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Obama at Notre Dame: A Chance to Talk to Catholics

By Michael A. Elliott

…ans, Catholics trust in institutions and their role in cultivating social welfare. They believe that robust, structured institutions are necessary for civil society, are less likely to share the radical skepticism of the Tea Party crowd. To be a good Catholic is to trust in a leadership that isn’t always transparent, which is also what it takes to trust in government. Obama might remind American Catholics of the long history of their own instituti…

Is Religion the Only Tool Left for Legal Discrimination?

By Sunnivie Brydum

…us freedom” complaints which aim to use an individual or business’s “sincerely held religious belief” to discriminate against LGBT people. All of which prompts the question: Is “religious freedom” the last frontier of legally permissible discrimination? Those opposed to LGBT equality are keenly aware that federal law does not protect LGBT people from discrimination in the workplace, housing, education, or public accommodations. As such, right-wing…

How to Make Nones and Lose Money: Study Shows Cost of Catholic Sex Abuse Scandals

By Kaya Oakes

…al notion that even though an increasing number of Americans consider themselves religiously unaffiliated, that doesn’t necessarily mean they do not believe in God. Botton and Perez-Trugila indicate that sex abuse scandals cost the church money and participation, but not necessarily faith. For many Millennials and members of Generation X, who make up the largest percentage of the religiously unaffiliated, the sex abuse scandal may or may not be as…

Conservative Christians Finally Get Serious About Divorce

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…around them. Often, it’s better to part than to remain in a soul-killing relationship. I do believe, however, that conservative religious people who preach against the evils of same-sex marriage have long needed to clean their own doorsteps before going off on gays and lesbians who want to marry. Jesus, who said nothing about homosexuality, had plenty to say about heterosexual couples who divorced. Throughout the Bible, divorce has been strongly…

Dear White Evangelicals: A Black Square Ain’t Gonna Cut It

By Jhas Williams

…ces instead of segregating the art forms. How do your Black parishioners feel? Included? Celebrated? Appreciated? Probably not. Until white evangelicals are willing to rework the entire framework of their teachings, they can ‘Blackout Day’ till they’re blue in the face, but their overall message will remain loud and clear: Black people are a stain. A moment, only to be tolerated but never fully accepted. And the only square that will prove to matt…

UNESCO on Religion, Culture and SOGI in Asia; Orthodox Family Sues to Stop Cremation of Israeli Trans Woman; Struggles of Iraqi Queer Activists; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…anguish, as documented in Myanmar. In the region, and globally, personal religious beliefs and affiliation are typically seen as powerful predictors of attitudes about sex, sexuality and gender diversity. However, cross-national differences in cultural orientations suggest that the role religion has in explaining public opinion may depend on a nation’s cultural context. For example, in a recent public opinion survey, 73% of persons in the Philipp…

Bachmann’s Law School Mentor Asserts Biblical Roots of American Political System

By Julie Ingersoll

…d a belabored discussion of what a church can and cannot do within the guidelines of the IRS rules. He cited the part of the code that prohibits influencing legislation and labeled it “legalese,” before a lengthy parsing of what counts as legislation and then what counts as influencing— none of which substantially departed from everyday understanding of those terms. The talk sounded much like the “word study” sermon style found in many fundamental…

The Return of Government as “Idolatry” and the “Second Amendment Remedies”

By Julie Ingersoll

…open election it would favor Angle, but if there is a primary or a party selection process it’s unlikely that party officials will choose Angle after she repeatedly sabotaged herself in the race with the unpopular Reid. If you’ve forgotten, you can read the “Ten Most Ridiculous Sharron Angle Quotes” here. There is also speculation that, if she is passed over in a nominating process, Angle might run as an independent (the Constitution Party?). Ang…

For International Human Rights Day, a Snapshot of LGBT Rights from the Vatican to Cape Town

By Peter Montgomery

…iate aftermath, the persecution has resumed with renewed ferocity under Abdel Fattah el-Sisi who seized power in a July 2013 military coup. LGBTQ Egyptians have been hunted down by the regime as part of an ongoing wider crackdown by Egyptian authorities on civil society activists and organizations. Russia: Activist beaten LGBT equality activist Aleksandr Sidorov was beaten up by a group of men in Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan. The police re…

When Conservatives Turn Revolutionary

By Louis A. Ruprecht

…as at least the veneer of a commitment to international law. This is precisely what the Bush team has acted most dramatically against. And it began well before 9/11 with Kyoto. Napoleon’s treaties ironically made it far easier to repatriate all the Vatican statues after Waterloo; there was a clear record of precisely what had been taken, what had been done, and thus at least a modicum of republican accountability. We have no such receipts from Ira…