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From the “God Beat” to the “None Beat”

By S. Brent Rodriguez Plate

…part from an overwrought headline (“millennials leaving church in droves”) CNN’s Daniel Burke was able to get into some nuances of the survey results. And Emma Green at Atlantic took the time to note the complexities of religious identity revealed in the report, especially with a rise in interfaith marriages and religion-switching. As Green reminds us, “Not everyone in America is ditching religion, but people are finding more and more flexibility…

Komen & Islamophobia, A New Conservative MO?

By Hussein Rashid

…ng citizens, and try people in the court of public opinion. For example, a CNN article states: ”The move is clearly connected to attempts by Republicans in Congress to defund Planned Parenthood,” the organization said in a statement. “In responding to questions about its decision, the foundation cited as its rationale a sham ‘investigation’ into Planned Parenthood launched by Republican Rep. Cliff Stearns as one of the most militant anti-choice me…

Beck Fuels End-Times Hysteria Over Egypt

By Anthea Butler

…this is that while the rest of us are raptly watching Al Jazeeera (because CNN, MSNBC, and Fox only care about American tourists leaving the country, and have nothing of substance to say) to witness the impending overthrow of an authoritarian leader, others are taking advantage of the situation to exploit religious beliefs about the end-times. I don’t have a problem with the regular rapture watchers speculating about various events, because that’s…

Is Downward Dog the Path to Hell?

By Andrea R. Jain

…-first century yogaphobia has only gained momentum. In a 2007 interview on CNN, John MacArthur, pastor of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California, warned Christians against doing yoga, referring to it as a “false religion.” At around the same time Pat Robertson issued a similar warning describing some aspects of it as “really spooky.” Even more recently Mark Driscoll, pastor of Mars Hill Church in Seattle, Washington, told a live audience…

The New Christianity: What the Mainstream Media Has Missed

By Bill Berkowitz

…political figure, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, as his running mate. When a CNN reporter asked a GOP campaign spokesperson about Palin’s religious beliefs, she would only say that “the Republican vice presidential candidate has ‘deep religious convictions.’” Wilson began looking into Palin’s religious background. What he found was far more interesting than the fairly run-of-the-mill Christian Zionism of someone like Hagee. Bruce, can you explain wh…

“We All We Got”: The Black Church As an Oasis in Baltimore’s Food Deserts

By Kasai Rex

…have been held by congregations at the same Penn-North intersection where CNN and others incessantly broadcasted images of a torched CVS as if it were a dying human being. In warmer months, New Bethlehem Baptist Church, among others, led walks to ward off the drug activity that is the only real option for survival for many in areas where police can’t—or won’t—keep them safe. In Baltimore, symbolic gestures on the pulpit are best complemented by c…

How the Conspiratorial American Right is Spinning the Egypt Protests

By Sarah Posner

…ost and evangelist Michael Youssef announced that he would be appearing on CNN through out the day: “Before you judge the motives of the protesters, you must know who is really behind those young people on the streets,” stated Michael Youssef, Ph.D. “The Muslim Brotherhood has been thirsting for power in Egypt for many, many years. Should they succeed, it will not only spell disaster to the west and to Israel, but also to the Christians and the se…

Anglican Bishops Punish Episcopal Church Over LGBT Inclusion; Secularization’s Role in Moving Latin America ‘Beyond Machismo’; Greek Orthodox Bishop Says Gays Deserve Respect; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…nglicans in meetings with Christians and other faith groups,” according to CNN’s Daniel Burke. The resolution called the Episcopal Church’s adoption of a marriage rite for same-sex couples a “fundamental departure from the faith and teaching held by the majority of our provinces on the doctrine of marriage.” The Anglican Church of Canada, also targeted by conservatives, apparently escaped sanctions for now because it had not yet formalized its sup…

Family Research Council is Attacked—Tony Perkins is Quick to Blame SPLC

By Evan Derkacz

…lone, 30 people were murdered in the U.S. simply for being gay—the largest number ever reported; and you want to mention that the “public policy” in question isn’t the placement of a traffic light, it’s the acceptance of the full humanity of LGBT Americans (although to be precise the “hate” designation isn’t for the FRC’s opposition to equality, it’s for the group’s consistently distorted and hostile language). NYU Law Professor Burt Neuborne adds…

One More Day until Marriage Equality vote in New York?

By Peter Montgomery

…emptions akin to those contained in New Hampshire’s marriage equality law. CNN and other news outlets have reported that the governor can extend the legislative session beyond today’s deadline and has said that he would do so. Today, a Buffalo television station reported that the marriage vote would likely take place tomorrow; it said the governor and Republicans were still working on reaching agreement on other unresolved legislative business reg…