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After Roe: 3 Troubling Trends from the ‘Compassionate’ Anti-Abortion Crowd

By Robert Repino

…ple who passed them didn’t really mean what they were doing. (They did.) A number of others have expressed a similar view, like the panelists in a recent discussion hosted by Georgetown University who lamented the moral “compromises” that anti-abortion activists have made. Others, like Religion News Service columnist Charles C. Camosy, have—either naively or disingenuously—called on the movement to move past Trump, as though the movement could eas…

The Kidnapping of Nigerian Girls, A Primer

By Gordon Haber

…ls. I will sell them in the market, by Allah,” Shekau said, according to a CNN translation. “There is a market for selling humans. Allah says I should sell. He commands me to sell. I will sell women.” It is not an empty threat. Earlier this year, in Yobe state, 16 girls were abducted and married off. There have been numerous reports of rape, and escapees have related being used as “baby factories.” The Nigerian government claims to be handling the…

Ponzi Schemes, Treason, and Cervixes

By Sarah Posner

I wasn’t expecting tonight’s CNN debate, co-hosted with the Tea Party Express, to have a lot of religion. Amy Kremer, Tea Party Express chairman, has rejected calls to bring more religious talk into the Tea Party, even while other Tea Party activists push for it. Still, though, there was one issue that came up that is clearly driven by religion. And money. That issue is the mandatory HPV vaccine Rick Perry authorized in Texas. When I was in Iowa…

I Booed Romney For Jesus

By Anthea Butler

…he said it was time for him to close. Mitt may want to pretend that the boos he received from the NAACP are all in a day’s work, but the comment of a woman interviewed by CNN at the NAACP convention said it all. When asked about booing Romney, she said, “I booed him for Jesus.” Indeed….

Pussy Prophets & Nuns on Buses: Will Feminist Politics Get More Holy & Foolish?

By Beatrice Marovich

…things, ignoring women’s reproductive rights; and Hanna Rosin, writing for CNN, was less convinced that this vote meant anything historic for women, though she did acknowledge that female officials have gained a broader access to power. I’m still fixated, however, on a couple of phenomena that have, quite likely, already fallen off of most people’s radar: the weird conjunctions between religion and feminist politics that have emerged over the pas…

How Mormon is Mitt Romney? Over 50 Jokes For Trump

By Joanna Brooks

…about getting them married. Mitt Romney is so Mormon he tried to convince CNN to let him bring a visual aid to the debate so he could turn it into an object lesson. Mitt is so Mormon that he refers to Congress as “The Great and Spacious Building.” Mitt is so Mormon that out of “concern for the one” he’ll invite Kim Jong-Il to join the fold. Mitt is so Mormon he’ll end every address with “hope you all get home without any harm or accidents.” Mitt…

“Ex-Gay” Gospel Star Donnie McClurkin and the Decline of Public Theology

By Joshua L. Lazard

…ant, pastor of Empowerment Temple AME Church in Baltimore famously went on CNN to denounce President Obama after his announcement in favor of same-sex marriage earlier this year. And while some black clergy did come forward in support of the president, Bryant was not alone in his opposition. Studies have shown that while black churchgoers in this country may poll liberal when it comes to certain social issues, theologically they fall on the conser…

Clashing human rights visions for LGBTs at United Nations; More Mixed Messages from the Vatican as Family Synod Begins; Timeline of Worsening Homophobia by Turkey’s AKP Party; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…Video of a Chinese man kneeling in a crowded subway car to propose marriage to another man has gone viral, reports CNN….

Exit Polls on Religion

By Sarah Posner

CNN is publishing the exit polls, which provide some early information on the religious makeup of the electorate in the criticals states. Note that voters who were in line as polls closed are still voting, so final results, and final exits, are still some time off. Some interesting details, though, out of Virginia, Ohio, and Florida: Florida: 70% of white Jews, who comprised 5% of the electorate, voted for Obama. Another data point had all Jews,…

Beck Too Hot for Fox, But Not for Hagee

By Sarah Posner

…peared on Beck’s show many times, including in 2007 when Beck was still on CNN. Beck once opened an interview of Hagee as someone “some say is a crazy man,” a bit of prophetic wisdom for which Beck could be given credit. Now Beck seems more enamored of Hagee’s end-times theories than ever before. Republican presidential hopefuls, including Newt Gingrich and Mike Huckabee, have long cozied up to Hagee, with not even a whiff of the scrutiny Barack O…