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From Alito Activism to Sloppy Lemons: 3 Takeaways From the Bladensburg Cross Oral Argument

By Andrew L. Seidel

…bear the full weight of the United States government; a partner from Jones Day, the world’s fifth-largest law firm, representing the American Legion, which is the nation’s largest military veteran organization (Jones Day was pulled into the case by First Liberty Institute, a Christian nationalist outfit with a $10 million annual budget whose attorneys swaggered around the nation’s highest court as if they owned it); and a former acting solicitor g…

“How the Mormons Make Money” Speaks Volumes About Romney

By Joanna Brooks

….7% of its annual income. Bloomberg notes by comparison that the United Methodist Church gives about 29% of its annual income to charitable relief. LDS Church for-profit holdings are run as competitive businesses. According to the Bloomberg report, religious considerations do not drive day-to-day decision-making. I’ve argued frequently here that those who fear Romney’s religion impacting his day-to-day conduct as president purposefully misundersta…

The Resurrection of Terri Schiavo

By Ann Neumann

…a, for the funeral of my beloved 94-year-old grandfather, who had died two days after Easter. But the funeral the next day would be more about my father than my grandfather; one week before, on Palm Sunday, my sister and I had gathered around the family table to hear our dying father read the contents of his own will. As we grappled with the ramifications of this gathering, the US Senate was passing by unanimous vote—a vote the future president wo…

Catholic Archbishop Takes On Jesuit Magazine’s Slam on “Ecumenism of Hate”; and More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…power. …Earlier this month, one of the main architects and financiers of today’s “LGBT” activism said publicly what should have been obvious all along: The goal of at least some gay activism is not simply to assure equality for the same-sex attracted, but to “punish the wicked” — in other words, to punish those who oppose the “LGBT” cultural agenda. It doesn’t take a genius to figure out whom that might include. Today’s conflicts over sexual freed…

Did Romney Cynically Cite His Mormon Faith for Impeachment Vote as Critics Claim?

By Daniel Schultz

…given unto him, that every man may be accountable for his own sins in the day of judgment. “Therefore, it is not right that any man should be in bondage one to another. “And for this purpose have I established the Constitution of this land.” (D&C 101:78–80.) In other words, whatever opinion one has of the Church’s positions, the official teaching of the Church of Latter-Day Saints is that God desires all people to live in egalitarian democracy, n…

Christianity and Condoms

By John Blevins

…er of 2007 I spent a day at the Kazungula medical clinic in Zambia. On the day of my visit, the scheduled patients were pregnant women who were coming for their initial prenatal appointment. That visit included an HIV test. On that July day, 9 of 21 women (42%) had positive initial and confirmatory HIV tests. None seemed shocked. When I met with the medical staff from that same area this summer, I found out the numbers were still the same. The cli…

The Kaaba: Center of the Universe

By Amina Wadud

…ected). I stayed in a hostel just across from it so I could go there every day. It was in Jerusalem that I got my best satiation for sacred places, because there are so many from Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all in one place; set apart from the rest of Israel by the prohibition of motor vehicles. I entered the dome of the rock and Masjid al-Aqsa through a darkened stairwell. I climbed over a hundred steps before I came up to the light of day,…

Why the ‘Confession & Redemption’ Path is Unlikely to Help Falwell Recover from Sex Scandal

By Chrissy Stroop

…nd moderates on Twitter, who followed the unfolding trainwreck closely all day. Indeed, the exciting conclusion of the Falwell “pool boy” saga upstaged the first day of the Republican National Convention to some extent, at least on political Twitter. https://twitter.com/RobGeorge/status/1297948042218426371?s=20 https://twitter.com/NormOrnstein/status/1298042172432949253?s=20 On Sunday night Falwell apparently attempted to get ahead of Reuters’ exp…

Pastors Urged to Defy IRS to Defeat Evil, Hitlerian Obama

By Peter Montgomery

…call with a prayer, concluding, “May the lord himself be glorified this Sunday and every Sunday, as the men of God step into the pulpit with the word of God in their hand, that the word of truth may be known in this nation, that we have no God but the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and Jesus is lord indeed.” Jesus as Lord of America was also a theme at America for Jesus, as was the need for more “fire” from churches. The line-up included Garlow…

Getting Married On The Cheap? Step Into My Parlor

By Daniel Schultz

…s, I gather, was the religious equivalent of a visit to the JP back in the day. Two other couples got married the same day, and were treated to a little coffee and cake after the service. Grandma and Grandpa couldn’t afford a church wedding with a proper reception. Those were more the exception than the rule in their community. But since they left the bulk of their family and friends behind when they emigrated from Denmark, I suspect the parlor se…