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Why is Liberty Institute Still Defending Phillip Monk?

By Rob Shryock

…port was released, Monk openly appeared (in possible violation of military code) at the Values Voters Summit for a panel. The Liberty Institute’s Jeff Mateer put his hand on Monk’s shoulder and praised him, saying, “We’ve gotten phone calls from military members who are undergoing discrimination…and with the exception of him, those folks that have called us have all wanted to remain anonymous. Sergeant Monk, to his credit, is willing to stand up.”…

Jack Ryan Uses Bible to Exonerate Wall Street, CIA

By Erin Runions

…onerating Wall Street is a chief outcome, the film’s sexual politics also help fictively prop up national defenses in the face of transnational market threats and to absolve the military industrial complex. The film works to reimagine the CIA as husband-protector of the nation. Of course, it must first verbally distance the CIA from practices like waterboarding. As Ryan’s recruiter Thomas Harper (Kevin Costner) tells him, their unit doesn’t do suc…

Global LGBT Recap: Adventists Talk About, Not To, LGBT People; British Muslim Group Welcomes Gay-Rights Activist; Homophobia Exports Continue

By Peter Montgomery

…s.” What conference-goers won’t do is hear from is LGBT people. Last week Eliel Cruz, president of the Intercollegiate Adventist Gay-Straight Alliance, criticized his church for planning a conference in Africa “to talk about LGBT people without allowing them to share their stories or perspectives.” Cruz wrote: The break-out session titles help show just how extreme and one-sided this conference will be. For example, “Alternative Sexualities: A Di…

UPDATE: An Abrupt End to Quebec Separatist Plan to Ban “Ostentatious Signs” of Religion

By Jeremy Stolow

…to examine more closely one of the key planks of the proposed Charter, namely to draw a line between ‘ostentatious’ and ‘non-ostentatious’ religious signs, and their respective degrees of permissibility within the public sector workplace. “From this point on,” it was stated in one government document, “those working for the state must demonstrate their religious neutrality, not only in their behavior but also in their appearance.” The proposed…

Policing Academic Freedom: A Book, a Controversy, and the Ominous Aftermath

By Michael Jerryson

…n many Asian states and thus interfere with the friendly and constructive relations between non-Asian Asian states (sic). In an effort to combat the support of the American Academy of Religion, the Hindu American Foundation that had protested against Doniger’s work in 2009 published a blistering critique in the Huffington Post on the AAR. In a piece entitled “Academic Integrity: It’s What’s Missing at the AAR,” HAF co-founder and co-Director Suhag…

The Secret History of Easter

By Joseph Laycock

…roclamations are not only irritating, they’re a disturbing index of our level of discourse about religion. Surrounding the Easter/Ishtar conspiracy theory is a toxic brew of anti-intellectualism, heresiological claims masquerading as historical ones, and simple sadism and incivility facilitated by new media. Last year, a blog called Bell Jar wrote a nice piece qualifying and largely debunking the claim that Easter is a Pagan holiday. It is true th…

Brits Get A Dose of Christian Nation Politicking

By Sarah Posner

…lural society with citizens with a range of perspectives, and we are a largely non-religious society. Constantly to claim otherwise fosters alienation and division in our society. Although it is right to recognise the contribution made by many Christians to social action, it is wrong to try to exceptionalise their contribution when it is equalled by British people of different beliefs. This needlessly fuels enervating sectarian debates that are by…

Is Army’s New “Humanist” Designation Just Semantic Hooey?

By Elizabeth Drescher

…ndeed, in many religions, choosing a name that expresses a close coherence between self-identity and religious identity and affiliation (or having one conferred) is a defining ritual feature, as in the Sikh Nam Karam ceremony for naming a child according to the first letter of a sacred hymn. Such a name is, as Roland Barthes put it, “the prince of signifiers; its connotations are rich, social and symbolic.” While not personal names, the categorica…

Brits Get A Dose of Christian Nation Politicking

By Sarah Posner

…lural society with citizens with a range of perspectives, and we are a largely non-religious society. Constantly to claim otherwise fosters alienation and division in our society. Although it is right to recognise the contribution made by many Christians to social action, it is wrong to try to exceptionalise their contribution when it is equalled by British people of different beliefs. This needlessly fuels enervating sectarian debates that are by…

Romney Banking on Trump’s Birthers Pulling Him Over Finish Line

By Sarah Posner

…t the Koran is, that there’s a lot of hate in the Koran. Because Romney’s religion relies on a sacred text that other people who might get Romney over 50% think is satanic, you’d think Romney might have some discomfort with this blatant disparaging of other peoples’ religion. This Romney, though, has been Etch-a-Sketched away: Poisonous language does not advance our cause. It has never softened a single heart nor changed a single mind. The blessin…