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Conservative Rep Grills Oklahoma Personhood Sponsors

By Sarah Morice-Brubaker

…tors are caught in the middle, and the voters themselves are… well… making phone calls and holding marches, because what else is there to do? (When I called the office of one member of the Public Health Committee to register my opposition to SB-1433, the staffer on the phone said, “Goodness, it seems like everyone in Oklahoma is calling.” I wearily replied that most of the calls must be in support of the bill, right? “Oh, no,” she said. “Against i…

Sex, Violence, Art, and Religion

By Kent L. Brintnall

…ould make me happy. Then, of course, there are the people I can name whose numbers aren’t in my cell phone: Murat Aymedir, Leo Bersani, Lee Edelman, Amy Hollywood, Kaja Silverman, Ernst van Alphen, to name a few. Are you hoping to simply inform readers? Give them pleasure? Piss them off? I certainly hope there’s pleasure to be gained in reading this book. I hope I’ve been able to capture a tiny fraction of the pleasure (or, the ecstasy, which is a…

The Real Story Behind Rick Perry’s Secret Meetings with Pastors

By Sarah Posner

…in 2000. Kaylor wrote, “You were correct to connect the news about Perry’s phone call with Robison’s effort in 1980. In fact, the connection is much stronger.” Kaylor reported in June that although Robison denied that his group was supporting a particular candidate—in fact, the group was divided over who to support, as was the religious right leadership in 2008—the televangelist appears to be a prime motivator of Perry’s prayer rally scheduled for…

My Lowest Point

By Amina Wadud

…e’d made plans to meet up in case we got separated and had exchanged phone numbers. In the middle of the tawaf, the call to prayer came. The guards stopped the tawaf. Some people complied and started to form lines. I found a spot between two women, each with their husbands, and sat down on the line. This seemed an ideal spot until a woman in black niqab squeezed in on my left just as we started the prayer. Okay then. Before we had completed silent…

C Street Scandal, the Media, the Future of the Family: An Interview with Jeff Sharlet

By Bill Berkowitz

…Will The Family be able to rehabilitate its image? What will it take? Will members continue to feel safe there? It’s taken a hit. That became evident to me this summer as a number of congressmen did every thing they could to distance themselves from the Family. This was especially true of conservative Democrats. Rep. Bart Stupak, who’s lived at C Street for seven years, enjoying maid service provided by Christian college girls, counseling younger…

Law Prof: Obama Under No Obligation to Appeal DADT

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…dministration decided to appeal a federal judge’s ruling striking down the military’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy against gay and lesbian service members. He’s not alone in that frustration, as numerous other gay rights groups, including the Log Cabin Republicans, who filed the lawsuit in the first place, expressed their disappointment with the decision. “Whether it is DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act) or ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,’ it appears the Obam…

Why Did So Many Black Women Die? Jonestown at 35

By Sikivu Hutchinson

…managed to escape Jonestown before the massacre with several of her family members. As early African American members of the church when it was based in Indiana, Thrash and her sister tithed 20% of their income to Peoples Temple. Thousands of dollars in property sales, Social Security, disability, and welfare benefits from Temple members were funneled into the church’s empire. Despite being elderly and infirm, Thrash and her sister followed Jones…

Remembering Rumsfeld: The Defense Department Gospel and America’s Desert Crusade

By Nathan Schneider

…dal just last year when he endorsed an evangelical “spiritual handbook for military personnel,” saying it should be “in every rucksack.” The Department of Defense, which still makes discrimination against gays its official policy and war against modern-day Saracens its almost-stated mission, has yet to abandon the theocratic culture that spawned these documents. A former Air Force intelligence officer told me that the use of biblical verses on cov…

“Liberal Nazis”: The Republican Crusade Against NPR

By Paul Harvey

…known to the public at large but famous locally for a vigorous advocacy of military spending to a degree that makes even some Tea Partiers uneasy. NPR and its “Liberal Agenda” For years, Lamborn has sponsored bills to eliminate public funding for National Public Radio. The recent fortuitous combination of the Juan Williams incident and the recent elections have given his most recent efforts a very high probability of approval in the House next yea…

Alleged Fort Hood Shooter Is Muslim. So What?

By Sarah Posner

…groundless violence cannot ever be justified by any religious or personal beliefs and actions such as the shocking events in Fort Hood go against Islamic teachings of love and respect for life.” More than 3,000 Muslims serve in the United States military. Jumping to conclusions about Hasan’s supposed religious motivations, and worse, sowing rumors and fears of a fifth column infiltrating the military is shameful and goes against the principles of…