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Tea Party Rhetoric: Literal Slavery Not So Bad

By Julie Ingersoll

…oved from YouTube but a lesser-quality recording of the broadcast of it on CNN is available here.) As Kyle over at Right Wing Watch has noted, Rick Perry believes the federal government has enslaved us over debt and taxes. (By the way, he also believes, like Gary North, that the current economic crisis will bring us back to biblical principles.) And of course there’s last year’s controversial campaign ad featuring Alabama congressional candidate R…

‘Hey Jesus, Do You Love Me the Same?’: Out Christian Rock Star Trey Pearson on Closeted Industry Figures, His Evolving Faith, and Brand New Video

By Chrissy Stroop

…d to fight to keep people in government who would fight for LGBTQ persons. CNN interviewed me when my coming out story was released, and I did end up campaigning around the country for Hillary Clinton for the last few months leading up to the election. Are you still a Christian now, and if so, how has your faith changed since you decided to come out? I do still identify as a Christian, but I have progressed so much from how I used to believe and f…

New Theory for Tucson Tragedy: Blame the Atheists

By Lauri Lebo

…sturbing news for non-believers and supporters of tolerance of all faiths, CNN’s Erick Erickson bashed President Obama yesterday for “accommodating atheists” with his moment of silence for the victims of the Tucson shooting. He recently made people mad by quoting the Declaration of Independence and leaving out the bit about the Creator. During his inaugural address he mentioned atheists and subsequently proclaimed us not a Christian nation. In yes…

Could The “Grand Old Party” Now Be The “Gay Old Party”?

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…emise—but a new Associated Press poll released this week echoes an earlier CNN poll showing majority support for same-sex marriage (52 percent to 46 percent). The poll also shows 58 percent say gays and lesbians should “be entitled to the same government benefits as married couples of the opposite sex.” Only 38 percent opposed. It’s instructive to note that of the 1,007 adults interviewed for the poll last month 74 percent professed to be religiou…

A Reluctant Millennial On The State of Church

By Meghan Florian

…ing about “millennials” and the church. What started with a short piece on CNN by evangelical Rachel Held Evans feels like it has inspired every protestant in the blogosphere to get on his or her own soapbox in response. What is the big deal about so-called “millennials,” and why are they supposedly leaving the church? It’s tempting to just say, “Oh, shut up already!” Everytime I hear the word “millennial” I cringe. “Is that what I am?” I wonder….

Solidarity Through Veiling? Backlash Has Been “Personal, Fierce and Vile…”

By Sarah Eltantawi

…he same time, Arabs and South Asians began to work in Saudi Arabia in huge numbers and brought a new and more conservative understanding of Islam back to their home countries. Combine this with the Iranian Revolution of 1978-9 and we have a significant percentage of the Muslim majority world experiencing this moment. – In view of these last two points, it is interesting to read the many threads that make the argument along the lines of, “if hijab…

Judge Rules Law Prohibiting Picketing Outside Military Funerals Unconstitutional

By Julie Ingersoll

…fight to define what is protected by the First Amendment religion clauses. CNN is reporting that a federal judge has ruled a Missouri State law prohibiting is picketing and protesting outside military funerals is unconstitutional. The challenge was brought by the Westboro Baptist Church and its pastor Fred Phelps, who were the target of the law. In the 1990s, Phelps and members of his church began attending funerals of gays who had died from AIDS,…

When the Science Guy Misses the Politics

By Sarah Posner

…’” In explaining why he decided to participate in the debate, Nye wrote at CNN: It seems to me that Ham is a fundamentalist. Around the world there are billions of people, who embrace the facts and process of modern science, and they enjoy their faith. By all accounts, their faith enriches their lives. These people have no conflict with their faith and science. Ham is unique in this regard. Emphasis mine there, to point out the fundamental naiveté…

ISIS Claims Responsibility for Orlando Massacre; Legal Gray Area in Jordan Amid Rising Fundamentalism; Push and Pull on LGBT Human Rights at UN; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…portedly called 911 just before the attack and pledged allegiance to ISIS. CNN reported that the gunman had been interviewed by the FBI in 2013 and 2014 “but was not found to be a threat.” MSNBC reported that the shooter’s father said he had been upset by seeing two men kissing in public. ISIS later claimed responsibility through its news agency, Amaq. As TIME noted, “The mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub on Sunday came weeks after a top ISIS o…

To the Editor: It Took a Village to Change Rick Warren’s Mind

By Abby Scher

…a’s IGLHRC picked up the cry against Warren and mainstream press—including CNN, Newsweek, and Time—were calling Warren asking for a statement from him. Faith in Public Life helped organize liberal and conservative Christians to issue a statement denouncing the bill. I believe this statement helped force action because it further isolated Warren. The fight is not over, since LGBT people in Uganda—and elsewhere—are being attacked and persecuted, and…