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Gun Ownership as Sin—A Strategic, Secular Proposal for Gun Reform

By Ira Chernus

…p the gun. Today we no longer need an Emerson. We have “national security experts” who explain that the threats to freedom are greater than ever, which is why we do need a professional army with the most sophisticated guns. But the principle remains the same, and so does the symbolism of the gun. The logical implication: If things got threatening enough, all red-blooded Americans would be willing to pick up and use those sophisticated guns. In th…

Romney Had No Clue as to Obama Ground Game

By Joanna Brooks

…is faith community. Team Obama had way better tech guys. Team Romney had a better debate. Team Obama had wiser financing strategies. But here’s the stunner. Apparently, Team Romney had no clue as to the extent of Obama’s ground game. This, from Kranish: Rich Beeson, the Romney political director… said that only after the election did he realize what Obama was doing with so much manpower on the ground. Obama had more than 3,000 paid workers nationw…

Supreme Court Will Hear Challenges to Anti-Equality Laws

By Elizabeth Drescher

…love for LBGT sinners that might mute the continued condemnation of homosexual sex itself as a sin. Genuine gift of Christian compassion, or more masterful Mormon marketing in the face of a rapidly changing attitudes toward LBGT equality and what is increasingly seen as recalcitrant anti-gay bigotry among its conservative religious peers? Regardless, surely the more valued holiday treasure for LBGT folks and their allies will be the genuine equa…

Christian Media Battle Over Controversial Figure

By Jonathan D. Fitzgerald

…s of Jang have come forward, including a couple identified as Edmond and Susan Chua, who are among the first to speak on the record about their experiences. Until recently, the Chuas ran the Singaporean edition of the Christian Post—Susan worked on the business side while Edmond served as editor. The couple’s testimony revealed the level of connection between Jang and his affiliated ministries, telling of weekly chat room sessions in which Jang w…

Marriage Equality: No More (Word) Games

By William Myatt

…outside of experience, I make sure that my analysis runs directly through experience, and most importantly, through the experience of the suffering. Relative to this discussion, there is no more appropriate voice to include than that of the LGBT community, those whose experience has been objectified in “our” discussions of “their” rights. If we intend for the present discussion to move forward, if we actually do desire to avoid so many “red herrin…

Masculinity and Mass Violence: When Will We Acknowledge the Smoking Gendered Pronoun Hiding in Plain Sight?

By Elizabeth Drescher

…a generation of feminist biblical scholars—Phyllis Bird, Katie Canon, Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza, Kwok Pui-Lan, Amy Jill Levine, Sandra M. Schneiders, IHM, and Dolores Williams among them—put forth scholarship that both critiqued the sexist and misogynist roots of the biblical narrative, and attempted to rehabilitate religious traditions by recovering the voices of women in the Bible and offering liberatory readings of biblical texts. Such readi…

How Will We Teach About Sikhism After the Tragedy?

By Laurie Patton

…rity religious community that suffers discrimination must pay a cultural tax: the extra burden of educating the rest of the country about its traditions, its rituals, and its cultures. After 9/11, there was a massive outpouring of videos, blogs, and articles by Muslim leaders aiming to educate Americans about Islam. In the various radio appearances by Sikh leaders this week, all of them articulated the need for education about Sikhism. To be sure,…

Obama Administration Gives Free Pass for Faith-Based Groups to Discriminate

By Sarah Posner

…e refusal to change the policy, but the administration’s unwillingness to explain exactly how the policy is being implemented. Last year, at a townhall at the University of Maryland, Obama himself would not explain the policy, saying only, “I think that the balance we tried to strike is to say that if you have set up a nonprofit that is disassociated from your core religious functions and is out there in the public doing all kinds of work, you hav…

‘Religious Freedom’: Constitutional Principle or Electoral Politics?

By Frances Kissling

…d instead want to push for a political one by convincing the president to expand the exemption now. It is in good position to press its case politically, as it has, as good lobbyists do, combined advocacy for its positions along with subtle political support for the president’s reelection. Whatever differences CHA may have with Obama on reproductive health policy, CHA is able to look at the big picture. Obama losing a second term would be a disast…

Mormons Prepare to March in Seven LGBT Parades this Weekend

By Joanna Brooks

…e, Cleveland, Twin Cities, and Santiago, Chile. More than 140 Mormons are expected to march in Santiago alone. It is striking to think that it was four years ago this month that the LDS Church issued a letter to be read to California congregations urging members to full engagement in support of Proposition 8, setting into motion a headline-grabbing Mormon campaign to end civil same-sex marriage in California. Since then, Mormons for Marriage found…