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Who is Mat Staver, Counsel for Anti-Gay Activist Against Suit from Uganda?

By Sarah Posner

…r Lindevaldsen responded to RD’s requests for comment, but Staver told the New York Times last month that they had not had contact with Miller since 2009 and had always advised her to obey the law. Staver and Lindevaldsen did, however, teach their students that “civil disobedience” was a proper response, and persisted in their efforts to reverse court orders with relentless appeals claiming that court orders were in contravention of Miller’s Chris…

Crisis in Sudan: ‘If the World Stands Idly By This Time, They Will Bring Genocide’

By Frederick Clarkson

…hs and years, we saw signs leading up to the current crisis. We saw the corruption of the census in 2008 and the obstruction of political participation. We saw protests over the appointment of Governor Haroun—who is wanted by the International Criminal Court for genocide in Darfur—and the razing of El Feid, the home village of his leading opponent. The members of the State Election Committee received threats that they had to declare Haroun the win…

Does End Time Belief Really Cause Climate Change Apathy?

By Robin Globus Veldman

…ust of end time believers’ earthly intentions has smoldered for decades, a new study about “End Times Theology” has added fuel to the fire. According to the study’s authors, political scientists David Barker and David Bearce, when it comes to climate change, “a belief in the Second Coming reduces the probability of strongly agreeing that the government should take action by more than 12 percent.” The reason, according to Barker and Bearce, is that…

The Latest Suspicious Ex-Muslim

By Hussein Rashid

…ents, his story is highly dubious. I.Q. Al-Rassooli is being touted as the newest ex-Muslim speaker. A short look at his brief bio reveals many of the same problems that earlier professional converts have had. [Author’s note: A screen shot of the website is included in case the maintainers of the site choose to update in response the criticisms listed here. The screen capture was made on Oct. 19, 2010. Post continues below screenshot.] There are s…

Nebraska Latest State to Declare Open Season on Abortion Doctors

By Lauri Lebo

…shelved after Mother Jones reported the story. Apparently reaction to the news fueled outrage across the country over what could essentially mean open season on abortion providers. Now, Mother Jones is reporting on a nearly identical bill from a Nebraska lawmaker who wants to expand the justifiable homicide definition to include protecting a fetus. But apparently Republican Sen. Mark Christensen, a devout Christian who opposes abortion even in th…

Skewing Pew: The Latest American “Religion” Poll

By Jonathan L. Walton

A new poll by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life suggests that Americans continue to view the GOP as friendlier toward religion than the Democratic Party. Forty-eight percent of persons polled regard Republicans as friendly versus twenty-nine percent of those who regard the Democrats in such a way. But clearly President Obama’s outreach efforts to evangelical communities during the campaign and since his election have paid off. His administr…

Critical Race Theory is Just the Latest Battle — ‘The Bible Told Them So: How Southern Evangelicals Fought to Preserve White Supremacy’

By Christopher D. Cantwell

…p era, with Litton’s victory serving as something of a reckoning. But as a new book by historian J. Russell Hawkins suggests, Litton’s election might just be a new chapter in the SBC’s long and sordid history on matters of race. In The Bible Told Them So: How Southern Evangelicals Fought to Preserve White Supremacy, Hawkins places debates like those taking place in the SBC in a much larger frame. Focusing on the denominational workings of both the…

Meet the Christian Reconstructionists Behind the Latest Birther Theory

By Sarah Posner

…view, more critical question.) Both Lofton and Titus are admirers of R.J. Rushdoony, the intellectual godfather of Christian Reconstructionism. Although Titus has denied the label Christian Reconstructionist, he nonetheless doesn’t deny its influence on him, telling me last year that Rushdoony’s seminal Institutes of Biblical Law has shaped his jurisprudential thinking. Titus ran on the Constitution Party (then known as the US Taxpayers Party) pr…

Rethinking Religion After Latest Holistic Death

By Joseph Laycock

…ter panics over cults. One blog has already labeled Fréchette, “a deranged New Ager.” A Quebecois commenter called her “un garou de sect” (a cult guru). However, it should be noted that Frechette has been offering similar courses for 20 years and claims that this is the first such incident out of some 2,000 participants. Fréchette also called 911 as soon as she realized one of her students had lost consciousness. It remains to be seen whether char…

Latest Misogyny Wasn’t First Shocking Comment from Hannity’s Preacher Pal

By Katie Toth

…cause,” Rev. Peterson said. 6) In support of a controversial statement by Newt Gingrich: “Many black women have had babies out of wedlock and passed that on to their daughters that if they have babies out of wedlock, they’ll get food stamps, free houses and your rent paid,” Peterson said. 7) On Katrina: “about five years ago … I stated that if whites were to just leave the United States and let blacks run the country, they would turn America into…