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Republican Lauren Boebert Jokes About AR-15s and Jesus — And Yes, She’s a ‘Real’ Christian

By Chrissy Stroop

…irst instance, Boebert told the church crowd at Charis Christian Center in Colorado Springs that she prays Psalm 109:8 for President Joe Biden: “Let his days be few, and let another have his office.” Although at least one journalist claimed to be “shocked” by this behavior, praying for a president’s death is nothing new for right-wing American Christians. They did the same thing to former Democratic presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton. And gi…

Salvation, Purity, and Right Wing Activism: A Sampling of What Taxpayers Will Be Forced to Support as a Result of Carson v. Makin SCOTUS Ruling

By Chrissy Stroop

…tionals to predict that Christ was probably returning this fall, sometime around Yom Kippur. (This is not a Dave Barry column, but I feel compelled to state that I am not making this up.) I’ve heard from more recent alumni that he continues to predict the imminent Rapture. I could go on—there are so many stories—but that’s probably enough. And again, my experience is one of significant privilege within the Christian school context. I would even st…

On Historic “Decision Day,” SCOTUS Sends LGBT Americans Mixed Messages

By Sunnivie Brydum

…iscrimination law. The plaintiff, Jack Phillips of Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood, Colorado, has been rebuffed by every court and commission that has heard his case thus far. Even his attorney at Alliance Defending Freedom was surprised that SCOTUS agreed to hear the case, according to BuzzFeed. Nevertheless, ADF’s Kristen Waggoner was quick to tell BuzzFeed she was hopeful that Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission would ulti…

Greek Abbot Arrested for Role in Financial Scandal

By Louis A. Ruprecht

…em far more interesting, and suspicious. Prime Minister Papandreiou made a trip to Mount Athos himself in October, shortly before his fatal referendum call, in order to have a private meeting with the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople. Meanwhile, Father Ephraim was preparing for a trip to Russia, nominally to take one of the treasures of the Vathopedi Monastery, the Saint Mary Belt, on a tour of that reemergingly Orthodox country…

Beware of Yoga, Taking the Jesus Out of AA, Atheist Billboard Wars—The Sequel

By Michael J. Altman

…flag from a public Veterans Memorial. The ACLU of New Jersey is suing the city of Point Pleasant Beach over the recitation of the Lord’s Prayer at city council meetings. Oh, and by the way, Hitler invented the phrase “separation of church and state.” At least, that’s what Tea Party candidate Glen Urquhart claims. Could the coach’s Mormonism affect who plays quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles? Elsewhere in pro football, the Pittsburgh Steeler…

Pro-Gay Marriage Mormon Keeps Faith Despite Church Pressure

By Joanna Brooks

…riage?” Her two-minute video made the website, then the local news in Salt Lake City, and within days an official at LDS Church headquarters placed a concerned phone call to Melanie S.’s local clergy. Three times her bishop met with Melanie to discuss the video. Because she had affiliated with “Mormons for Marriage,” he questioned whether or not Melanie and her husband should be allowed to keep their temple recommends—certificates that allow the m…

Mormons Prepare for WA Marriage Equality Fight

By Joanna Brooks

…d in some Washington stakes—but not all, so we’re not sure if it came from Salt Lake City or not—and the letter encouraged members to vote for the initiative but instructed them not to use ward contact lists for campaigning or to say they were campaigning or voting on behalf of the LDS Church. The letter even specified that the letter itself should not be printed or distributed, only read by the bishop to congregations. It seems like there is a he…

Alienating Even the Sadistic Trumpian Right, How Did Kristi Noem Miscalculate So Badly With Her Puppy Killing Story?

By Annika Brockschmidt

…ansported the family dog, an Irish Setter on top of a car during a 12-hour trip, scaring the dog, leaving it to have diarrhea—washing down the car and then continuing the trip with the terrified dog still strapped to the roof of the car. Incidentally, Romney refused to compare his scandal to Noem’s, declaring: “I didn’t shoot my dog. I loved my dog, and my dog loved me.” While other former presidential candidates like John Kerry and Barack Obama h…

“We Found My Father, Except for His Hand”

By Haroon Moghul

…of what they’ve gone through, and of their religion, when it was on those grounds that they were attacked? A tiny city, Sarajevo has endless cemeteries squeezed into every available space, one of them inside a stadiums for when no space could be found for the bodies, bringing to mind a ghoulishly overstuffed apartment. The city endured, but not infrequently reveals its hideous gashes and mutilations, buildings burned and mosques trashed, houses gu…

Note to CPAC Conservatives: “City [Up]on a Hill” Wasn’t About American Exceptionalism

By Julie Ingersoll

…others more important than our own superfluous abundance. So what of that City [up]on a Hill? Is it like stage from which everyone can see us? A place of honor? A Pedestal? Frankly the Puritans would have considered that idolatrous hubris. Winthrop meant that, as representatives of the Christian faith, the rest of the world would judge Christianity (and even God) by whether or not they lived up to this commitment. For we must consider that we sha…