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Roy Moore’s Order To Stop Gay Marriage Licenses: A Case of Flawed Theology

By Marcia Pally

The order by Alabama Supreme Court Justice Roy Moore that judges stop issuing marriage licenses to gay couples re-opens a messy legal case. But it shouldn’t. This is a discussion that should be taking place within and among faith communities—not my side vs. your side but real digging into the theology of gay relations. The key question is: are we treating biblical passages about homosexuality differently from the way we treat other passages? Far…

After Orthodox Priest Suspended for ‘Stop the Steal’ Activity, a Renewed Spotlight on the Orthodox Far-Right

By Sarah Riccardi-Swartz

…nd priest from Lima, Ohio, who used social media to promote the January 6 “Stop the Steal” riot and was present in Washington DC, at the Capitol, when it was being invaded, although all reports indicate that he did not enter the building. Hodges was first outed by an anonymous writer for the left-leaning Orthodoxy in Dialogue website, and since then the media storm has intensified, ultimately culminating in Hodges’ bishop suspending him for three…

It’s Time for Democrats to Read the Bible Verses on the Wall and Stop Courting White Evangelicals

By Ryan Burge

…ever before. All of which doesn’t mean that the Democratic Party ought to stop its appeal to religious voters entirely, just that they need to switch targets. For instance, while Mainline Protestants have historically backed Republicans, they did shift toward Joe Biden by several percentage points in 2020. But there’s an even bigger voting bloc out there that often gets overlooked. Many of those who were raised evangelical but left the church (fo…

Mass Conversion: Changing Churches to Stop the Church From Changing

By Elizabeth Drescher

…terial authority of the Roman Church is that changing churches can somehow stop the church from changing? Inventing the Roman Catholic Church There is another such fantasy at work, as well, this likewise tied to the insistent use of the 1928 Book of Common Prayer, with its persistent High Medieval echo of the Sarum Rite, amplified through the Roman adaptation in the Book of Divine Worship. As historian Norman Cantor taught us some time ago, the Mi…

We Shall Not Stop at Evangelism: Remembering Evangelical John R. W. Stott

By Randall Balmer

…od News of Jesus. But equally, if we truly love our neighbor, we shall not stop there.” The other remarkable characteristic of Stott was that he was no sectarian. As a priest in the Church of England, he chose to remain there rather than head off in a separate direction in search of some chimera of evangelical purity. In many ways, the defining moment of his career came back in 1966 when Stott was chairing the National Assembly of Evangelicals. In…

A Startling Number Believe You Can Be Jewish Jesus Follower; Why It’s Not As Crazy As It Sounds

By Michael Schulson

…that number seems staggeringly high. A full third? Once you delve into the numbers, though, 34% doesn’t seem quite so high. Really, Pew has asked an excellent question—a question that reveals the full tangle of ambiguities and inconsistencies that surround the topic of Jewish identity. First, some background: when the researchers at Pew set out to conduct this survey, they quickly ran into a problem that’s been under discussion for at least two th…

Can Faith-Based Organizing for Gun Control Work?

By Sarah Posner

…ail the number of gun deaths in America, the number of mass shootings, the number of accidents, the number of suicides. The movement would have more than these grassroots activists. It would have willing politicians, a legal strategy, and lots of money. All of these components would work in tandem to change people’s minds, to pressure lawmakers, to intimidate politicians running for office, to go to court when necessary. With these political, legi…

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

By Hollis Phelps

…Referring to Trump’s “plan” to build a wall between the United States and Mexico, the Pope suggested that Trump is “not Christian.” In Francis’ words, “a person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges, is not Christian. This is not in the gospel.” Trump was quick to strike back, calling the Pope’s remarks “disgraceful,” and adding: If and when the Vatican is attacked by ISIS, which as everyone knows is…

Will International Criminal Court Bring Charges Against ISIS For Gender-Based Persecution?; And More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…Catholic Writer Urges Reconcilition The deadline for voting in Australia’s non-binding referendum by mail on marriage equality was Tuesday, November 7. Results will be released on November 15. If the “yes” side is victorious, a parliamentary vote could follow soon, though marriage equality opponents plan a series of amendments granting exemptions based on religious beliefs. A Lonergan Research poll found that 65 percent of Australians support marr…

Religious Conservatives Mobilize Internationally Against Spanish Nondiscrimination Bill; And More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…class on Global LGBT Rights Spain: Religious conservatives oppose proposed nondiscrimination bill The international arm of the U.S.-based conservative Christian legal group Alliance Defending Freedom has called on the Spanish parliament to reject a proposed nondiscrimination bill, claiming that the law would likely have “a significant and detrimental impact on citizens’ fundamental freedoms.” ADF International called the Spanish bill “the most har…