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400 Churchgoing Mormons March in SLC Pride Parade

By Joanna Brooks

…says Barrus, who came to march in support of his gay nephew and gay sister-in-law. “People really felt compelled to come out no matter how miserable. And it was hot.” Meredith Hudson LeSueur, a straight LDS mother of two from Herriman, Utah, started to cry when she arrived at the Mormons Building Bridges meeting spot to find what she described as a “sea of Sunday best and strollers,” including her own—festooned in rainbow streamers. It was import…

A Pair of Christian Colleges Quietly Cracking Down on LGBTQ Acceptance

By Chrissy Stroop

…on the basis of sexual orientation. Given the outsize influence that right-wing, anti-LGBTQ evangelicals have under Trump, it’s critical to keep efforts like Green’s in the public eye. Her struggle, and that of other students and alumni of evangelical educational institutions, whether they’ve remained connected to some form of Christianity like Green, or left it altogether, matters not just for the future of faith in America, but also for the fut…

Baldwin Brother’s Apocalyptic Comic

By Gabriel Mckee

…he vein of 24,” but the title suggests it’ll be more of a Left Behind knock-off—indeed, it shares its Revelation-inspired title with the tenth book in the Left Behind series. Baldwin states of the series: “I wanted to do a comic that asked the big questions but answered them in little ways… Philosophy and spirituality are complex beasts, but I believe literature’s purpose is to contextualize these tricky subjects into entertaining stories that spe…

Bill Mill-ennialism: Arkansas’ End Times Politics May Be Coming to a State Near You

By Frederick Clarkson

…ly, who also straddles the two organizations, is, in the Fall of 2021, on a 13-state, 38-stop tour with Dominionist activist (and Southern Baptist) David Barton to politically engage conservative Christian (mostly Southern Baptist) churches. 23 chapters & 4 bills The 23 NACL state chapter chairs are an eclectic group. Here are three snapshots. Texas State Rep. Tom Oliverson, who chairs the NACL National Legislative Council, is an anesthesiologist…

Hagee’s New Film Uses Jews and Science to Prove Christian, Pro-US God

By Michael Schulson

…uite a few have taken place during significant moments in Jewish history—in 1492-1493, in the midst of the Spanish Inquisition; in 1949-1950, shortly after Israel became a state; and in 1967-1968, the time of the Six-Day War in Israel. At this point, you may be getting those Ouija-board-chills, or perhaps even sensing the whiff of the occult. These creepy coincidences can work all so well, in fact, that Hagee himself is sensitive to the possibilit…

Is Football a Pro-Life Sport?

By Marian Ronan

…Jacob Bell resigned from the Cincinnati Bengals for fear of sustaining long-term brain injuries if he continued playing. On May 2, former San Diego Charger’s linebacker Junior Seau died in a suicide strongly resembling the 2011 suicide of former Chicago Bear’s safety Dave Duerson. Duerson intentionally shot himself in the chest, not the head, so his brain could be examined for a degenerative disease he feared he had contracted from multiple concus…

What’s Wrong With the Virgin Mary Depicted as a Barbie Doll?

By Joseph Laycock

…ntinian folk saint Difunta Correa (the deceased Correa), who’s also “Barbie-fied.” According to legend, Correa attempted to cross the San Juan desert with her baby after becoming separated from her husband during the Argentine civil wars. When Correa’s corpse was discovered, her baby was still alive. Miraculously, her body was still able to supply her baby with milk even in death. A spokesperson for a sanctuary commemorating Difunta Correa claimed…

LGBT Mormons Ask in Historic Temple: “If they could just see us, don’t you think they would change their minds?”

By Joanna Brooks

…ty of Christ split from the members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the 1840s. They never accepted polygamy, and they never followed Brigham Young across the plains to Utah. Today, the Independence, Missouri-headquartered Community welcomes women into the priesthood and openly gay people (including non-celibate and partnered LGBT people) into membership. The Community of Christ offered Affirmation an institutional welcome of…

By the Way: Fractured Religious Right Endorses McCain

By Randall Balmer

…The meeting (as reported on the website) contained more than the usual over-the-top Religious Right rhetoric of fear. Scarborough warned that an Obama administration would criminalize basic Christian beliefs. Burress asserted that the “difference between McCain and Obama is like the Grand Canyon.” And Garlow warned that California was about to pass a law that would require pastors to perform same-sex marriages. Despite appeals from younger evangel…

GOP “Stealthcare” Bill Reveals Catholic Bishops’ Priorities

By Patricia Miller

…y ill, the immigrant and the nation’s working poor.” While the bishops’ low-profile Domestic Justice Committee has criticized several components of the House-passed American Health Care Act, and urged Republicans not to repeal the ACA without a replacement, the conference as a whole has been largely silent on the GOP health reform effort that now appears to be entering its final stages. Unlike the vigorous effort it put into urging Catholics to op…