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Finding Love—and Dogma—in Unexpected Places: Jeff Chu’s Gay Christian Odyssey

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…ition. You can see that even within denominations. The Presbyterian Church USA has different definitions of love just within that one denomination. How do we love? I think that was a real lesson for me. Everyone from my mother, who has a really hard time with my sexuality, to Fred Phelps—well maybe not Fred Phelps. He was the one person I struggled with seeing his form of love. But, many of his followers, sitting with them and breaking bread with…

Is Religion a Game?

By S. Brent Rodriguez Plate

…Raschke, a professor of religious studies at Denver University, claims in USA Today that the new game is “too stupid to go far,” and that may be so. Yet, I think there is much worth investigating in the relation between religious worlds and games, both in their board and video versions. For those still baffled as to why religion works so well in a modern/postmodern world, games might offer some insight. Take some of the recent board games that de…

Pope’s ‘Joy of Love’ Brings Little Joy To LGBT Catholics; Gay Atheist Malaysian Granted Refugee Status In Canada; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ic can be effective is a real question. In the meantime, groups like GAYA NUSANATARA try to create a space for LGBTI Indonesians. “There is no sex education in public schools, but in GAYA NUSANTARA sexuality discussion groups Muslim students will often talk of ‘queering God’ before and after prayer breaks in the organization’s prayer room.” The activist says the rhetorical attacks have resulted in police crackdowns, muggings, and physical crimes “…

Why the ‘Confession & Redemption’ Path is Unlikely to Help Falwell Recover from Sex Scandal

By Chrissy Stroop

…to combating secularism that he co-founded. https://twitter.com/auntiesam_usa/status/1297998488362418177?s=20 https://twitter.com/JimPoorman/status/1298059641448996867?s=20 But to return to Mefferd’s tweet, is the Falwell story indeed just another run-of-the-mill evangelical celebrity sex scandal? To be sure, there is a pattern of such scandals, and worse—sexual assault and abuse, and coverups—in evangelical institutions, precisely because of the…

Caught in a Fever Dream of Originalism, Can SCOTUS Majority Learn the Lessons of Early America Before it’s Too Late?

By J.L. Tomlin and Thomas Lecaque

…uence the direction of government.” Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, echoed the same sentiment, that: “There is no separation of church and state. It’s a fabrication. It’s not in the Constitution. It’s made up by secular humanists. It’s derived from a single letter that Thomas Jefferson wrote to the Danbury Baptist Convention. Of course we should have church and state mixed together. Our Founding Father believed in that.” That “single”…

Why Do Mormons Side with People Who Don’t Like Mormons?

By Joanna Brooks

…Boy Scouts of America Cub Scouts troop based at Christ Covenant Church (PCUSA). The Stokes weren’t fit to serve, the church said, because Mormons weren’t really Christians. And then went on to email church members a link to a webpage expostulating on how very un-Christian we Mormons are. How nice. Second, there’s the story about Nevada Senate Candidate Sharron Angle, whose pastor called Mormonism a “kooky” “cult.” The Deseret News is reporting th…

Bibi’s Megillah to Obama

By Sarah Posner

…he’s got friends here who want to help him do it. After the Israeli leader met with the American president, Hagee’s organization, Christians United for Israel, emailed members urging them to sign a letter of support to Netanyahu. “Next week, we’re flying to Jerusalem to meet with Prime Minister Netanyahu. . . . When we present this letter, we want to tell the Prime Minister that it was signed by many thousands of Christians from across the country…

Bruni on Bachmann

By Sarah Posner

…on and politics. What’s more, as Cathy Lynn Grossman reported last week at USA Today, “Unbelief is on the uptick. People who check ‘None’ for their religious affiliation are now nearly one in five Americans (19%), the highest ever documented, according to the Pew Center for the People and the Press.” One final note: in a democracy, and one in particular that protects religious freedom, it’s a risky business defining who are the “real” Christians,…

Is Sex Outside Marriage Dehumanizing? The Problem with Tim Keller’s ‘Biblical’ Sex Ethic

By Chrissy Stroop

…40768512?s=20 https://twitter.com/timkellernyc/status/1045085951582765057?s=20 Even when he’s “exhorting” Christians to greater faith, Keller can be charmingly quirky. Take the time he explicitly channeled Darth Vader: https://twitter.com/timkellernyc/status/1354147851455098892?s=20 Leonid Brezhnev, typical eyebrow day. But while Keller’s ability to disarm his ideological opponents with humor might invite comparisons to the famously charismatic (b…

‘Personhood’ Agenda is Theocracy

By Carlton Veazey

…ood” campaign. The group organizing the Mississippi initiative, Personhood USA, defines itself on its website as a Christian ministry that “desires to glorify Jesus Christ in a way that creates a culture of life.” The executive director of Yes on 26, Brad Prewitt, has described the conceptual origin of personhood as being “the Bible, Genesis.” He also says that “Personhood is bigger than just shutting abortion clinics; it’s an opportunity for peop…