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Houston’s Pastor Subpoenas: A Meme Made for Fox News

By Sarah Posner

…espond to a request for comment from RD. Even if the city does go to court tomorrow and narrow the the subpoenas’ scope, the damage has already been done, as Scott’s tweet suggests: for conservatives, the cause celebre is already in motion, and is unlikely to be dialed back. Andy Taylor, the lawyer for the plaintiffs in the case, is headlining a fundraiser next week for the US Pastors’ Council, which is headed by Welch. Tickets for the event range…

Mississippi Pastors Oppose Religious Freedom Bill

By Sarah Posner

…l, SB 2681, has passed the Senate. The state House is slated to vote on it tomorrow. The ACLU of Mississippi opposes the bill, saying that even after amendments intended to quell opposition, it “still allows private individuals and businesses to discriminate against people” on the basis of race and other factors, not just sexual orientation. In the letter, the five pastors, Rev. Rob Hill of Broadmeadow United Methodist Church in Jackson, Rev. Stan…

Jerry Brown’s Cynical, Unethical Prison Plan

By Peter Laarman

…s a very good chance that Brown’s plan will clear the Assembly as early as tomorrow, after which he will put the screws to Democrats in the State Senate on Thursday. No one should be fooled when the “other” Jerry Brown benignly quotes various church fathers and doctors or waxes philosophical on the thinking of Josiah Royce or on the weltanshauung of Rainer Maria Rilke (yes, Brown likes to show off his erudition in this way). When push comes to sho…

Faith in the Future is No Faith at All: Disney’s Weak Theology

By Scott MacDougall

…an ultimate divine future. Would this kind of theological critique affirm Tomorrowland’s take on hope? In the film, Tomorrowland exists in a dimension alongside our own. It is a place where imagination and innovation are given free rein, where technology is not driven by markets or utility but by the sheer joy of play and exploration. This sleek, apparently classless, beautifully multicultural, and apparently infinitely-resourced tomorrow (or is…

The Uncertain Post-Obergefell World of Religious Exemptions

By Sarah Posner

…matter their political beliefs, their gender, their age or who they love.” Tomorrow Americans United will send a legal memo to court clerks in Texas, where the state attorney general, Ken Paxton, has issued an opinion stating that county clerks, their employees, judges, and justices of the peace “retain religious freedoms that may allow accommodation of their religious objections to issuing same-sex marriage licenses.” The attorney general in Sout…

From the “God Beat” to the “None Beat”

By S. Brent Rodriguez Plate

…ar media outlets w/o religion reporters…you missed out today. And you will tomorrow. And your political reporter isn’t the answer. — Jon D Wilke (@jon_wilke) May 12, 2015 We certainly need more skilled reporters who are knowledgeable about religious traditions in all their amazing and wacky manifestations. And in response to the Pew report, there were plenty of straightforward pieces in major outlets, generally by people who didn’t quite know what…

My Congregation Tried to Help a Syrian Family Settle in the US

By Thomas Warming

…wonder, though, what would happen if this family got their flight waivers tomorrow and showed up next week. Would they be redirected to Connecticut like the family turned away from Indiana this week? Would they face open hostility, suspicion, even violence, as Muslims in many states have? Would my parishioners still want to befriend them, or would they be cowed or converted by the mean-spirited rhetoric that has been flying loose recently? It’s t…

Zen and the Art of Zombie Killing: A Buddhist Anti-Tech Manifesto

By Max Zahn

…. “Threatened but ultimately more powerful.” The ongoing explosion of smartphone use belies Eyal’s point, as does his own all-too-effective formula for hooking us. This zombie film is still playing on all screens, but with a twist: Brad Pitt is not going to show up with moxie and a gun. Instead we will save ourselves, collectively and incrementally. And yeah, I realize that sounds like a boring movie—the kind I might leave playing on Netflix in a…

The “Batsh*t Crazy” Party’s Candidates Assume Their “Religious Liberty” Stances

By Patricia Miller

…n’t agree with, OK, today I’m not going to sell to somebody who’s gay, and tomorrow maybe I won’t sell to somebody who’s divorced. I mean, if you’re in the business of commerce, conduct commerce. That’s my view. And if you don’t agree with their lifestyle, say a prayer for them when they leave and hope they change their behavior. So, to tally it up: Kasich is pro-gay-cupcakes (with a prayer), but still pledges to protect the rights of “religious i…

How an 1843 Revelation on Polygamy Poses a Serious Challenge to Modern Mormonism

By Benjamin E. Park

…s Smith’s belief in the importance of the doctrine, as well as the growing number of people initiated into the order. And though the prophet tried to stop the rumors from spreading, an increasing number of prominent figures outraged by the alleged practice were dedicated to root out the truth. Among those trying to expose the practice and its participants were Joseph’s brother, Hyrum, as well as his wife, Emma. Then, in May of 1843, in a radical r…