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Bush’s Favorite Catholic Departs The Scene

By Peter Laarman

…they gave us Iran-Contra (they all lionized Ollie North, and one of their number—the execrable Elliott Abrams—is still running our disastrous Middle East policy as Assistant Secretary of State). They also tried, unsuccessfully in this case, to discredit the anti-apartheid forces in South Africa and their allies here in the United States. They orchestrated a pretty effective pushback against affirmative action programs at every level and against E…

Challenging 2-D Depictions of Islam on CNN

By Hussein Rashid

…picture of Nidal Hassan as a terrorist, absent any facts, denigrating the service of the Muslim-American service members who serve with honor. Lemon then says that most acts are carried about by Muslims, ignoring the points raised by Arsalan and Soumaya. I wish I mentioned that a Muslim was involved in reporting the Times Square bomb car, or that Soumaya mentioned that it was a Muslim who turned in the Hutaree, but I am glad Arsalan got in the ra…

A Secret Family History Shows “Regular” Life Under the Reich: Sarah Wildman on Paper Love

By Sarah Posner and Sarah Wildman

…rful- and this was a blip, in some ways. The years of hardship were all in service of a different image. He believed in himself, or wanted to, and I think turning his back on the years of poverty and hunger was a means of creating the person he wanted to be. He certainly never spoke of it with his children, let alone his grandchildren. How much do you think your grandmother knew about Valy? Did your father or your aunt know anything at all? Well s…

Turn on the News: Why Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Faith Doesn’t Matter (But Amy Coney Barrett’s Did)

By Daniel Schultz

…prisingly, Graham’s words drew condemnation. Jacob Lupfer at Religion News Service derided the use of faith as a “gotcha question,” while Americans United for the Separation of Church and State’s Rob Boston called the line of questioning “inappropriate.” Rather than frame the story in terms of church and state, Peter Smith, writing for the AP, led with another angle: so what is Jackson’s faith? Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson has put her religious fai…

The Democrats, The Gays, And The Evangelicals

By Sarah Posner

…t. As I’ve written before, “The only group that has more opponents of open service than supporters is white evangelicals.” Even Republicans support it by 47-43% margin, according to a recent Pew poll. One of the head-scratchers of last Tuesday’s exit polls was how the Republicans increased their share of the gay vote from 19% in 2008 to 31% this year. On LGBT issues, there can be only two factors worrying the White House: religion and religion, or…

Norwegian Catholic Church May Stop Civil Marriages; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…way. Pope Francis will visit Lund, Sweden, on October 31 for an ecumenical service with Lutheran World Federation members to mark the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. Bishop Eidsvig said it was unlikely the same-sex marriage controversy would be mentioned during the one-day event, adding that he hoped the Pope would also include a meeting with Catholics. Catholic Church: LGBT-Affirming Catholics Respond to ‘Amoris Laetitia’ New Way…

As Hobby Lobby Heads to SCOTUS, Let’s Ditch Kosher Butcher Analogies

By Sarah Posner

…r (1985), another unanimous decision – a religious exemption would require customers, employees, or competitors to bear a heavy cost in the service of another’s religion, something the Court has understandably been loath to sanction. That said, though, it’s hard to imagine (a) the government requiring kosher butchers to sell pork, except in the conservative imagination where the government persecutes religious believers and (b) in any case, why th…

Tutu’s Daughter Marries Woman & Loses Anglican Priest License; Romanian Anti-Marriage Activists Get 3 Million Signatures; Australian State Apologizes For Harmful Sodomy Laws; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ly implemented new procedures regarding men who are exempted from military service for being homosexual. According to Iranian law, all male citizens are required to report for military service at age 18 and must serve a consecutive 24 months period. Homosexuals and transsexuals are not required to serve in the military. Prior to the ratification of the new regulation, both categories were exempt from military draft under a section of the law which…

Marriage Equality Coming To Taiwan In Spite of Religious Objectors?; Anti-Gay Ruling Sought By Indonesian Islamists Threatens Women & Poor Couples; LDS Church Launches New ‘Mormon and Gay’ Site; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ristian protesters organized by the International Christian Torch Vanguard Service and Ministry Association protested outside legislative chambers: While many protesters held placards and occasionally broke into chants in support of “family values,” raised hands and speaking in tongues were also prevalent, with protesters closing their eyes or looking to the sky in apparent prayer, on one occasion spinning in circles while dancing to a hymn. “We’r…

What’s Wrong with Wright’s Words

By Andrew Murphy

…prophetic vocation here is being exercised: speaking truth to power in the service of reclaiming the community’s fundamental goodness and promise. It is progressive because, without being saccharine, it asserts that progress does happen—slowly, painfully, and never easily—and that progress is due, in large part, to two things: the powerful potential of American ideals, and the courage of American citizens. There are, of course, other ways to play…