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Shariah-Approved Sex Aids, Abstinence-Only Goes to China, and Abercrombie Hijab…

…a media blackout of the event. Meanwhile, his own daughter has joined the list of folks condemning the event. She called his church a “cult” that uses “mental violence.” Not to be left out in denouncing things, Angelina Jolie also condemned the plan. President Obama called it a “recruitment bonanza” for radical Islamic groups. “Recruitment bonanza” sounds more like a white-collar job fair than an act of Islamophobia. Some shoppers buy kosher not…

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Curing Homophobia is the Real Problem

…f sexual deviance, it was, tragically, natural to add homosexuality to the list. Lowenthal’s bill has made it out of committee, but, according to the San Francisco Chronicle, several assemblymen abstained, “including Danny Gilmore, R-Hanford (Kings County) and Anthony Portantino, D-La Canada Flintridge (Los Angeles County). Portantino expressed concern that the parts dealing with sex offenders would be stricken by the proposed law.” There have bee…

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Gay Republicans Ask for Social Issue Cease-Fire

…l issues in the forefront. “Social issues should be at the very top of the list of priorities for the new Congress, along with sensible fiscal policies,” Concerned Women for America leader Penny Nance responded in her own letter. “I’d like to know which one—support for the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, eliminating taxpayer dollars from funding embryonic stem cell research, or defunding Planned Parenthood—the signers of the GOProud letter h…

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A Recent Local Controversy Reveals the Theocratic Heart of ‘Project Blitz’

…ious Freedom). David Barton is generally referred to as a Christian nationalist, largely because he is the best-known promoter of the idea. But as a former vice chair of the Texas Republican Party and a frequent headliner at Christian right and Republican conclaves, he is also a Dominionist with considerable political reach. (The Jefferson Lies was on the New York Times best-seller list at the time it was withdrawn.) The Christian nationalist appe…

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Trump Doesn’t Need to “Pivot” if Evangelicals Do it For Him

…rs. From there, candidate Trump moved through the fairly customary laundry list of Republican talking points—school choice, Hillary’s emails, the secret plan to defeat ISIS, the need for a conservative to appoint the Scalia replacement, Hillary’s responsibility for North Korea’s nukes, and so on and on. By comparison with his summer addresses to campaign crowds, bent on attacking fire marshals and Gold Star mothers, sticking to the teleprompter ap…

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Global LGBT Recap: Nigeria Jails Gays, Russian Orthodox Spox Calls for Criminalization Referendum

…ines, up to 14 days in jail, and deportation.  The law makes it a crime to promote LGBT equality in public, but lacks concrete legal definitions for key terms.  Russian authorities have indicated a broad interpretation of what constitutes “LGBT propaganda,” and provided vague guidance as to which actions will be interpreted by authorities as “LGBT propaganda.”    LGBT travelers should review the State Department’s LGBT Travel Information page. Sen…

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Is the Episcopal Church a Bain Capital Investor?

…he firm’s nearly $9.5 billion portfolio. CPG’s 2012 annual report does not list individual investment holdings. But, with executive staff and trustees (who are elected by delegates and bishops at the Episcopal Church’s triennial General Convention) with deep ties to the investment community that has certainly lived well outside of the ethical standards one would expect for a Church-affiliated financial organization, it’s certainly fair for Episcop…

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Wolves Repelled by Christian Rock, Bibles for Porn, Fox Rejects Super Bowl Ad

The list of states considering anti-Shari’ah legislation is growing. South Carolina can be added along with South Dakota. The Muslim Public Affairs Council is trying to get more Muslims writing for TV and movies in Hollywood. The number of US Muslims accused of terrorism dropped by half in 2010, a new study reports. A pair of doves just didn’t want to leave the Pope’s window this week. People who believe the end of the world will come on 12/21/12…

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From Right-Wing to Pro-Choice: The Shifting Goalposts of “Abortion Neutrality”

…used to provide abortions. The main effect was to remove abortion from the list of medical services that could be paid for through the federal Medicaid program. Many reproductive rights supporters saw it as an affront to poor women who would, in effect, be denied access to abortion care. But a creeping Washington consensus emerged during the current debate on health care reform that took many by surprise: The Hyde Amendment is now seen as a modera…

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RDQuiz: Prosperity Gospel Self-Examination

…her and ministry is still largely up for debate. Religious scholars, journalists, and beauty shop theologians continue to wrestle with the concept. And others have become somewhat trigger-happy with the prosperity gospel tag. Any minister that is somewhat charismatic, wears nice clothes, and/or talks about the blessings of God gets sprayed with the label. This, in my opinion, is neither right nor fair. One can name a host of charismatic and somewh…

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