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How Steve Stockman Is Challenging John Cornyn Without Religion

By Sarah Posner

Today’s big political news is that Rep. Steve Stockman, the Texas Republican who might someday win a contest for having the most listicles devoted to his crazytalk, is launching a primary challenge Sen. John Cornyn, a longtime conservative favorite. In Texas you must now out-Cruz Ted Cruz. On his campaign website, Stockman lays out the reasons why “I am running against liberal John Cornyn,” which has spawned the hashtag #liberaljohncornyn, with s…

Fox News: Mormons “Obviously not Christian”

By Joanna Brooks

…segment focused on the ever-more likely prospect of a presidential run by Texas Governor Rick Perry. Does Perry have the same fundraising power as Romney, the panel wondered. “The Christian Coalition, I think he could get a lot of money coming from that base, because Romney,” Earhardt chattered, “obviously not being a Christian, Rick Perry, he’s always on Christian talk shows, he has days of prayer in Texas.” Funny thing is, the very Sunday morni…

Churchgoers, Stay Home—It’s The American Way

By Shelby Balik

…the streets to mourn Rabbi Chaim Mertz. Meanwhile, pastors in Kentucky and Texas have sued to prevent the “unconstitutional application” of restrictions that violate church members’ religious freedom. Rev. Tony Spell of the Life Tabernacle Church near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has repeatedly disobeyed Gov. John Bel Edwards’s stay-at-home orders by holding church services, sometimes busing in hundreds of people to attend. “I pray,” he told worshipers…

Pastafarian Rights, Israeli Rosa Parks, Orthodox
Jewish P.I.

By Michael J. Altman

…t. IHOP is one of the sponsors for “Prayin’” Rick Perry’s day of prayer in Texas. An atheist group in Texas is suing Governor Perry for his involvement with the prayer event. An Austrian man convinced authorities to let him take his driver’s license photo wearing a pasta strainer on his head as the religious headgear of his Pastafarianism. The Church of England may sell its $6 million share in the scandalized News Corp. Controversy continues to su…

AP: “Bush: Soldiers Live Out Gospel”

By Ira Chernus

…bit from one president to another. I also know, from a bit of research in Texas, that Bush spoke relatively little about his religious views in his two campaigns for governor of Texas. Then in the spring of 1999, just as he was gearing up to run for president, the two major newspapers in his state ran front page stories, about a month apart, detailing his religious life and beliefs in much the same words he would continue to use throughout his ca…

Religion as a Front for Tyranny: A Roundtable on the Timeliness of Hulu’s “The Handmaid’s Tale”

By Anita Little

…texts in real-world policymaking. For example, U.S. Rep. Jody Arrington of Texas supports increasing work requirements for adults who qualify for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. To support his position, he cites 2 Thessalonians 3:10 (“For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.” [KJV]). The novel is a classic because it deals with themes of power, agency and voice. The Handma…

Black Pastor Who Introduced SBC Resolution Against Alt-Right Assumed It Would Be a “Slam Dunk”

By Sunnivie Brydum

…istory,” said McKissic, who leads Cornerstone Baptist Church in Arlington, Texas. “I am offended that the committee is by and large made up of no minorities. You’ve got 20 percent minorities in the Convention, only one black person was there [on the committee], and they’re almost forced to go along to get along.” The insult inherent in that lack of representation was compounded by what McKissic sees as dishonest justifications for dismissing his r…

“Taliban Dan’s” Teacher: Inside Bill Gothard’s Authoritarian Subculture

By Sarah Posner

…y member of Congress with deep connections to Gothard. Rep. Sam Johnson (R-Texas), who just became chair of the Social Security Subcommittee of the House Ways and Means Committee, is the chair of the board of directors of the IBLP. Other politicians, like Texas Governor Rick Perry, have spoken at IBLP conferences, and Mike Huckabee is fan. And many others, such as Sarah Palin, as mayor of Wasilla, have attended his ostensibly secular (but not) Int…

Glenn Beck’s and Newt Gingrich’s Christian Nation

By Sarah Posner

…ces behind the recent outrageous historical revisionism perpetrated by the Texas State Board of Education. Barton and Beck are old pals, with Barton headlining Beck’s recent “American Revival” events. Will Bunch reported for the Philadelphia Daily News from the Florida revival: But from the stage, the seven-hour event was little about Obama – and a lot about God. The kickoff speaker was David Barton – a leader in the recent fight to push conservat…

Sanctuary and the Second Amendment: Do Guns Deserve Special Protection?

By Rosalind C. Hughes

…counties and cities are “purely symbolic and have no legal weight.” And in Texas, the author of House Bill 2622, which “may be cited as the Second Amendment Sanctuary State Act,” told the El Paso Times in April that his Bill would not prevent federal agents coming into Texas to enforce new gun laws—but that they would get no help from the local authorities. The Bill was sent to Governor Abbott’s desk before the Memorial Day weekend. Of course, the…