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Alabama’s IVF Ruling Reveals Deep Ties to This Increasingly Influential Christian Right Movement

By Annika Brockschmidt

…Parker opted instead to reference Calvin, Aquinas and Augustine, which, according to religion scholar Julie Ingersoll, “reflects more of the character and tone of the reformed wing of dominionism” which reveals the influence of Christian Reconstructionism on his legal thinking. According to Ingersoll, portions of Parker’s concurrence expose the movement’s loftier theocratic aspirations: It’s not just about IVF or even about contraception (though i…

Where’s Wallnau? A NAR Apostle Takes Aim at Swing Counties in ‘The Battle for the Mountain of Government’

By Frederick Clarkson

…gence apps” including As One America, which contains the name, address and phone number of Christian neighbors “who are not showing up to vote or who are not registered.” He then showed a map with big red arrows pointing to precincts “within striking distance” from Vida Church to the precincts that are “where the devil’s got a stronghold that God wants to break up.” The app was developed by Superfeed Technologies, which has also designed apps for…

The ‘Unified Reich’ Scandal is a Feature Not a Bug of Trump’s Brand of American Fascism

By Annika Brockschmidt

…erson he’s delivering it to is not in fact Trump, but—wait for it—Michael Jordan (Damon might want to phone his lawyers). This unites the two seemingly contradictory elements of Trumpism: the fascist reverence for a god-like leader who his supporters have made a core part of their own identities—and the laughable act of a presidential candidate reposting a fanfic-video with a speech lifted from a basketball movie, and then preposterously applying…

First it Was an Insurrection Flag, Now Supreme Court Justice Alito is Caught Flying Another Far-Right Flag — An ‘Emblem for an Extensive Spiritual Warfare Campaign’

By Annika Brockschmidt

…thing, blaming flag-gate part I on his wife, Martha-Ann Alito. She had, according to Justice Alito, been in a “dispute” with a neighbor and had flown the flag to signal her feelings about this neighborly squabble. This is about as believable as if Clarence Thomas had claimed that his wife’s texts to Mark Meadows, in which she voices her support for Stop the Steal, were intended to demonstrate her commitment to stop the scourge of pickpockets besie…

‘The Quiet Damage’ Details the Heartbreaking Effect of QAnon on Five American Families — But Critical Questions Linger

By Susannah Crockford

…embles an addiction memoir. This resemblance is made explicit in the afterword in which Cook argues that underneath the disinformation crisis is a wellness crisis. Mental health is the real problem, and conspiracy theories are a coping mechanism, cheaper and seemingly less harmful than drugs or alcohol. In dark times like these some will succumb to a mass delusion. Cook’s framing is understandable, but it would have benefitted from more engagement…

Dear Lindsay Lohan, I’m Sorry

By Haroon Moghul

…at, and I apologize for being part of such a mean gesture. In fact I had a phone conversation with a prominent American imam last night—in Islam, we say subhanallah at such coincidences—and he mentioned in passing how offended many white American Muslims were by this very kind of gesture. On reflection, I can see why. I don’t find racial insensitivity humorous directed at me. The least I can do is not support it. And the least I can do is the leas…

The Forgotten Nones: The High Cost of Fleeing Fundamentalist Religion

By Andreea Nica

…ntacting them and not a single one of them has reached out to me either by phone or Facebook to see how I am. There were a good 5 people in that friend group that I thought I was very close to, but since I stopped attending Church events, none of them have contacted me though I know they are all still involved in the Church. Heather describes her coming out as a nonbeliever to family as “difficult and still a work-in-progress” and further explains…

Why Notre Dame’s Contraception Flip-Flop Undercuts Bishops’ Religious Freedom Claims

By Patricia Miller

…on was transmitted to their insurers by some administrative means, be it a phone call, email or letter. So after years of fighting the mandate, and accusing women’s health advocates and public health official of not understanding why it was a violation of their faith for their insurer to provide birth control that they neither arranged nor paid for, Notre Dame basically turned around and said “never mind.” What happened to cause this astounding tu…

Hillary Clinton Feeds the Trolls

By Michael Schulson

…ts. For them, it’s simply a means to fluster their grandparents. In other words: the kids are trolling you, people! Relax! The argument is deeply disingenuous. How can two pundit-activists, even one as influential as Yiannopolous, claim that their movement won’t feed into real-world violence or political action, especially when it already has? But there’s a genuine point in there, too: without question, shock value can be part of the fringe’s appe…

Does It Matter If Islam Is A Religion? An American Ahmadi Explains The Effects Of Religious Discrimination

By Daniel Schultz

…tary junta under Gen. Zia-ul-Haq went a step further, signing an executive order, known as Ordinance XX, prohibiting Ahmadis even from taking part in common Muslim practices such as the call to prayer, using the greeting “As-salamu alaykum,” or reciting the shahada, the Islamic creed: “There is no God but Allah, and Muhammad is his messenger.” Since then, Zia’s order has been ratified by every successive government. When Mahershala Ali won his Osc…