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War on Christmas Affirmed by Southern Baptist Convention

By Mark Gstohl

…f the previous more controversial resolutions. As a Baptist, I tend to use Scripture as a hermeneutical screen for understanding my world and the ethical issues I face. The first text that comes to mind is also known as The Golden Rule found in Matthew 7:12 “So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.” What Southern Baptists are seeking is for employers to force their employees to w…

Ralph Reed’s Group Goes after “Union Thugs” in Wisconsin

By Sarah Posner

…consin volunteers will be canvassing the state, in preparation for “a full-scale get-out-the-vote phone bank operation to make sure every last pro-freedom and pro-family voter goes to vote on behalf of our values.” So far, the right’s anti-union battleground in Wisconsin hasn’t been explicitly framed as a “pro-family” issue, but here’s Marx: Please join Tony Nasvik and join the fight with 100 plus FFC activists who will be going door-to-door encou…

Playing God in the Wild Kingdom

By Lauri Lebo

…this beautiful August morning that has nothing to do with Park51 or the Discovery Institute or the First Amendment or creationism. Rather, I’d like to take a break from these never-ending topics by changing the subject to something perhaps a little less weighty, unless of course, you’re a frog. For today, I’d like to garner feedback from readers about the role of man’s dominion and whether it’s right to play God when in Mother Nature’s domain. (A…

Shukr: Gratitude

By Amina Wadud

…on the heels of the birth of my second grandson. One minute we were on the phone and I was describing the birth event and sharing photos on Facebook. The next day, she went to bed, coughed once, and then breathed no more. She was 44. I thought about her when I read in the Qur’an how “every soul will have its taste of death.” So gentle was her moment of passing, and yet so painful has been these few months without her here to enjoy this Ramadan to…

As Long As There’s Fear, We Aren’t Ready for Atheism: A Conversation with Theologian and Ex-Priest Daniel Maguire

By Alana Massey

…tic and ethical value of biblical stories in a more nuanced way than those scholars who offer only perfunctory nods to the Bible’s poetry, Maguire’s book offers a gentler welcome to atheism than its more dismissive predecessors. RD spoke with Maguire by phone about his latest book and the future of belief. What was the impetus for undertaking this after a long career as a priest and theologian who was once a believer? I started out as the absolute…

Tea Party 2.0, Ready For Post-Election Launch

By Julie Ingersoll

…hey distributed “6 million voter guides, 8 million mail pieces, 15 million phone calls, 500,000 doors knocked on by volunteers, and radio advertising covering 56 congressional districts and 22 U.S. Senate and gubernatorial races,” they are now (apparently as I write this) surveying voters to learn “who went to the polls and why.” Instructive for those of us who follow the influence of the religious right on the tea party movement (arguing that it’…

Accused of Anti-Semitism, Trump Aide Makes Ancestry Appeal

By Michael Schulson

…tly draws on testimony from at least one other senior Pentagon official, describes Schmitz boasting that he had fired “the Jews” and lecturing a colleague “on the details of concentration camps and how the ovens were too small to kill 6 million Jews.” Speaking with McClatchyDC, Schmitz maintained his innocence. What’s particularly striking, though, is the way that Schmitz made an appeal to biological ancestry as evidence that he doesn’t express an…

400 Churchgoing Mormons March in SLC Pride Parade

By Joanna Brooks

…rch clothes—dress shirts and ties for men, dresses for women. Some carried scriptures in hand. Others pushed their children in strollers, or carried them on their shoulders. Susan Dortsch from Park City, Utah, was among the first to arrive. “As a parent, when I read about gay kids committing suicide and parents kicking out kids, it hammers at my heart,” she explained. “I came because I wanted to be part of what I hope will be a new direction for…

Pennsylvania Rep. Says Contraception Mandate Is Like Pearl Harbor and 9/11

By Sarah Morice-Brubaker

…r thing to… do whatever Rep. Kelly thinks he’s doing. I give up. Here, have a video about Basenjis freaking out when a phone rings:…

Reporting from Paris: A Prayer for Polluters

By Donna Schaper

…. Emissions from the world’s 500 largest businesses are rising, according. Scientists say emissions must fall to avoid catastrophic climate risks. Voluntary carbon targets–for companies or countries–are not likely to get us where we need to go, I’m afraid. They make about as much sense as voluntary speed limits or tax rates. President Mary Robinson of Ireland calls for zero carbon, zero poverty. I guess she is not serene. “Climate change will le…