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

By Anita Little

…out—especially when it comes to access to abortion, the ultimate marker of reproductive freedom. I read something recently that really changed the way I think about the 1920s and that makes me think of where we are now. We think of the ’20s as the “roaring twenties” and a time of new sexual freedom, especially for women. But in reality, the 1920s marked the endpoint of the Progressive Era and what were largely women-led social policies to improve…

How (Not) to React to Anti-Mormon Sentiment in the South

By Joanna Brooks

…olks, that abuse reaches far deeper than a few cast-off remarks by a state representative in the course of a presidential contest where the Mormon candidate is winning. If you are worrying about Rep. Manning’s comments, take a moment to educate yourself on Georgia’s policies on immigrants. It might change your perspective on how it feels to be targeted in the U.S. these days. Romney looks to be beating historic anti-Mormon sentiment in the South,…

The Democrats Got Religion, At Huge Cost

By Sarah Posner

…For the religious right, FOCA is the devil’s bill, one which would codify reproductive freedom and dash their plans to shackle women to maternity wards. Obama started softening his pro-choice position in early 2008, when he was feeling the heat from the right’s virulent Jeremiah Wright smear campaign, and continued to do so throughout the spring as he met with conservative religious leaders and strained to make them more comfortable with his posi…

Lila Rose, Defunding Planned Parenthood, and “Christian Worldview”

By Sarah Posner

…those wanting to avoid pregnancy, certainly guarantees an increase in the number of unintended pregnancies. It is difficult to understand why people who say they are opposed to abortion would do so much to undermine the family planning and contraception that helps prevent the need for it. “To underscore the far reach of Rep. Pence’s proposal,” the statement continued, “it would also cut off 48 percent of Planned Parenthood patients — approximate…

Narcissistic Christians and “Pants Down” Journalism

By Becky Garrison

…l for their lives. The Lord’s Prayer asking God that “Thy will be done” is replaced by “God bless my will.” Somehow they forgot Jesus’ teachings that “everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted. (Luke 18:15, NIV) Should they be found guilty of any transgression and exposed by the media for “sinning,” they fail to comprehend what, if anything they’ve done wrong. Any repentance they might offer for their…

Gay-Bashing the Religious Right’s Forever Issue

By Peter Montgomery

…rights. On a panel celebrating members of Congress first elected in 2011, Rep. Vicky Hartzler (R-MO) said, “they are trying to use the military to advance their social agenda. It’s wrong and it must be stopped.” Hartzler, who recently authored a book, Running God’s Way, added, “we are going to fight that with everything we have. The law of the land is marriage between and man and a woman and that needs to be upheld.” Freshman Republican Mike Pomp…

South Carolina Gubernatorial Candidate Denies Affair

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…alin, who called Haley “our kinda gal.” That endorsement sent Haley’s poll numbers skyrocketing in this ultra-conservative state, putting her ahead of her nearest Republican challenger, State Attorney General Henry McMaster, by some 11 points. Ironically, perhaps, Haley has also been endorsed by the state’s former first lady Jenny Sanford, who recently divorced husband Mark over his affair. Haley released a statement flatly denying Folks’ confessi…

Heroes: Sex and the Single Superhero

By Nick Street

…’s call to departure entails severing or forgoing the bonds of traditional domestic life—a prospect that’s easier to contemplate if the longing for the social and sexual relationships of a householder is attenuated or absent in the heart of the hero. In monasteries and convents and among the ranks of shamans, sages and spiritual warriors, gay men and women are disproportionately represented not only because those social locations have traditionall…

Yerushalmi, National Review, and a Conservative Fight Over Shari’ah

By Sarah Posner

…llow conservatives at other events.) Will Schmitz et al. have an impact on Republicans? Tomorrow, Rep. Peter King is holding his fifth Islamophobia hearing, again with his previous star witness, Zuhdi Jasser, who believes the Muslim Brotherhood has infiltrated all American Muslim organizations to “advance Sharia, to advance political Islam and the collectivism of a Muslim political movement in America that’s different from our Constitution and our…

Vivek Ramaswamy Represents the Convergence of White Supremacy and Hindu Supremacy — And He May Well Be Trump’s Running Mate

By Usha Kumar

…Georgia, a resolution condemning Hinduphobia was championed and passed by Republicans. In California, opposition to SB-403, a bill seeking to add caste as a protected category, also became an entirely Republican endeavor. When the bill passed the California State Senate, HAF noted that not a single Democrat had voted against the bill, and not a single Republican had voted for it, tweeting the phrase, “We Will Remember.” Notably, organizations tha…