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Pigging Out: What ‘Radically Unkosher’ Jewish Foodies Like Michael Pollan Are Missing

…ial dishes for offering to deities,” while modern varieties, the only kind promoted by the government, “are considered ‘impure’ for socio-cultural and religious ceremonies.” Faced with a soaring rate of Diabetes caused by the abandonment of traditional foods for “white” food products, the Tohono O’odham of the Sonora Desert have organized through communal institutions to support a return to their nearly extinct thousand-year-old former diet, write…

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The Death of a Black Man at the Hands of Black Officers Unveiled Something More Complex Than Whiteness

…serves the interests of maintaining White privilege and protecting a White republic. Establishing some hallmarks of Blue privilege, the nature of Blueness in the U.S. conditions the public to normalize that cops: enact the sovereignty to determine who lives and dies; function as a judicially-protected class; employ fear as a form of social control; perpetuate the delusion of post-racialism; investigate their own alleged misconduct and criminal act…

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“Project Blitz” Seeks to Do for Christian Nationalism What ALEC Does for Big Business

…man says, “that the state has a ‘compelling’ health and safety interest in promoting heterosexual relations, maintenance of birth gender, and adoption by married heterosexuals. Whatever the merits of those health-and-safety arguments, what is critical is intent. And the authors make their dominionist intent quite clear: to ‘define public policies of the state in favor of biblical values concerning marriage and sexuality.’” In support of this, Proj…

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Why is Huntsman’s Mormonism “Tough to Define”?

…vocabulary to describe. Early Thursday morning, Matthew Bowman at the New Republic tried to spin the differences between Romney and Huntsman as generational and Huntsman’s more easygoing Mormon style as evidence of the LDS Church’s evolution from mid-20th century models of “business Mormonism” to a more cosmopolitan 21st century outlook. (Both Romney and Huntsman are baby boomers. Generational? I’m not so sure.) But Time’s profile of Huntsman (al…

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Times’ Link of NOI With Capitol Killer is Based on Flawed Comparison Between Rightwing Christian Nationalism and Black Religious Nationalism

…would come to be known as the Haitian Revolution. From the Founders of the Republic like Jefferson, to current-day senators like Ron Johnson who confessed that had it been Black Lives Matters protestors who’d stormed the Capitol on January 6th, then he would have been worried, the fear of retribution by its Black citizens for past wrongs has long fueled attempts to keep African Americans subservient. Even more frightening is the thought that a Bla…

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How Mormonism Built Glenn Beck

…September 19 call: “Sept 28. Lets make it a day of Fast and Prayer for the Republic. Spread the word. Let us walk in the founders steps.” This call to fasting and prayer may indeed have been an appropriation of the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur, but it is also rooted in the traditional Mormon practice of holding individual, familial, and collective fasts to address spiritual challenges. Even the overt sentimentality Beck now indulges from time to…

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How Not to Oppose the National Day of Prayer

…g a singular God. The National Day of Prayer is a reminder that, even in a republic founded on the principle of religious liberty, those in power can enshrine their beliefs into law. Every year, like clockwork, two groups voice outrage about the National Day of Prayer: conservative Christians who haven’t fact-checked the perennial rumor that Barack Hussein Obama has cancelled this year’s event; and secularist advocates like the Freedom from Religi…

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Eternal Culture War: Pat Buchanan on Notre Dame and Sotomayor

…, not at all qualified to be a Supreme Court justice. Ever notice it’s the Republicans whose “affirmative action” picks aren’t qualified (as in Miers and Clarence Thomas)? A Cheney Fan In a recent commentary posted at MSNBC, Buchanan pointed out that “Dick Cheney is giving the Republican Party a demonstration of how to fight a popular president. Stake out defensible high ground, do not surrender an inch, then go onto the attack.” The man who serve…

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Synod ‘Fight for Soul’ of Catholic Church, Flap On English Translation of Key Report; Anti-Gay Law Advances in Kyrgyzstan; Global LGBT Recap

…ding lesbian and gay people for decades now.” Tom Roberts wrote in the New Republic, “Pope Francis Just Ripped the Weapons From the Culture Warriors’ Hands.” At the Guardian, Lizzy Davies wrote Is this the modern family according to Francis? From gay relationships to extramarital sex, from divorce and remarriage to civil unions, the Roman Catholic church has signalled it is ready to adopt what some see as a markedly more conciliatory tone towards…

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Have White Evangelicals Finally Lost Control of the Narrative?

…, in addition to the coverage already mentioned, recent stories in The New Republic and Vice have shined a sympathetic light on ex-evangelical experiences and concerns. Because humans live through narratives, stories have power. Blake Chastain understands this, which is why his Exvangelical podcast largely focuses on creating space for former evangelicals to share our stories. Asked to comment for this piece, Chastain said, “I am thankful for the…

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