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This is Not a Religion Column: The Religious Vote of the Future, with a Pickle

By Jeff Sharlet

…unctions as a hinge between one belief and the next. Consider Chimayo, New Mexico one of the most popular Catholic tourist sites in the United States, beloved for a soft little patch of ground from which blessed soil can be drawn to heal whatever ails you. This belief was borrowed from the Native Americans who preceded the Spanish priests who claimed to first make this discovery, and it’s maintained by a priest who trucks in 25 tons of garden-vari…

Georgia Gov Vetoes Right-To-Discriminate Bill

By Elizabeth Reiner Platt

…with local anti-discrimination laws. Over a dozen states from Iowa to New Mexico have introduced RFRAs. While HB 757 is gone for now, it’s far from forgotten. There’s still a chance that legislators could override the Governor’s veto, and dozens of similar bills are still waiting to be picked up in states nationwide. It’s therefore important to understand that the veto of HB 757 was not just a win for LGBT equality or an acknowledgment that discr…

Ghosts of Halloween Past

By The Editors

…______ Death Couture: Not for Halloween Only STEPHEN ANDES De-exoticizing Mexico’s patron saint of death Halloween, Evangelicals, and the Macabre JOHN W. MOREHEAD Reflections on our monstrous creations The Fear is Real: A New View of Halloween Hell Houses LUCIA HULSETHER A 90-minute walk through the South Georgia woods offers violence, fear, and an Obama-like Antichrist Jesus Goes to the Dark Carnival: Hell House Gets a Makeover W. SCOTT POOLE A…

Global LGBT Recap: Promise and Peril in the New Year

By Peter Montgomery

…d institutionalize discrimination,” and quotes an activist saying that the number of threats against LGBT peoples is already on the rise. Nigeria: Jail the Gays Bill Pending Tris Reid-Smith reports for Gay Star News that the repressive “Jail the Gays” bill that passed the parliament in Nigeria in December has not yet been sent to President Goodluck Jonathan for his signature. If he returns the law to parliament with recommended changes, that coul…

Carter, Gore, and the New Baptist Covenant

By Bruce Prescott

…and white Baptists met with equal participation on the platform and equal numbers in the audience; never before in history have Baptists, “black and white, male and female,” met with more than token representation of prophetic women speaking from the pulpit; never before in history have moderate and progressive Baptists from North and South and Canada and Mexico met together to network and organize for Christian social action. If this moment beco…

Painting Elephants

By Bruce Prescott

…and white Baptists met with equal participation on the platform and equal numbers in the audience; never before in history have Baptists—black and white, male and female—met with more than token representation of prophetic women speaking from the pulpit; never before in history have moderate and progressive Baptists from North and South and Canada and Mexico met together to network and organize for Christian social action. If this moment becomes…

Global LGBT Recap: Asylum for Victims of Homophobia Exports; Orthodox Church Sees Anti-Gay Campaign Turned Toward Itself

By Peter Montgomery

…lobe. Al-Jazeera America, for example, has recently reported on the rising number of Russians seeking asylum in the U.S. At the Capitol Hill event, activists described the many challenges facing asylum-seekers. For those who make claims when they arrive at a US border crossing, that includes detention, difficulties in accessing legal help, and violence in detention centers. Others who make it into the U.S. face challenges that include a one-year d…

American Missionary Could Face Genocide Charges, But Brazil’s Indigenous Communities Have a Bigger Problem

By Amy Fallas

…ogies, alliances, and affiliates. Eventually, Panama, Brazil, Ecuador, and Mexico terminated their contracts with SIL. Steve Campbell’s trespassing on native lands might not have been done with malicious intent, but it still contributes to the precarious outlook for Brazil’s native communities. Given the recent history of foreign and local infiltration into indigenous lands and violence against their people, American missionaries can at the very l…

Are Michael Moore’s Films Inspired by His Catholicism?

By Rosemary R. Ruether

…ticing Catholic who attends church from time to time. Moore has produced a number of film documentaries that express outrage against wealthy exploiters of the people. Roger and Me, (1989) protests the wealthy CEO of General Motors, Roger B. Smith, who threw thousands out of work by closing the auto plants in his hometown of Flint, Michigan, only to open new plants in Mexico at much lower wages; Bowling for Columbine, (2002) against the gun lobbyis…

It’s the Catholic Bishops, Not Those Who Toppled Junipero Serra Statues, Who Have Failed the Test of History

By Jacqueline M. Hidalgo

…ndigenous peoples from colonial abuse. St. Junípero Serra came to colonial Mexico in 1749 and, upon arriving in California, helped to found mission San Diego in 1769. During that time, he believed himself to be fulfilling the will of God by bringing the gospel to peoples in California who had not yet heard it. Compared to some of his contemporaries, certainly, Serra fought to protect indigenous peoples. For instance, as Archbishop Gómez underscore…