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Atheists Ignore Islamophobia at their Peril

By Chris Stedman

…at “there is no such thing as Islamophobia.” He responded, but largely neglected my concerns about Islamophobia. It was surely nothing more than poor timing on his part to publish his latest defense of profiling one day after a man opened fire on a community of Sikhs, who have frequently been on the receiving end of bigoted anti-Muslim profiling in the years since 9/11. (In fact, the first 9/11-related hate crime was the murder of a Sikh man named…

Pussy Riot Members Sentenced to 2 Years for Offending Russian Orthodox Church

By The Editors

…. the Virgin Mary) (rus. Богородица Bogoroditsa) to “put Putin away” and “become a feminist”. The song repeats “the Lord’s shit” throughout the choruses, presumably referring to representatives of the Church; while the Russian Patriarch, Kirill I of Moscow, is described as someone who believes in Putin rather than in God. Kirill had showed open support for Putin as a candidate before the presidential election. Although the international community,…

Neither The Joker Nor Godlessness Drove Batman Shooting

By Jeffrey Scholes

…ource for their respective actions. Ledger’s Joker is different from his predecessors’ in that the former does not seem to have a personal narrative or a telos (purpose) that could help guide predictable action, much less the moral kind. In the Batman comic book series the Joker’s wife and child are accidentally killed, after which he falls into a vat of chemical waste that disfigures him. These narrative elements help explain the Joker’s insanity…

Are Colored Eggs More
Easter-y than Cesar Chavez?

By Peter Anthony Mena

…Chávez “doodle”: “Sure, no Christian was mocked, defamed, arrested, or persecuted. And heaven forbid any believer needs internet graphics to help bolster their faith. But hundreds of millions of Christians received the clearly intended message that Google doesn’t deign to wish them well on their sacred day. It would rather honor a liberal labor icon.” Fox News pundit Dana Perino tweeted: I thought the Chavez-google thing was a hoax or an early Ap…

The Internets Own Your Religion

By Hussein Rashid

…monolith, and there is no universally recognized religious leadership, it becomes hard for someone to come forward to act as a gatekeeper. Even if there were Catholic-style hierarchy, you can imagine the type of games that could be played with granting access to use of the domain. For example, would nuns invested in social justice be allowed to register under “.catholic”? In the case of Muslims, we don’t know who is registering these gTLD and to…

Ugandan Bishops Push Notorious Anti-Gay Bill

By Peter Montgomery

…penalty would be removed in committee. “However,” notes a commentary on Care2*]}*.com, “readers familiar with the legislation’s history will know that such assurances have been made before only for the bill to go to the voting stage intact and without the death sentence deleted.” Also still in the bill: A 7-year jail sentence for consenting adults who have gay sex; A life sentence for people in same-sex marriages; Extradition and prosecution of LGBT U…

NC Pastor Says Gays Should Be “Penned Up With a Fence”

By Anthea Butler

…ments have nothing to do with scripture, and America is not a theocracy, no matter how hard some of its citizens may try to make it so. Visit msnbc*]}*.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy…

Is Pro-Life Cause Célèbre Chen Guangcheng Actually Pro-Life?

By Lindsay Beyerstein

…s two common narratives about Chen and the Obama administration that have become popular on anti-abortion websites; that the Obama administration has betrayed Chen because it values economic cooperation over human rights; and that the administration is refusing to help Chen because it supports the forced abortions that Chen opposes. The Perfect Dog Whistle A bookend to this “stabbed in the back” narrative is the “liberal media conspiracy” narrativ…

Today We Pray for Women for Whom Pregnancy is Not Good News …

By Kiera Feldman

…yers, understand that these are honest prayers for women,” noted Reverend Rebecca Turner, who wrote the prayers that RRWC had posted in their windows—what she calls “40 Days for Prayer.” A United Church of Christ minister, Turner is the executive director of Faith Aloud, a St. Louis-based nonprofit devoted to destigmatizing abortion. They were also responsible for the “Jesus Never Shamed Women” buttons. For the past four years, Faith Aloud’s “40…

On MSNBC RD Editor Discusses Trayvon Martin

By The Editors

…RD contributing editor Anthea Butler, who wrote about Trayvon Martin and American Exceptionalism this week, appeared on Melissa Harris Perry’s MSNBC program this morning to talk more about the tragic shooting and its aftermath. Visit msnbc*]}*.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy…