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2023 in Review: Year One Without Roe, GOP Code Red, SCOTUS Gone Wild… and a Ray of Hope

By Annika Brockschmidt

…ograms next. In 2022, the court dealt a devastating blow to gun control in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, where the 6-3 majority opinion, written by Clarence Thomas, showed the might of the conservative super majority by broadening the scope of the Second Amendment, with Thomas claiming that gun laws must be rooted in the country’s “history and tradition” in order to be constitutional. The fallout from this case is potentially…

Catholic Church Campaigns Against Gay US Ambassador; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…s for same-sex weddings in the church. The Government warmly welcomes this new opportunity and the national church rejoices that we are ready for the new era. Philippines: Government Seeks to Dismiss Legal Challenge to Marriage Ban Solicitor General Florin HIlbay asked the Supreme Court to dismiss a challenge to the Family Code ban on same-sex couples marrying. The government’s lawyer said the petition was flawed because Jesus Nicardo M Falcis III…

From Christian Temperance to D.A.R.E. — The War on Drugs Has its Roots in White Christian Nationalism

By Andrew Monteith

…ver encountered it as a child. As president, Nixon amplified existing antidrug structures and reshaped national narratives, therefore it seems highly likely that he himself was influenced by Hobson’s work. There’s more: 1920s–1930s Los Angeles was also home to Daryl Gates, perhaps best remembered for his role as police chief during the 1992 unrest over police violence against Rodney King. Gates was born in Los Angeles in 1926 and would have grown…

At Moms for Liberty Summit, ‘Mama Bears’ Declare Spiritual War on the ‘Radical Left’

By Annika Brockschmidt

…oup that engages in such violent rhetoric has ties to openly violent White nationalist groups. Indeed, Vice News has uncovered numerous connections between: “Moms for Liberty chapters and extremist groups like the Proud Boys, Three Percenters, sovereign citizen groups, QAnon conspiracists, Christian nationalists, and in one case, with the founder of the AK-47-worshiping Rod of Iron Ministries church in Pennsylvania. Around the country, Moms for Li…

Photo of the Week: “If I Wanted the Government in My Womb…”

By Sarah Morice-Brubaker

…w opposition to Oklahoma fetal personhood legislation. Personhood USA, the national group behind a lot of the state personhood measures, responded by issuing a press release saying that Sen. McIntyre was “disregarding the decorum due to her office.” And, honestly, this probably is the sort of thing that they warn you against doing in Politician School. But what fascinates me are all the conclusions that we can evidently draw about the senator’s ch…

Interfaith Group to Political Candidates: Ditch Divisive Religious Appeals

By Sarah Posner

…the president over how Obama came to accept Christianity. * * * * ON SANTORUM: “Do you believe Rick Santorum is a Christian?” asked Geist. “I think so,” responded Graham. “How do you know, if the standard is: only the person knows what’s in him when you apply it to the president, why is it different for Rick Santorum?” replied Geist. “Well, because his values are so clear on moral issues. No question about it. I just appreciate the moral stances…

Religious Opposition To LGBT Equality Softening

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…of That All May Freely Serve, said, “Faith traditions are moving toward a new understanding of God’s diverse creation. The time for policies based on our love of God and call to serve has come. Churches are learning to affirm gifts for ministry rather than reject ministers because of whom they chose as a life partner.” Several pro-gay measures are on the agenda for the PCUSA including benefits for same-gender spouses and domestic partners of chur…

The Islamophobia Dodge of the Religious Freedom Pledge

By Sarah Posner

…s apparent willingness to overlook his endorser Jay Sekulow’s anti-Muslim crusades) are “considering” signing the pledge, with no questions raised by Open Doors. It seems that Open Doors is more concerned about what it perceives to be anti-Christian sentiment. According to the pledge, religious freedom includes the right to employ religious arguments “contending for or against laws and policies, such as laws designed to protect the unborn and trad…

Back to School at The First Public School In the Country To Require a World Religions Course

By Joseph Laycock

…student has converted to another religion but we have educated tens of thousands of students in world religions over the past 15 years and I’m sure some have looked into other religions later in life. If they did it was not due to the class itself, but possibly because they knew the differences and most importantly, similarities between the religions of the world. I’ve had students tell me they intended to study world religions in college and I’v…

Spiritual Envy: Michael Krasny’s Agnostic Quest

By Lisa Webster

…rs to pass and for something to happen that is unforeseen. Even though sometimes, like Beckett also said, habit is the great deadener. I think Augustine said that habit was the gateway drug to sin. And sin, or what we think of as sin, can come out of that feeling of restlessness and boredom that can be almost cosmically overwhelming. It can also be terribly paralyzing of course. There’s a play by Caryl Churchill where she writes about this Buddhis…