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Clergy May Soon Find Taxes Soaring As Result of an Under-the-Radar Ruling

By Patrick Hornbeck

…s employees, and no one else, cannot pass constitutional muster. So, what happens next? Crabb’s order of December 13 declared the housing allowance exemption unconstitutional, but the judge stayed her own ruling pending appeal. It’s likely that the case will eventually find its way to the Supreme Court. In retrospect, it’s surprising that the housing allowance rule has lasted as long as it has. The provision carves out a significant benefit that a…

Welcome to the Shari’ah Conspiracy Theory Industry

By Sarah Posner

…nstall their utopias.” ACT!, along with several conservative websites, has promoted the conspiracy theory that Obama has “quietly” appointed people with Brotherhood ties to top positions in his administration in order to orchestrate uprisings in the Muslim world. According to this theory, American leftists are in cahoots with the Brotherhood through a “consortium of left-wing organizations, Islamic groups, labor unions, and Obama-friendly corporat…

Huckabee Calls For Civil Disobedience, Utterly Misreads MLK, Jr.

By Peter Gathje

…ht to vote, had no part in enacting or devising the law.” This one doesn’t appear to apply, but it is interesting to note that Huckabee and his political party have been leading the way in coming up with new regulations that directly deny people the right to vote. Dr. King was about expanding equality—Huckabee’s stance on same sex marriage is about restricting equality. It’s pretty straightforward. Huckabee will have to find some other moral suppo…

‘Anti-Romeo’ Vigilante Squads Target Men Suspected Of Being Gay; More in the Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…y planning a family-themed election campaign. Japan: First same-sex couple approved as foster parents A gay male couple were approved as foster parents by city officials in Osaka, reportedly a first for Japan. From the Japan Times: Traditionally, only married couples or individuals are allowed to become foster parents. Members of the LGBT community have been eligible to foster children, but only as individuals. “I am happy we became foster parents…

Wesolowski Sexual Abuse Case a New Approach or Same Old Same Old?

By Mary E. Hunt

…n world works. Vatican officials protest too much when they speak of a new approach, showing how seriously they take clergy sexual abuse. The Archbishop was “whisked away by the Vatican” so as to avoid trial in the venue where he’s alleged to have committed the crimes. That act reflected the same old same old approach to clergy sexual abuse under Pope Francis as under his predecessors until, as I read it, public pressure was simply too great. Kudo…

What Does the Catholic Church’s Patriarchal Structure Have to Do with the Failure of the Amazon Synod?

By Mary E. Hunt

…s of the Asia Pacific region, and the Guarani Aquifer, among others.” This approach shows how a global organization can be useful. The Amazon, the so-called “lungs of the universe,” is seen to be on life support given the ways in which the land has been exploited by developers and the people have been robbed of their culture: “The Amazon Basin encompasses one of our planet’s largest reserves of biodiversity (30 to 50% of the world’s flora and faun…

Despite Excommunication, Door to Women’s Ordination Not Closed

By Roy Bourgeois

…ge, it will go the way of the dinosaurs. In the midst of my sadness and disappointment in Pope Francis, I nevertheless have great hope because I know that any movement rooted in love, justice, and equality cannot be stopped. In July, Pope Francis told reporters, ”On the ordination of women, the door is closed.” He should know that no one—not even the Pope—can close a door that God wants to open. Like this story? Your tax-deductible $5 or $10 will…

Gordon Gekko Gets God: The Heritage Foundation of Theology

By Peter Laarman

…for the joy of the spectacle, I would love to see a theologically clueless apparatchik like Richards go up against a genuine heavyweight like Ulrich Duchrow, who has guided the World Alliance of Reformed Churches in developing a thoroughgoing critique of neoliberal doctrine. In his landmark book, Property, Duchrow makes a compelling case that concentrated economic power is, in fact, a form of theft from the world’s poor. He does this entirely on s…

International ‘Pro-Family’ Summit Calls for New Anti-Gay Laws: Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…, Trinidad and Tobago, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Spain and the U.S. Lavers recaps the regional context of change and continuing problems for LGBTs: Same-sex couples are able to legally marry in 19 states and D.C., Canada, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Mexico City, French Guiana, the French islands of Martinique, Guadeloupe, St. Martin and St. Barthelemy and the Caribbean Netherlands that…

Cyclops Baby of the Apocalypse? Another Day in ISIS Fundamentalism

By Joseph Laycock

…aganda intended to inspire further Muslim opposition to ISIS. However, the apparent rise of bizarre beliefs and practices seems to reflect the type of recruits that ISIS attracts. Last month, it was widely reported that would-be jihadists purchased Islam for Dummies before heading out to join terrorists in Syria. Here on RD Mark Juergensmeyer suggested that most young men who are drawn to ISIS are motivated by, “the desire to be involved in a grea…