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‘Christian Warriors’: Who Are The Hutaree Militia And Where Did They Come From?

By Chip Berlet

…Writing in the American Prospect, Gershom Gorenberg blasts the authors because they: promote conspiracy theories; they demonize proponents of arms control, ecumenicalism, abortion rights and everyone else disliked by the Christian right; and they justify assassination as a political tool. Their anti-Jewishness is exceeded by their anti-Catholicism. Most basically, they reject the very idea of open, democratic debate. In the world of Left Behind, t…

The Next Generation of the Pro-Life Movement

By Bill Berkowitz

…lenge[s] students to rethink their position on abortion at hundreds of campuses every year,” and uses displays that include “graphic images of abortion, descriptions/photos of fetal development and abortion techniques, and [information about the] factual consequences of abortion.” In late June and early July, the Survivors conducted their annual “ProLife Training Camp 2009” in Los Angeles. “Known nationally as the pro-life ‘boot camp,’ Survivors P…

Atheist Rock Fest, Buddhist Geeks, Megachurch For Sale, Church Bans Fried Chicken

By Michael J. Altman

…Houston blogger posted an internal email that advised local stores not to promote their halal products during Ramadan. A collection of relics from Pope John Paul II, including a capsule of his blood, will tour Mexico this fall. Rev. Roy Bourgeois has been officially dismissed by his religious order, the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers, for his support of women’s ordination. “Don’t tase me bro!” When the head pastor at New Welcome Baptist Church in…

Will Evangelicals Vote for a Non-Christian Trump? If They Don’t, the Vatican May Fall to ISIS

By Hollis Phelps

…ave only wished and prayed that Donald Trump would have been President because this would not have happened. Of course, this isn’t the first time Trump’s Christian values have been questioned. In fact, his appeal to a large swathe of evangelical voters has vexed some Christian commentators. As Jonathan Merritt writes in the Atlantic: “Donald Trump is immodest, arrogant, foul-mouthed, money-obsessed, thrice-married, and until recently, pro-choice….

Immigration Issue Divides Arizona Mormons

By Joanna Brooks

…e last decade. The majority of Mormon converts in the US now come from Latino communities. And there are just about as many Mormons who live in Mexico and Central America as there are in the state of Utah….

Atheists are Americans Too, Vuvuzelas, Etc.

By Michael J. Altman

…e opponents argue that the answer should be education not legislation. In Mexico, Time reports, La Familia Michoacana mixes fundamentalism with drugs, violence, and political corruption. The cartel’s leader, Nazaria Moreno—AKA El Mas Loco—has written his own Bible and leads prayer meetings. A conservative pastor in Minnesota, who was outed by Lavender Magazine, will likely keep his job. Rev. Tom Brock had been publicly critical of the Evangeli…

Data-Mining The Denominations: The Southern Baptists in Four Charts

By Daniel Schultz

…lmost 50,000 members in Missouri alone in that time, another 45,000 in New Mexico, and Florida, 12,000 in Washington D.C. Reading through the data, the conclusion seems inescapable: over the last half of the 20th century, the Southern Baptists enjoyed remarkable success in expanding out of their traditional turf. But in the early part of this century, that momentum stalled, and now they’ve started to give ground back. Were it not for the growth in…

Goat Head Found in Brooklyn. Who Cares?

By Joseph Laycock

…ar religion. In 2011, a goat head turned up on the porch of a fraternity house in New Mexico. Unlike countless other fraternity pranks, this one drew police investigation and made national news. And last year, a goat head was delivered to Wrigley Field—either to intimidate Tom Rickets, owner of the Chicago Cubs, or to lift a curse. (According to one story, the Cubs were cursed in 1945 by a man who wasn’t allowed to bring his goat into the ballpark…

Red Pop and Freedom: How (And How Not) to Celebrate Juneteenth, a New Federal Holiday

By A. E. Brooks-Key

…Black American Holiday,” African-American orators and activists have long used the 4th of July to illuminate the differences between the laudable rhetoric of liberty and the oppressive slave-owning nation they actually resided in. Lemuel Hayes, Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth and an entire generation of Black abolitionists viewed July 4th as an opportunity to press for change and to celebrate, when appropriate. Knowing this important antebell…

Pope Francis Walks With LGBTQ People, One Step Forward, Big Steps Back

By Kaya Oakes

…ng it as a description of same-sex marriage and gender fluidity. He’s also used the phrase in the Phillipines, Poland and Mexico. He seems to have picked it up from the African bishops, who used it to describe foreign aid that comes bound up with conditions about reproductive rights and sexual health. But after dropping the phrase in Georgia, Pope Francis told a different story on the papal plane back to Rome. Josh McElwee of the National Catholic…