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Let Michael Vick Play! The Ethics of Reinstatement

By Jonathan L. Walton

Former Atlanta Falcon pro-bowl quarterback Michael Vick did not make a mistake. He made terrible choices! He organized and operated a heinous interstate dog-fighting ring. He brought public shame upon his family’s name, and disappointed his teammates and millions of fans. And for his sins he has paid a price. He served a two-year federal prison term and lost over 100 million dollars in income. There remain those, however, who believe the 29 year-…

Eddie Long in Hot Water Again

By Anthea Butler

…ew Birth are in trouble again, this time over video gaming machines. Fox 5 Atlanta has an expose about Ephren Taylor, who Long introduced to the church as “his friend and brother,” allowing Taylor to make a financial presentation about investing in his video game machines. Parishioners who invested at their bishop’s recommendation, according to the report, “instead of making big profits, they found that Ephren Taylor’s company that sold them the s…

Living to See the Day: Civil Rights Leaders and Obama

By Michael A. Elliott

…his perspective on a new civil rights center that is being planned here in Atlanta, but our conversation kept returning to Obama’s candidacy. He said something then that by now has almost become a cliché—that he had not expected to see an African American elected to the presidency in his own lifetime. Forty years may have passed since the Voting Rights Act, he mused, but he thought a black president would take a hundred. Of course, at the moment w…

Think Yoga and Mindfulness in Public Schools Are a No-Brainer? Think Again

By Candy Gunther Brown

…American Civil Liberties Union has threatened to file suit. In March, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reported on a more unusual lawsuit over religion in public schools. A federal judge in Georgia sent to jury trial—slated for next fall—a dispute over a school yoga and mindfulness program. Christian parents complained that yoga and mindfulness are religious practices that do not belong in schools. But it’s not these Christians who are suing. Ins…

Is Sex Outside Marriage Dehumanizing? The Problem with Tim Keller’s ‘Biblical’ Sex Ethic

By Chrissy Stroop

…hristian “orthodoxy” about sex from purity culture in the aftermath of the Atlanta spa murders, which, because of the shooter’s stated motivations and strict Southern Baptist background, sparked the recent critical discussion of the issue. That Keller went on to tweet about the issue for two weeks and counting, however, shows that he, like French and Mohler, is both steeped in purity culture and upset that a light is being shown on just how harmfu…

Boos, Jews, and Progressive Religion at DNC

By Daniel Schultz

…e pioneering pastor of a 5100-member church in the strategically important Atlanta suburbs, a woman routinely included on lists of top black leaders, who’s mentored countless women in ministry, who’s given the invocation at Congress, who helped Pres. Obama celebrate his second inauguration? Not that these bona fides should insulate a pastor from criticism, but perhaps it’s not so intelligent to insult someone who might be an important ally in a st…

Prosperity Preacher Creflo Dollar Arrested for Allegedly Assaulting Daughter

By Anthea Butler

…night for allegedly assaulting his 15-year-old daughter. According to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, the altercation occurred after Dollar told her she could not attend a party. The girl suffered what the sheriff describes as “superficial injuries” to the neck. Dollar was charged with simple battery, violence and cruelty to children, but was released after posting a $5,000 bond. Why am I not surprised by this? Dollar is one of the most discip…

As U.S. Went to Hell, R.E.M. Hung in Without Cynicism

By Brian K. Pennington

….E.M. will always be the source I credit for my kids’ awakening to the artistry and moral challenge that rock music at its best can deliver, Nirvana will provide the soundtrack to the fading images of one friend after another lost to the heroin that hit the alternative music scene in Atlanta as Nevermind hit the charts. Could anything be further from the nihilism of Nirvana’s distorted and driving chords than R.E.M.’s qualified insistence that the…

Religious Right Launches Silly Attacks on Law Firm that Ditched DOMA Defense

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…under President George W. Bush who had taken the case as a partner in the Atlanta-based law firm. Clement has resigned from King and Spaulding and will continue with the case with his new law firm, Bancroft PLLC, saying in a statement, “I resign out of the firmly-held belief that a representation should not be abandoned because the client’s legal position is extremely unpopular in certain quarters.” The religious right jumped on King and Spauldin…

RDEpistle: Open Letter to Sean Hannity

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…our words. I don’t know if you remember me, Sean, but I worked with you in Atlanta in the early 1990s, right as you got your big break with FOX News. I was an anchor and reporter (under the air name Candace Petersen) at WGST, your last low-level stop before hitting the big time. I remember your last night on the air before you left for the big leagues. I approached you in your office, a cramped back room that I’m sure resembles a hovel compared to…