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The Antisemitism Awareness Act Just Passed by the House Would Actually Increase Anti-Jewish Violence

By Nathan Leach

…ot). If, however, one claims that the State of Israel has carried out this policy because it’s run by Jews and that’s how Jews act, then it is, at the very least, anti-Jewish; or further, if one claims that Jews act this way because it’s in their nature to do so, then it’s antisemitic. The principles here aren’t complicated, but their application requires nuanced distinctions which make it difficult to characterize whole groups of people with a br…

The Protestant Mainline Makes a (Literary) Comeback

By Gary Dorrien

…rk of every kind except direct political action. Even with depleted social policy and outreach organizations, liberal Protestant denominations continue to address issues pertaining to war, intervention, and foreign policy; debt relief, foreign aid, and economic development; white supremacism, racial justice, and affirmative action; women’s rights, gay and lesbian issues, reproductive rights, and child welfare; acid rain, ozone depletion, bio-diver…

For Anti-Gay Conservatives, Grenell Symbolized Romney’s Untrustworthiness

By Sarah Posner

…er Grenell’s support for marriage equality than his credentials on foreign policy and national security. The Post’s Greg Sargent builds on Rubin’s reporting about how Grenell had been sidelined from the media, even though he was supposed to be a spokesperson for the campaign. That, of course, was a sign that the campaign, and Romney in particular, were made queasy by the pressure from anti-gay Republicans. Grenell, to be sure, was not a perfect sp…

PFOX Accuses PTA of being PC

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…press release: “Why is it gay groups meet the PTA Diversity and Inclusion Policy but our families do not? ‘Diversity’ and ‘inclusion’ should mean exactly that — diversity and inclusion of everyone.” Well, not really. Perhaps the PTA has seen the latest news on “ex-gay ministries” and it’s beginning to understand what kind of snake oil salesmen they really are. Perhaps the sight of George Rekers — a champion of the “ex-gay” industry — taking a Eu…

Patriotism and Piety—Not For Conservatives Only

By Ira Chernus

…em as private values are often resistant to making them a basis for public policy. But there’s no hypocrisy in promoting the policies we support with language that can engage more conservative voters. Don’t we really believe that a major policy shift to the left would make society more orderly? True, most of us don’t endorse hierarchies of any kind. But there’s plenty of evidence (which Haidt ignores) that hierarchy is mostly a means to an end for…

Presidential Debate: We Are All Socialists Now

By Louis A. Ruprecht

…split evenly between foreign policy and health care (a bit more on foreign policy). On those two issues, we learned nothing new, and indeed there was little difference between the two candidates. Obama views health care as a “right,” and McCain views it as a “responsibility.” Obama, if forced to prioritize, considers energy independence the first priority for the next administration, health care number two, and education number three. McCain says…

Don’t Laugh at Rick Scott’s ‘Plan to Rescue America’ or Be Fooled by Reports of a ‘Backlash’ — His Only Mistake Was Revealing the Truth of Today’s GOP

By Annika Brockschmidt

…turned out to be too racist even for the GOP, but it’s the most right-wing policy platform a major member of the GOP has put in writing to date. David Walsh, a researcher of the conservative movement and the far Right, doesn’t mince words in his analysis of Scott’s plan: “I can say in all seriousness that I have read less extreme political manifestos from the John Birch Society.” https://twitter.com/DavidAstinWalsh/status/1496132912735035396 Scott…

An Act of Hypocrisy: Catholic University of America Hosts Rick Santorum

By Kate Childs Graham

…pus with academic freedom. CUA does not harbor such freedom. CUA’s speaker policy states, “No politicians who have public positions that run counter to the teachings of the Catholic Church are to be invited for anything without express permission from the President.” Several persons have been prohibited from speaking on campus as a result of this policy. In 2004, Stanley Tucci’s invitation to speak on Italian film was rescinded due to his support…

Dirty Money in the Appalachian Church: Six Years After Deadly Coal Mine Disaster, Where Are We Now?

By Michael J. Iafrate

…O’Donnell whether gifts from coal executives might influence statements or policy suggestions of the Bishop. He reminded me of Bransfield’s (rather weak) pastoral letter on mine safety, as well as a somewhat obscure statement from the West Virginia Council of Churches opposing mountaintop removal mining. “We mention it in conversations,” he said. But “banging a drum about it publicly would only be perceived by folks in the coalfields as yet anothe…

Christian Nationalism Was the Loser of Tuesday’s Debate

By Chrissy Stroop

…hnmark/status/1232499002286850048?s=20 In any case, Donald Trump’s foreign policy decisions regarding Israel have been shaped almost entirely by America’s apocalyptically minded white evangelicals, and not by Jews at all. It’s evangelicals’ beliefs about Israel’s role in “fulfilling biblical prophecy” that resulted in Trump upending decades of American foreign policy by moving the embassy in the first place as a gesture of recognition of Jerusalem…