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A Pair of Ex-Gay Leaders Make About Face

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…visive issue.” What would make these sympathetic overtures really ring true, however, would be to see Smid and Chambers put their weight behind the movement to fully include LGBT people in the church—something they’re unlikely to do anytime soon. For example, a group of more than 900 clergy and laypeople in the Methodist church in New York and Connecticut are vowing to bless the unions (and marry in states where they can) of gay and lesbian people…

Snake-Handlers, False Messiahs, and a Few Great Souls: 14 Who Died in 2014

By Daniel Silliman

…an principles were good for business. He opened his restaurant in Hapeville, Ga., in 1946. By 2013, Chick-fil-A had 1,800 locations across the U.S. and annual sales of $5 million. The company gave away $68 million over the years and was celebrated by the religious right. “The Bible tells a lot about how to run a business if we just read it and apply it,”Cathy said. He died at 94. David Eugene Sorenson An elder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latt…

The Chilling Response to the Pelosi Attack isn’t Simply a Matter of Partisanship, it’s a Sign of the Right’s Embrace of Fascism

By Annika Brockschmidt

…get hit with hammers,” he declared. Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, the former libertarian-turned White Christian nationalist think tank, went even further, proclaiming that an “amazing patriot” should become a “midterm hero” by bailing him out of jail “and then go ask him some questions.” Right-wing commentator Dinesh D’Souza claimed the police were involved in a cover-up. The most jarring reactions were those of Republicans who mocke…

UK Muslims & the “War on Christmas”

By Svend White

…e thin-skinned. Non-Christian though I am, in our day of rampant narcissism, materialism, and short-term thinking I appreciate getting reminded once a year of timeless values and higher priorities. Yet what is often overlooked by those railing against the Christmas season’s increasing inclusiveness is that respect is a two-way street. Christians are going to celebrate Christmas and their higher numbers in society are going to naturally translate i…

Occupy Francis Lewis Boulevard

By Haroon Moghul

…while listening to Russian-speaking Central Asians scream into their cell phones, all of which are so much cooler than mine; this particular virtual argument was about an order for an organic something that didn’t go through. I guess. Then halfway through my haircut, a South Asian man walks into the barbershop and sits two chairs down from me. He’s wearing a dark brown shalwar qameez, the clothes most commonly worn by people in the northwest of t…

Historical Revisionism Jujitsu: Religious Right Celebrates End of Interracial Marriage Ban

By Evan Derkacz

…ists” who see parallels in the Loving case—it’s Mildred herself. On June 12, 2007, the 40th anniversary of the Loving case (a decision handed down just months before MLK was killed in Memphis, by the by), Mildred penned a public statement that included these liberal sentiments (full PDF here; italics mine): Surrounded as I am now by wonderful children and grandchildren, not a day goes by that I don’t think of Richard and our love, our right to mar…

Thanksgiving Reveals More About Us Than About 17th Century Events

By Ed Simon

…ca as “Mother of Exiles,” a universal space that encompases all ethnicities, cultures, and religions precisely because of its universality. *** When Welcoming the Stranger Was Not Just a Religious Virtue Melissa Borja illuminates a Thanksgiving dinner held in 1979 when prominent Jewish leader Rabbi Bernard Mandelbaum and Notre Dame University president Father Theodore Hesburgh joined President Jimmy Carter in an event meant to raise awareness of t…

The Truth in Transgender: Will the Episcopal Church Amend Its Rules?

By Elizabeth Drescher

…nd communications director for the Episcopal LGBT advocacy group Integrity USA, of the failure of the 2009 resolution. “There was a clear need for education among the bishops and the delegates in general on what it means to be transgender and why it matters that they are not prevented from serving the Church in any ministry, lay or ordained.” “I have to confess,” continues Brooks, “that I was one of those people who used to say, ‘Why do we have to…

New Patriarch, Same Patriarchy: Despite Glowing Praise For New SBC President, There’s Just One Problem

By Caroline Matas

…prevent abuse and investigate how its churches have handled past abuse in their midst. But as long as the SBC continues to send women and men mixed theological messages about authority, power, and options for exiting abusive situations, there’s little reason to have faith that the SBC’s crisis of abuse will end anytime soon….

Vivek Ramaswamy Represents the Convergence of White Supremacy and Hindu Supremacy — And He May Well Be Trump’s Running Mate

By Usha Kumar

…m oppression. In Sydney, Australia, they attacked Sikhs; while in Leicester, UK, Hindu supremacist marches precipitated Hindu-Muslim riots. Hindu supremacists have fiercely opposed civil rights protections around caste, free speech and affirmative action, and spread waves of disinformation and anti-Muslim hate speech, including most recently against Palestinians. Nevertheless, we have continued to understand Hindu supremacy as a diasporic project…