to…

Hitchens Debates Conservative Evangelical: Nothing Happens

By Eric Reitan

…s to selling a product, the purpose of such a script is clear: to keep the salesperson focused on making the sale, regardless of what the potential customer might say. But what is the purpose of using such a script in a debate? It certainly isn’t for the debaters to learn from one another, to be challenged by new ideas so that they might rethink and refine their own convictions. In a very real sense, it’s about preventing such transformations. Whe…

Trump’s Bibles and Sneakers Campaigns Tell an Old Story About the Role of Race in Christian Nationalism

By Dara Delgado

…t days before Easter, Donald Trump held a press conference to announce the sale of his new Bible. For $59.99, Americans wishing to join the former president in “Making America Pray Again” could own what he claimed to be his “favorite book.” The God Bless the USA Bible (GBUSA), the only edition of the holy writ the former president endorses, includes the King James Version (KJV) of the Bible alongside the Bill of Rights, Declaration of Independence…