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Museum of (In)tolerance for Divided City

By Shalom Goldman

…at the city needs. And as for calling it “a Center for the Human Dignity”—what could be wrong with that? The Los Angeles Museum of Tolerance is named for Nazi-hunter Simon Wiesenthal. Founded in 1993 by Marvin Hier, an Orthodox Rabbi ordained at New Yeshiva University, the museum has been immensely successful. Well-funded and well-known, the museum attracts over a quarter of a million visitors a year. Rabbi Hier has forged ties with many influenti…

Glenn Beck’s ‘Social Justice’ Heresies

By Sarah Posner

…m and authoritarianism. In the hall of mirrors that houses Beck’s history that means that social justice=fascism. Conservatives face a serious challenge from Beck, however: as the panelists at the social justice session at the Freedom Federation Summit admitted, millenial evangelicals are interested in helping the poor, and not as interested in combatting gay marriage. But if they believe from Beck that Jesus’ exhortations to help the poor are act…

Pat Robertson’s Women Warriors Leading Spiritual Warfare In Zimbabwe

By Sarah Posner

…support of religious leaders and activists for constitutional provisions that would “affirm that Zimbabwe is a predominantly Christian nation founded on biblical principles,” and require application of “the Laws of God in order to prosper and avoid chaos and destruction,” according to a pamphlet prepared by the EFZ and supported by the ALCJ. Backed by the ACLJ, Mpofu has been traveling Zimbabwe to rally religious support for the EFZ’s constitutio…

Still Trying to Get Creationism into Science Classes

By Lauri Lebo

…used alongside textbooks in public school science class. It’s interesting that while Discovery Institute earnestly stressed that nothing about the legislation was religiously motivated, the lead sponsor of the LSEA, Senator Ben Nevers, saw it differently. “The Louisiana Family Forum suggested the bill,” Nevers told the Hammond Daily Star at the time. “They believe that scientific data related to creationism should be discussed when dealing with Da…

Growing Up Gay in 666: Fred Phelps in Retrospect

By Scott Blaine Swenson

…et buried deep within and was convinced if what Rev. Phelps said was true—that “God Hates Fags”—then I must be the Antichrist. The fact that the US Postal Service assigned “666” as Topeka’s zip code prefix the year I was born underscored my destiny as ultimate evil; even if Phelps said that about all homosexuals. Phelps is currently making his case about homosexuality to the US Supreme Court in Snyder v. Phelps. Legal scholars think the case is ab…

God Bless Islam with Courageous Leadership

By Ebrahim Moosa

…ful and generous one, hear and respond to my prayers… My second prayer is that God bless Islam with a religious leadership that has a modicum of Solomonic wisdom and tons of moral courage. Why these two prayers? I think many Muslims have forgotten the message of humanism and solidarity with all creation that are the cornerstones of Islam. All servants of God are part of a single family, the Prophet Muhammad taught. So how can faiths be at war, if…

Islamic Intellectual Leadership at a Crossroads

By Amina Wadud

…d for the greatest effect. There was modesty in these three men. Somehow, what they contribute was more important than what others might think about them. Few of those who want us to think that they are the next generation have such modesty, my friend Tariq Ramadan included. This is a difficult role to fulfill, and the general status of our community just about closes the door to such an option for a woman. We had better keep our focus on the matt…

‘Atheizing’ the Dead, Religious Doughnuts, & Tax-Free Witching

By Michael J. Altman

…pent every night of Ramadan in a different mosque in a different state on what they called a “Ramadan Roadtrip.” A group of vengeful Oklahoma City atheists, reminding Oklahomans that they live in town too, erected a “Don’t Believe in God? Join the club” billboard provoking the ire of local Christians. One local pastor referred to the billboard as poking “a finger in your eye.” Federal prosecutors are suing the city of Walnut, California for refus…

Values Voters Summit: Preaching Wins the Morning

By Sarah Posner

…ers like Michele Bachmann and Jim DeMint — have to know how to preach it. That was something that some speakers this morning — DeMint and Bachmann, as well as Mike Huckabee and Mike Pence, had down. They all tapped into the “founding principles,” “Judeo-Christian” foundation, and other code, but they did more. They wept; they told stories about soldiers and family members; they evoked imagery of mountains climbed and enemies vanquished. Mitt Romne…

Religious Right Panic: “Anarchy” will Result if DADT is Repealed

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…arracks will be a distraction from the very business of the military, and that is protecting us from our enemies. The Uniform Code of Military Justice also prohibits things like adultery, so as we look at this slippery slope we’re on, what is the next step? Will we see a move to strike down that prohibition as well? Jackson and others speaking at the press conference also repeated the charge that repeal of DADT will cripple chaplains who will be f…