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“Those Federer Moments”: Sports, Sex, and the Gender of Grace

By Franklin Strong

…new generation of young women.” But there was also this amazing story from CNN about the ticker-tape parade in New York. Yes, it includes comments about what the team means to young girls, but it ends with a quote from a 56-year-old man who says, “Soccer is the greatest sport in the world, and we’ve finally reached the pinnacle. It’s my first parade, and I’m happy to be a part of it.” We’ve reached the pinnacle. That “we” is unearned, of course. H…

Anti-Gay Evangelicalism is the Norm: A Less Rosy Take on the Evangelical “Tipping Point”

By Chrissy Stroop

…evangelicals listening? “We loved him unconditionally,” Carla Alcorn told CNN, misgendering the deceased Leelah and appealing to a fundamentalist “love” that was certainly not unconditional. In fairness, some evangelicals are listening with open hearts. I have seen some come around to LGBTQ affirmation, some to the “messy middle.” In addition to disheartening exchanges, I have had a number of encouraging conversations of late. Many are trying, in…

Texas Court Rules Against Polygamist Raid

By Diane Winston

…arsay piled up in place of real evidence. Other commentators agreed. Noted CNN’s Jeffrey Toobin: “It was difficult to find out what was going inside that compound, and there was certainly ample grounds for suspicion, But it’s a good thing that the courts insist on a very high bar for the decision to remove children from their parents.” As expected, comments on the blogosphere runs the gamut; but most support the court’s decision. Some because it a…

Bachmann’s Constitutional Flameout

By Sarah Posner

…ex, and other factors. Here’s George, questioning Bachmann (transcript via CNN): ROBERT GEORGE, PROFESSOR, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY: Would you as president propose to Congress appropriate legislation pursuant to the 14th Amendment to protect human life in all stages and conditions? BACHMANN: Yes, I would. I would put forward a human life amendment. And, at the same time, I would do everything within my power to restrict the number of abortions that oc…

Why Don’t Muslims Condemn Terrorism?

By Hussein Rashid

…ppens once that reporting is over? What of the other lives that were lost? CNN, at least, reported on the death of Hemant Karkare, the city’s counterterrorism chief. The rate of death, approximately 30 people/day, is horrible. There is no justification. The incredible number of deaths in a short period of time is what made this event so newsworthy. In addition, many of the killed are not Indians, they are foreigners, they are us, and the assumptio…

What We Need to Understand is that Fascism is Intersectional and Erotic—’Thy Rod is Thy Gun,’ With a Hip-Thrust

By Annika Brockschmidt

…my own reporting about The Family, which nobody gave a damn about until a number of Family members started getting caught in affairs. You know, did they care [that The Family was] providing lists of communists to Suharto for the genocide? Or about total war in Somalia? I remember a producer saying to me, and I kid you not: “What’s a Somalia?” What’s a Somalia? But! Oh, he had sex with someone he wasn’t married to! Who? Tell us more! We all have t…

The Right Attacks Obama’s Religious Advisors

By Sarah Posner

…trying to put Hunter in his crosshairs; he writes that Hunter’s defense on CNN of Obama’s Christianity is necessarily suspect because he, like Wright, fails to “fit the bill of the typical American Christian.” So what does Shoebat think a “typical American Christian” is? Here’s a description of his book, co-written with his father, For God or For Tyranny: When Nations Deny God’s Natural Law: “As America and many Western nations seem to desire to m…

Religious Right Attacks Federal Bullying Intervention

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…ey all commit suicide.” After days of silence, McCance finally appeared on CNN this week to apologize and has said he will resign his position. But, the incident shows just what the Department of Education is up against. These anti-gay feelings are rampant not just in the student population, but all the way up through teachers, administrators, and school board members. The guidance is much needed, but teeth that bite are also needed from the gover…

The Religious Right: Still Not Dead

By Frederick Clarkson

…ligious or political movement Christian Right unity is often aspirational. CNN’s Daniel Burke went so far as to state “For years, journalists have been writing the religious right’s obituary, only to see the movement rise from the grave during general elections and rally behind the GOP’s presidential candidate. But the religious right has never seen a hammer quite like Trump, and on Super Tuesday he finally nailed the coffin shut.” In order to arr…

Dehumanizing Huckabee Tweet Another Echo of Dangerous Tribalism

By Bradley Onishi

…e/status/1010497564435730434?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2018%2F06%2F23%2Fpolitics%2Fmike-huckabee-ms13-pelosi%2Findex.html As many on social media pointed out, this is a classic dehumanization strategy—take a blameworthy sub-group like MS-13 and conflate them with a larger group, such as migrants coming from Mexico and other parts of Central and South America. This is part of a larger degeneration of our public sphere…