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New Poll Finds “Growing Appetite” for Mixing Religion and Politics

By Sarah Posner

…idate showcasing his or her religious beliefs on the campaign trail and in policy debates. The poll, conducted earlier this month, found nearly three-quarters (72%) of respondents believe the influence of religion in American society is waning—but that most view that decline as a negative development. “Perhaps as a consequence,” the Pew researchers conclude, “a growing share of the American public wants religion to play a role in U.S. politics.” T…

Will Romney’s VP Pick Win Catholic Voters?

By Joanna Brooks

…nd some observers believe that Romney’s inclusion of Poland on his foreign policy tour made less sense in terms of a foreign policy agenda than it did in terms of an appeal to Catholic voters—a theory that’s underscored by Romney’s release yesterday of a Catholic-directed campaign advertisement that features pictures of Lech Walesa and Pope John Paul II and warns about attacks on religious liberty. But Catholics do not vote as a bloc, and Ryan h…

Lou Engle’s Bizarro Esther

By Katie Toth

…how one male evangelist thinks the best way for women to influence public policy is by feeling bad and by not eating. Lou Engle’s “Esther Call” will be finishing in Dallas, Texas today on Good Friday. The “mass event […] focuses on God’s forgiveness for those who have been involved in abortion […and calls on] viewers to pray for an end to the bloodshed of innocent lives.” Along with co-leader Laura Allred, Engle has called on women to repent for…

An End to the “Gentleman’s Agreement” on Israel?

By Jay Michaelson

…the American Jews who have pursued it. On the one hand, it will conform US policy to the facts on the ground. On the other hand, it may lead to some uncomfortable consequences: a de facto division between East and West Jerusalem, for example, and an end to the convenient arrangement whereby politicians tell American Jews what they want to hear, yet don’t do anything to upset the Mideast apple cart. The truth is, the so-called “Israel Lobby” (a ter…

Angry Voters, Right-Wing Populism, & Racial Violence: People of Faith Can Help Break the Linkages

By Chip Berlet

…torium on immigration until unemployment falls to 6 percent, an industrial policy that creates jobs here and stops shipping them to China.” The mainstream media suddenly began to take the angry right-wing populist fervor more seriously; but while the coverage was intense, it has been overwhelmingly superficial, for the most part failing to consult historians, social scientists, and human rights groups about what happens to a society when it is buf…

Trump Election Could Threaten LGBT Rights Globally

By Peter Montgomery

…ity and want a direct vote in Parliament, instead. Hong Kong: Government policy lags behind public support on LGBT rights The South China Morning Post reports on a push by LGBT rights advocates to push policy changes that polls show are supported by a majority of the public: Brian Leung Siu-fai, chief campaigner of the Big Love Alliance, slammed the government for dragging its feet on protection of LGBTI rights. In the past five years, many stud…

Catholic Child Neglect: DC Archdiocese Cuts Adoption Rather Than Abide Same-Sex Parents

By Mary E. Hunt

…r sexuality. This is heterosexism raised (better, lowered) to the level of policy. It has no place in public life even if it is introduced under religious cover. Theologically, the Catholic Church is saying that its own outmoded ideas on sexuality are more sacred than the well-being of children. Its outdated take on sexuality trumps the many studies that confirm that same-sex parents are equally up to the challenges of raising children. In the ins…

Here’s What Hospital Care Could Look Like in a Post-Roe World

By Elizabeth Reiner Platt

…xcept in the narrowest of circumstances, such as (according to one written policy) when “medically necessary to avert…a serious risk of substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function, other than a psychological condition.” Who decides when an abortion is “medically necessary,” and therefore permitted? In some hospitals, we discovered that these determinations are made not by treating physicians, but by dedicated commit…

GOP Education Bill Would Radically Rewrite Religious Freedom and License Virtually Any Form of Discrimination

By Patrick Hornbeck

…btedly respond by citing Virginia’s “Contracted Independent Organizations” policy, which makes ineligible for official recognition any student group that “restricts its membership, programs, or activities” on the basis of any of a wide range of protected identities, including race and religion. So far, so good. But now imagine that a bill that Congress is currently considering to reauthorize the Higher Education Act has become law. Under the terms…

Obama Under Fire From Civil Liberties Groups Over Faith-Based Policies

By Sarah Posner

…n “is not justified under applicable legal standards and threatens to tilt policy toward an unwarranted end that would damage civil rights and religious liberty,” the administration has not altered the Bush policy. During the campaign, Obama promised: First, if you get a federal grant, you can’t use that grant money to proselytize to the people you help and you can’t discriminate against them – or against the people you hire – on the basis of thei…