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

By Patrick Hornbeck

…than their salaries might suggest. At issue is section 107 of the U.S. Tax Code, which contains two subsections pertaining to “the case of a minister of the gospel.” (The term was originally intended to refer only to ordained Christian clergy, but its meaning was later expanded by the Internal Revenue Service to include their counterparts in other religious traditions.) The first subsection, 107(1), allows a minister to exclude from taxable income…

Anti-Trans Bus Tour Is Not Very Welcome In Spanish Cities; Gay Rights As A Weapon In Nationalist War On Muslims; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ection of religious freedom in church education, (4) Limits on LGBT public promotion. We believe these amendments make explicit what the Constitution already implies. [NEAB Vice President Scott Stirm] also reported that the new Trump administration in Washington has committed to appoint a pro-family values US ambassador to Belize. That is what our recent petition, signed by almost 200 pastors, had requested. We needed such an ambassador in place o…

The ‘Freedom Convoy’ is Inspired by a Biblical Account of Divine Massacre: Welcome to the Jericho March

By Thomas Lecaque

…revived her Twitter account, dormant since 2016, specifically in order to promote anti-public health events she organized and ran. But the story of Jericho is nothing to worry about. It’s only about divine massacre. Walls come crumbling down They know what they’re doing. One participant on TikTok recounts the biblical story before backpedaling and claiming that this is “not about crumbling walls or infrastructure,” but about “softening hearts.” P…

Trump’s Arrest ‘Prediction’ Inflames Holy War Narrative and Sanctifies Violence — Welcome to Trump ’24

By Thomas Lecaque

…witter.com/Franklin_Graham/status/1637894190955745295 Not only does Graham promote Trump’s bogus claims of electoral fraud—“manipulated the last election”—but he also asserts that “the charges against [Trump] are definitely politically motivated,” despite the fact that the former president hasn’t actually been charged. What he calls for is standard evangelical protection for Trump: “I would like to ask Christians across this country to pray specif…

Set to Privilege Christianity in Public Schools, Texas Sends a Message About Who is Welcome — And Who is Not

By Steven K. Green

The Texas Legislature is set to enact three laws to redefine the rules concerning religion in public schools. One will allow students and teachers to engage in Bible reading during the school day; a second will require the posting of the 10 Commandments in public school classrooms; the third will authorize “chaplains” in public schools. All three proposals are highly unconstitutional under current law. In 1963, the Supreme Court ruled that school…

Welcome to the RNC’s Elmer Gantry Tent Revival

By Paula Cooey

Watching the GOP convention is like watching a bad sequel to Elmer Gantry. Written by Sinclair Lewis and later produced as a film starring Burt Lancaster and Jean Simmons (the actress, not KISS founder, Gene, aka Chaim Witz), Gantry served as Lewis’ satire of American revivalist religion. A self-proclaimed preacher and healer given to alcoholic and sexual excess, Gantry preys on sincerely believing, unwitting people. After serving as the manager…

Welcome to the “Spin-od”: Conservatives Look to Halt Reforms on Divorce and Other “Family Matters”

By Patricia Miller

Now that Pope Francis has concluded his historic US visit, all eyes turn to Rome for the second part of the Synod of Bishops on family life. Opening the synod yesterday, Francis demonstrated the challenge before the bishops, calling for a church that acts as a “bridge,” not a “roadblock” to people who have erred, but also saying the church must hold fast to Catholic teaching that is not “changed by passing fads or popular opinions.” The first par…

The “Pro-Family” Crowd Should Welcome Polygamy

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

A recent segment on Fox News between host Laura Ingraham and Dr. Keith Ablow was so full of red herrings and comedy it’s hard to begin with what was the most ridiculous. First, Ablow, who has alleged that Pres. Barack Obama is obsessed with gun control because he was abandoned as a child, makes the standard history-denying argument that government should butt out of marriage and leave it to the church. Which completely disregards the fact (ah, th…

Welcome to the Gayborhood: Jason Brown on This New Era

By The Editors

The following is an exclusive excerpt from Kaleidoscope, a podcast featuring conversations on religion with the people often left out of conversations on religion and politics hosted by Deborah Jian Lee. As each new episode is released, Religion Dispatches will be featuring special remarks from the show’s guests that reveal how their worldview has changed in this new era. In 2013, Jason Brown was a queer student at Biola University, a conservativ…

Welcome to the “Career College” Scam

By Peter Laarman

The following is a guest post by Peter Laarman So it’s the worst economy and worst job market in decades, especially for relatively poor students of color with limited academic skills. So guess who benefits most from this catastrophe? Answer: the sharks who run so-called proprietary colleges or trade schools. Like the sleazy one that runs incessant and obnoxious infomercials on cable television: American Career College. These schools do especiall…