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Pro-Choice, Progressive Jewish Groups Weigh In On Kagan

By Sarah Posner

…er of Reform Judaism, released a statement praising Kagan this afternoon, but it also stopped short of an endorsement: “We will scrutinize her statements and writings to get a sense of her judicial philosophy and temperament and determine whether she will uphold the fundamental values that our Movement supports.” In the statement, Saperstein called Kagan “a trailblazer with a stellar reputation,” and urged swift Senate action on the nomination. In…

As Long As There’s Fear, We Aren’t Ready for Atheism: A Conversation with Theologian and Ex-Priest Daniel Maguire

By Alana Massey

…to atheism than its more dismissive predecessors. RD spoke with Maguire by phone about his latest book and the future of belief. What was the impetus for undertaking this after a long career as a priest and theologian who was once a believer? I started out as the absolute true believer. I believed everything the Vatican taught. One of the things that helped me was working in a parish. I started to meet real people and to discover that some of the…

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

By Lindsay Beyerstein

…r of the Population Research Institute. Chen is being persecuted by local authorities, but Beijing has been unwilling or unable to help him. In 2006, he was sentenced to over four years in prison for “destroying property” and “assembling a crowd for the purpose of disrupting traffic”—despite being under house arrest at the time. According to Amnesty International, Chen is a prisoner of conscience who has been jailed solely for peacefully defending…

Praying To The God Of The SUV

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…de messes has led to another curious phenomenon: praying for a holy “bail-out” plan for struggling automakers. Churches around Michigan used their Sunday services to pray for a miracle for the auto companies and the workers who rely on them. One service was complete with Hybrid S.U.V.s on display in the front of the church. Greater Grace, the largest church in Detroit, invited officials from the United Automobile Workers union to speak before Bish…

Pro-Gay Marriage Mormon Keeps Faith Despite Church Pressure

By Joanna Brooks

…night, after putting her four kids to bed, Melanie S. sat down at her computer to churn out her weekly contribution to a popular Mormon group blog. Her post was scheduled for Valentine’s Day, and as she researched the legendary origins of the holiday—named for St. Valentine, who was jailed for defying a Roman imperial edict against performing marriages—Melanie could not help but recall the LDS Church’s efforts to ban same-sex marriage. In 2008, w…

Battling for the Soul of the Democratic Party

By Sarah Posner

…layer.’” But declining to be a team player for a political party is one thing, and having a team to field is another. As Sekou put it, “shut up and organize!”…

These Are the New Battlegrounds for LGBT Rights Under Trump

By Sunnivie Brydum

…lawsuits if they were turned away or mistreated by a healthcare provider. But what about the millions of Americans who aren’t transgender? Well, any of those citizens who have a uterus or plan to make their own decisions about when or if they want children need to pay attention, as the National LGBTQ Task Force’s executive director Rea Carey explained when Price’s nomination was announced. “Let’s be quite clear: if confirmed, Price’s decisions wil…

Shukr: Gratitude

By Amina Wadud

…challenged by the routine. I don’t know why it took me so long to see it, but about four years ago, I realized one thing which for me is particularly hard. Although I really do get to eat about as much as I do when not fasting, so I cannot complain about being hungry, ever. But I’m a sun person, or more precisely, I have seasonal affective disorder, which means I thrive on heat and sun and plummet into the pits without them. That’s why I love so m…

Kendrick Lamar’s Hip-Hop Jeremiad

By Josiah Daniels

…ntation—it is a text which, like all texts of lament, reveals something about the author as well as society. If To Pimp a Butterfly (TPAB) is where Kendrick accepts his prophetic vocation and divulges a fiery word, then UU is Kendrick’s Jeremiad. (It should be noted that if the title tracks of UU are representative of when he recorded them then it would seem that Kendrick was wrestling with his prophetic vocation even when he was recording TPAB. I…

Postcards From the Edge: Crackpot Anti-Gay Crusader Goes Global

By Bill Berkowitz

…ech. His tone is measured and he sounds like he knows what he’s talking about. But the whole thing reads a bit like something out of The Onion. In any case, his point is that the gay use of the pink triangle as a symbol of persecution is not justified—in fact, the whole war was their fault. Because the Nazis were all butch homosexuals. The thing about Lively, and Phelps, for that matter, is that they are so personally strange as to make their mini…