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Rubio Is Confused About Christianity, Marriage Equality, and the Constitution

By Sarah Posner

…other religious teaching) at all, much less deeming it “hate speech.” The Free Exercise Clause protects religious practice and religious speech. Under the Free Speech Clause, the government cannot proscribe “hate speech” or even define it. Under the Establishment Clause, the government cannot endorse (or renounce) a particular religion. You can say gay people are intrinsically disordered. Or you can say they don’t have a constitutional right to g…

Biblical Capitalism, Tony Perkins Edition

By Sarah Posner

…ed in his absence. Ah. The kingdom Jesus is expecting upon his return is a free market system? Novel. Perkins goes on to argue that Jesus “rejected collectivism and the mentality that has occupied America for the last few decades: that everyone gets a trophy – equal outcomes for inequitable performance.” Rather, Perkins maintains, “we are to “occupy,” not by railing against a free market system that rewards diligence, even though it is occasionall…

Might, Right, and White Privilege: It’s Morning in America, the Sequel

By Diane Winston

…the zeal of one who expects God is on his side. Trump both embodies and caricatures the freedom that Reagan and Falwell esteemed; he feels free to revise the truth, promise the moon, and edit the facts of his life. He also feels free to say whatever pops into his mind. His subsequent litany of misogynist, nativist and false statements, compounded by his professional failures and personal foibles, caused pundits to wonder how his campaign could ra…

WaPo OpEd: Pope Francis and the Koch Bros Love and Serve the Poor Together

By Patricia Miller

…ess by supporting organizations that “bear the common mission of advancing free enterprise and free societies.” The Saemans write that “promoting limited government alongside the Kochs is an important part of heeding Pope Francis’s call to love and serve the poor.” This despite Francis’ unequivocal statements almost exactly a year ago in opposition to the “free enterprise” ideology: “Some people continue to defend trickle-down theories which assum…

Mark Twain’s Blasphemy

By Michael A. Elliott

…k that our multicultural age would demand a more satisfying portrayal of African-American life than Twain gives us in Jim. The infamous racial epithet, after all, is not the only indignity he suffers. But Huckleberry Finn remains a staple of the curriculum; a study in the 1990s found that only Shakespeare was more often assigned in high school classrooms. In my own experiences of trying to teach the novel, I’ve learned that white and black readers…

In Vitro v. Dignitas Personae: Teacher Fired for Fertility Treatment Sues Diocese

By Sarah Morice-Brubaker

…rings us, finally, to the fundamental and intractable problem of religious freedom in a modern, contentious, pluralistic society. I expect many of us have some sense that St. Vincent school should be free to level religious conditions for employment even though we may disagree with the teachings on which those requirements are based. Oh, sure, the rules should be enforced in ways that are fair and above board. The rules should not simply provide a…

Supreme Court Conservatives Allow Execution of Muslim Prisoner Despite Religious Freedom Violation

By Andrew L. Seidel

…rnment, the First Amendment is important: “the Constitution’s guarantee of free exercise, cannot impose regulations that are hostile to the religious beliefs of affected citizens …. The Free Exercise Clause bars even ‘subtle departures from neutrality’ on matters of religion.” The Commission was not acting neutrally toward the bakery’s religion. Now, compare this to the short opinion that permitted the execution of Ray, a religious minority. Nothi…

Capricology: Week 3: Apotheosis, Anyone?

By Salman Hameed

…ers of the One) have to deal with the aftermath of Amanda Greystone’s hysterical and narcissistic reveal of her daughters supposed betrayal. Can I say I really, really dislike Amanda Greystone, folks? Honestly, she is the most vapid character on Caprica so far. In a week where everyone is forced to make more choices based on their loyalties, it seems that Mrs. Greystone’s only loyalty is to the part of her brain that only acts on extreme emotions,…

Porn, Abuse, or Just Plain Incompatibility… Is Divorce Ever a Sin?

By Daniel Schultz

…“routine divorce”: In western culture today, individuals almost always are free to marry, or not marry, if and when they wish. They are free to choose their partner on the basis of their own entirely self-selected reasons. They are free to conduct themselves in marriage precisely as they choose to do. They are free to initiate divorce if and when they choose and for whatever reason might seem compelling to them. In other words, a spouse has become…

Historian: Evangelical Trump Fandom is No Deviation

By Neil J. Young

…or “Christian politics” or “Christian business,” a liberal Protestant or African-American did not come immediately to mind. Interestingly, the recent Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, from Rev. Dr. William Barber’s speech to Hillary Clinton’s keynote address, reframed such linkages, referencing a religious and political linkage that conservative evangelicals in business have tried to keep out of the nation’s discourse. Readers may th…