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Why Notre Dame’s Contraception Flip-Flop Undercuts Bishops’ Religious Freedom Claims

By Patricia Miller

…e Court decisions in New York and California. In those cases, the courts sanctioned exemptions only for entities that were directly involved in the inculcation of religion and that primary employ and serve people of their own faith—who presumably share their religious beliefs. Nonetheless, spooked by the specter of a Catholic electoral backlash and Dolan’s foot-stomping at the White House, the Obama administration backed down and gave church-adjac…

Is Pro-Life Cause Célèbre Chen Guangcheng Actually Pro-Life?

By Lindsay Beyerstein

…the stories about the tick-tock of the diplomatic crisis ignore the substance of Chen’s activism, but that’s hardly evidence of a conspiracy. Having been recognized as one of the 100 most influential people by Time magazine for his campaign against coercive population control further undercuts this narrative. The “stabbed in the back” rhetoric of the anti-abortion sites dovetails with the rhetoric of Republican politicians. It’s not yet clear why…

We Declare You Restored: How Christian ‘Forgiveness’ is Deployed to Enable Abuse and Corruption

By Greg Carey

…he area of sexual abuse. That commission, according to the Report, should include “a balanced representation of male and female members, including survivors of sexual abuse, and expert advisers who are trauma-informed.” Nothing in the public record suggests that either Hunt or Freeze entered into a process of genuine accountability that includes review by outside parties or attends to the women they’ve harmed. Their offenses are fresh. Hunt’s proc…

Scott Roeder’s Religion

By Sarah Posner

…raphed a piece of paper on the dashboard of Roeder’s car: It contained the phone number of Cheryl Sullenger, Operation Rescue’s senior policy advisor, who served two years in prison for conspiring to bomb abortion clinics in 1988. Roeder also told me that Sullenger was present at the lunch with Newman where they discussed “justifiable” homicide, and that Newman had given Roeder the autographed copy of his book just three months before Roeder kille…

Shukr: Gratitude

By Amina Wadud

…nal judgment. Life comes and life goes and it is up to us to make a difference in life, and that includes being grateful for the gifts of life for being spared death for sight and hearing and bridges that don’t collapse. Yeah, why not? There have been more deaths in my immediate circle since last Ramadan than any one year in my life. I got to meet Abdurrahman Wahid, Gus Dur while he could still laugh and joke, an incredible man; my eldest brother,…

Anti-LGBT Culture Warriors On The March; More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ropean and North American prelates who have led recent conservative resistance to Pope Francis, while Africans have remained out of the limelight. Even so, it may be quite some time before African and Asian churches abandon their very rigorous attitudes on matters of human sexuality, and future North-South conflicts are only to be expected. The chief difference from the present is that the southerners will enjoy ever-larger numbers. Divisions with…

These Are the New Battlegrounds for LGBT Rights Under Trump

By Sunnivie Brydum

…h and Human Services, Rep. Tom Price, has a long history of opposing LGBT-inclusive policies. Price, specifically, is a staunch opponent of the Affordable Care Act, and is expected to be a key figure in the yet-to-be-announced plan to “repeal and replace” Obamacare. And Price is no friend to the gays. According to LGBT media watchdog GLAAD’s “Trump Accountability Project,” the Georgia Republican scored a zero (out of 100) on the Human Rights Campa…

A Faith-Based Opportunity for Obama

By Sarah Posner

…ated civil liberties and religious freedom advocacy groups with his resistance to their concerns about constitutional problems plaguing the office, is off to teach at New York University and to launch “a new organization to help organizations and local governments partner with faith based organizations,” a White House official told me. Michelle Boorstein at the Washington Post also reports that DuBois also will be writing “a book of devotionals fo…

Kendrick Lamar’s Hip-Hop Jeremiad

By Josiah Daniels

…3:48 & Jer. 20:9). That UU was released during the Lenten season is no coincidence. Typically this is a time for American Christians to saturate themselves in a premature Easter triumphalism; thus the abyss is never broached. Many religious people in general and Christian people in particular will not be able to dwell in the sustained, unresolved lament of Untitled Unmastered. So the prophets do it for them. And it came to pass after the slavery…

Praying To The God Of The SUV

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…d’s role in Kentucky’s homeland security alongside the military, police agencies and health departments. Of particular concern is a 2006 clause requiring the Office of Homeland Security to post a plaque that says the safety and security of the state “cannot be achieved apart from reliance upon almighty God” and to stress that fact through training and educational materials. Certainly, Christians are welcome to pray to God to keep them safe and sec…