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An Abbreviated Guide to 5 Arguments Against Contraceptive Coverage in Obamacare

By Sarah Posner

…eedom and proposes a reductionist and harmful understanding of women’s freedom.” Alvaré reprises the “immiseration” theme in the brief, arguing that “even if contraceptives have the indirect beneficial effects HHS identifies, HHS does not indicate the size of these benefits, or whether they outweigh the adverse health outcomes caused by some contraceptives, or the adverse effects of the immiseration of women in a sex and marriage marketplace shape…

New Theory for Tucson Tragedy: Blame the Atheists

By Lauri Lebo

…to shoot 20 people, killing six. In the length of time that it took to get Rep. Gabrielle Giffords to the hospital, I had hoped that amid this tragedy, common sense and decency might prevail. Then the tweets started. And once again, the national media has lost its sanity in the wake of tragedy. Since then, I’ve followed the back-and-forth debate arriving every couple minutes in my email inbox over whether Loughner is a “liberal lunatic,” the phras…

Senators Can and Must Ask About Nominees’ Religious Beliefs

By Andrew L. Seidel

…about Feinstein and Durbin.) Fox News agreed. For asking these questions, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard accused her fellow Dems of “weaponizing religion” in an op-ed for the Hill, inadvertently revealing that this new line of attack is about politics, not the Constitution. Gabbard, who told CNN she was running for president three days after the op-ed was published, will face tough questions on the campaign trail because she grew up in what some have called…

Is the Francis Era Ending the Catholic Bishops’ Cozy Ties to the GOP?

By Patricia Miller

…cozy with the leadership of the GOP since the Bush administration, when a number of archbishops and cardinals openly campaigned for Bush. It was in the bishops’ interest to help protect their friends in the Republican “mainstream” from the upstart Tea Party, with which they had few relationships and little leverage. But this also illustrates the politically perilous position the bishops find themselves in with the Trumpian GOP. Long-time relation…

GOP Candidate: Obama is Taking Your Freedom to Find the Lord

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…destructive about the growth of government. It’s this taking away that freedom. The freedom—the ultimate freedom, to find your salvation, to get your salvation. Martin’s quote is almost too mindboggling to fathom. I know the religious right likes to talk about how persecuted they are in this country and how difficult it is to be Christian with all these secular, liberal, heathens running around demanding to be treated just as well as they are. But…

Global LGBT Recap: Asylum for Victims of Homophobia Exports; Orthodox Church Sees Anti-Gay Campaign Turned Toward Itself

By Peter Montgomery

…-LGBT laws around the globe. Al-Jazeera America, for example, has recently reported on the rising number of Russians seeking asylum in the U.S. At the Capitol Hill event, activists described the many challenges facing asylum-seekers. For those who make claims when they arrive at a US border crossing, that includes detention, difficulties in accessing legal help, and violence in detention centers. Others who make it into the U.S. face challenges th…

LGBTs in Philippines Reflect on Papal Visit; Francis Meets Trans Man Shunned by Parish; French Group Turns ‘Bar of Sodom’ into ‘Pub of Mercy’; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…tured on its website this week an article by Joseph Nicolosi, champion of “reparative therapy.”) In a related note, the Telegraph reports that BBC announced that as part of a cost-cutting restructuring, it was eliminating its top religion post, currently held by Aaqil Ahmed, the first Muslim to hold the position. Italy: Rome recognizes civil unions; Catholic Church decries ‘anti-family itinerary’ Rome this week began to register same-sex civil uni…

Palin’s Persecution Complex Culminates with “Blood Libel” Accusation

By Anthea Butler

…e potential for an attack on Sarah Palin as an event that would “bring the republic down,” Beck plays into the martyrdom fantasy he promotes daily. It is this type of bombastic hyperbole that has the nation in mourning. By turning the tragedy inside out, making it about themselves, and not about Palin’s “don’t retreat, reload” refrain, and the crosshairs map smack dab over Congresswoman Gifford’s district, Beck and Palin are taking advantage of th…

Federal Court Orders Political “False Statement” Case to Proceed Against Susan B. Anthony List

By Sarah Posner

…or their voting records in political advertising. As I reported last week, Rep. Steve Driehaus, an anti-choice Ohio Democrat, initially voted for the Stupak amendment but then voted for the final health care bill with a provision that was at least as restrictive as Stupak. Still, Driehaus was demonized as promoting abortion by the religious right, and was targeted in his Cincinnati-area district by the anti-choice group Susan B. Anthony List. He f…

Gluttons for Jesus

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…then our country gets back on the right track.” Her ideological twin, GOP Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota, pointed to the program as proof of a return to the “nanny state.” Now, the American Family Association’s Marcia West is going after Saddleback Church pastor Rick Warren over his weight loss program, The Daniel Plan. Why? Because it’s simply not Christian enough. Warren teamed up with three well-known doctors—Daniel Amen, Mark Hyman and Me…