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Taxpayers Cannot Be Forced to Fund Churches—Even in a Pandemic

By Andrew L. Seidel

…poorly on the churches: “When a Religion is good, I conceive that it will support itself; and when it cannot support itself, and God does not take care to support, so that its Professors are obliged to call for the help of the Civil Power, ’tis a Sign, I apprehend, of its being a bad one.” Let the faithful voluntarily support their churches if they so choose. To involve the state in such personal decisions violates the religious liberty of all. C…

As Cambodia Erupts in Protest, a Stolen Buddhist Relic Ignites Anger

By Joe Freeman

…atriarch Tep Vong, who is viewed as an extension of the ruling party, to resign if he failed to recover the urn. A prominent activist monk later called for the Minister of Cults and Religion to step down if he also couldn’t get the job done. In contemptuous remarks captured by reporters at the confrontation, Vong said it wasn’t his fault, and went on to blame the security guards who were arrested. He said the monks who demanded him to do more didn…

America’s Most Famous Catholic Scores Late Night Slot

By Sarah Posner

…said he views the church as teaching joy, which he called the “infallible sign of the presence of God.” “I love my church — warts and all,” he said, before an audience of about 3,000 cheering students, who posted his quotes on Twitter using the organizers’ #dolancolbert hashtag. Colbert said people in comedy often make jokes at the expense of religion, but he makes jokes about what he called people’s misuse of religion in politics and other arena…

Immigration Reveals the Many Faces of Jesus

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…can Family Association, who swears that Jesus, if he were in charge, would sign the Arizona immigration measure into law “in a heartbeat.” Why, I asked rhetorically? “Because of his compassion.” This compassion is for the citizens of Arizona who are subject to home invasions, out-of-control drug trafficking, human smuggling, the constant threat of kidnappings, and a $2.7 billion price tag for all the social problems caused by illegal aliens. The c…

The “Religious Freedom” President is Gutting the Rest of the 1st Amendment

By Sunnivie Brydum

…ith the so-called First Amendment Defense Act, which Trump has promised to sign, and VP Mike Pence’s long history of deploying “religious freedom” as a weapon to restrict LGBT and reproductive rights, and the administration is, at best, boldly picking favorites when it comes to faith-informed morality. There’s no reason to suggest this early trend will reverse itself, and if one of Trump’s preferred Supreme Court nominees is confirmed, the nation…

When Atheists Cry “Heresy!”: Sam Harris Condemns Obama Pick for NIH

By Eric Reitan

…religious moderates fail to show such blind allegiance, this “is not some sign that faith has evolved” but is just “the product of the many hammer blows” of modern science and the Enlightenment. In Harris’ view of things, religion and reason are at war, and there is no such thing as “rational religion.” There are only wishy-washy people who can’t get themselves to take sides; people who are, in his words, “on the wrong side of an escalating war o…

Creating a Cell: Science Plays God

By Arri Eisen

…to those questions: humans ‘play God’ all the time, every day (from the design, testing, and using of drugs to handing down court decisions); such new organisms need to be strictly regulated and monitored, easily traceable, and tested in the external environment, because they always do eventually enter it; the government, industry, universities, and scientists at the federal and international level should be and are discussing and monitoring such…

‘Welcome to the War’: What a Creationist Conference Can Teach us About Evangelical Vaccine Resistance

By Caroline Matas

…are not guaranteed to be in the former category—Answers in Genesis devotes significant time in its articles, books, and museum signage to refuting false doctrines of old-Earth creationism, deriding even slightly more progressive Christians as “counterfeit” believers. The strength of this narrative is in the fact that its conclusion is predetermined ahead of any and all contradictory evidence. Even if they realize that they are, well, massaging the…

Trump is a Nightmare, Sure, But Can He Actually Do Anything?

By Sunnivie Brydum

…ts being waged against the same diverse communities that many hoped were a sign of the progressive, multicultural America of tomorrow. “It’s not the first time we’ve been down this road,” said Mary Frances Berry, a legal scholar and historian currently teaching at the University of Pennsylvania, who served as chairperson of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission across four administrations. Berry pointed to the Reagan administration as the closest histo…

US Names Int’l Envoy for LGBT Rights; Marriage revolution spreads in Mexico; Scott Lively Warns World of Anti-Christ; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…k that parishioners organizing in the priest’s defense have gathered 3,000 signatures, and Fr. Bucheli has declared his intention not to submit his resignation. The Legal Affairs Committee of the lower house vote to approve a “marriage for all” initiative introduced by the Green Liberal Party. According to Pink News, “Any move to legalise same-sex marriages would require a change to the Swiss Constitution and the approval of Swiss citizens in a na…