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Are “Pro-Life” Hispanic Catholics the Democrats’ Future?

By Patricia Miller

…forced the closure of every single abortion clinic in the heavily Hispanic Rio Grande Valley (one has since reopened while portions of the law are enjoined), may engender a backlash in the Hispanic community against such supposedly “pro-life” laws. As Andrea Grimes reported in RH Reality Check, it’s unlikely that the 2,600 women who got abortions at the shuttered clinics will miraculously find ways to “continue unplanned pregnancies they would oth…

Our Failure To Understand Ferguson: A Cognitive Explanation

By Andrew Aghapour

…tate bribery. We would have to buy new, full-price tickets to Iran. On the phone with JetBlue’s customer service line that night, my righteous fury dissipated quickly. Could JetBlue really be to blame for bad weather, or a mechanical problem, or whatever system error had made our flight impossible? Don’t I benefit regularly from this massive travel infrastructure that, like Lady Justice, doles its punishments out blindly? I accepted $100 in travel…

Put Your Money Where Your Mind Is: A For-Profit Meditation Studio Opens in New York

By Michael Schulson

…age. His 2012 book, The Buddha Walks into a Bar, has sold widely. Over the phone, I asked Rinzler why he and Burrows had chosen to establish the studio as a for-profit company. “We really wanted to make sure we had all the resources we need for supporting people who are trying meditation for the first time,” Rinzler explained. Because they’re a business, there’s more professionalism. The teachers they’ve hired show up on time, and, as Rinzler put…

Love the Compassion Dogs, Hate the Anti-Gay Theology?

By Sean O'Neil

…ar emotional response to that of the more recent images of comfort dogs in Orlando. For instance, Buzzfeed featured the group at the top spot of an article entitled “21 Images That Will Restore Your Faith in Humanity.” The photos show Marin Foundation members holding contrite placards at a pride festival–including “I Used to Be a Bible-Banging Homophobe. Sorry!”—before being enveloped in bear-hugs from scantily clad paradegoers. (It seems one of t…

Bishop Says Gay Couples Cannot Be Part of Parish Life; Does Rising Evangelical Political Power in Brazil Contribute to Anti-LGBT Violence?; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…look after our gay brothers and sisters, especially after what happened in Orlando.” Last month, Toronto activist Shawn Ahmed responded to the Orlando shooting by tweeting against both homophobia and Islamophobia, identifying himself as a gay Muslim. He received plenty of brutal backlash from people who said it was impossible to be a gay Muslim. He told Global News: Many Muslims, especially in Canada, especially in America, they’re saying, they’re…

The Grand Old Homonationalist Party: The Issue that Keeps the Log Cabin Republicans, Republican

By Omar Sarwar

…r, the evidence Angelo adduces to establish the Islamic orientation of the Orlando massacre is thin. For example, he says that the assailant, Omar Mateen, was indoctrinated by the “sharia teachings” of a certain local imam who demonized queer people. But Mateen’s only connection with the religious leader in question, Imam Marcus Robertson, was being enrolled in the latter’s online seminary. Whatever the broader impact of religiously sanctioned hom…

RD News Round-Up—Nov. 4, 2008

By Bill Berkowitz

…ing will begin: Did the nomination of the Alaska governor help or hurt the ticket? Did playing solely to the base—religious conservatives in particular—limited the ticket’s appeal? Does the Party have to become more mainstream, more inclusive, and more tolerant? Is Palin to be the Party’s savior? Or, have the American people learned more than enough about some of the less-than-ethical ways she goes about her business? Everyone will have an opinion…

Mitt Romney’s Prosperity Gospel

By Peter Laarman

…I fervently wish that Mr. Obama would say a bit more about the problem of cheap grace. Reminding us that people who work very hard for very little are not the abusers of cheap grace, but that others in well-feathered nests who are preaching sacrifice might be in real trouble on the cheap grace front. Obama cannot and should not condemn those in the electorate who buy into Romney’s “there will be showers of blessing” message, but he probably does …

Swift-Boat Veterans of American Jewry Charge Anti-Semitism at Occupy Wall Street

By Jay Michaelson

…own political reasons—namely, defeating Barack Obama. Antisemitism is a serious, real thing. When it is used as a cheap shot—as when pro-Palestinian advocates throw around terms like “Nazi” and “concentration camp”—it is an offense against all those who were murdered over the centuries. Diluting the meaning of the term ‘antisemitism’ is, itself, antisemitic. Second, as I described in a recent post, there is indeed a structural similarity between…

U.S. Bishops’ Silence on Guns and Gays

By Patricia Miller

…ime when the nation is desperate for pastoral leadership to counter the vitriol spewing from Donald Trump and his ilk, this was the official, and only, USCCB statement on the massacre released by conference president Archbishop Joseph Kurtz: Waking up to the unspeakable violence in Orlando reminds us of how precious human life is. Our prayers are with the victims, their families and all those affected by this terrible act. The merciful love of Chr…