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Anti-Vaxxers Illustrate Danger of Overly Broad Religious Freedom Laws

By Kara Loewentheil

…been tied to an exposure at Disneyland. It appears that the source of this latest infection was likely either a foreign tourist or an American who returned carrying the disease from abroad, but the outbreak has brought renewed attention to the anti-vaccination movement (like this RNS commentary arguing that “Parents who do not vaccinate their children should go to jail”). What hasn’t been highlighted is the fact that the increased instances of mea…

Is The Episcopal Church Driving Drunk?

By J. Terry Todd

…charist,” thundered David Virtue of virtueonline.org, who concluded, “This latest outrage will only hasten the church’s demise.” Many, though not all, of these Anglicans reject any role for women as priests or bishops. And so for them, Heather Cook’s crime spree began with her ordination, and continued because the church that consecrated her was terminally ill. Follow Jesus into the neighborhood; travel lightly. While there are points of life and…

Republican Jewish Coalition Calls Obama Out for “Donors” Mention

By Evan Derkacz

…to convince American Jews that Democrats are harmful to Israel. The RJC’s latest release—”What Exactly Did President Obama Mean By That?”—takes such an aggrieved posture that you’d think the president had referred to “powerful banking interests” or, while praising the caterers for the delicious matzoh, casually referenced the disappearance of Christian children. Nope: According to today’s New York Times, at the Democratic Senate retreat yesterday…

India’s Elections and the “Doniger Affair”

By Murali Balaji

…ed what they believed was the country’s selective secularism—appeasing and promoting religious minorities at the expense of the Hindu majority. Both sides became forceful critics of the Indian state model, but they emerged with two completely different takeaways, which would shape many of the discourses about both India and Hinduism within the country and among its expatriate population living in the West. After the start of the Naxalite movement…

Keep These Satanists Out of Congress!

By Joseph Laycock

…that lives in the real world, not in Colleen’s fantasy world.” As in this latest instance, statements made “in character” were presented out of context. In any case, the strategy backfired. Not only did Lachowicz win the election, but outraged gamers around the country donated $6300 to political action committees that supported her campaign. This most recent incident shows that appealing to fears of deviant hobbies is still a strategy in the Repu…

If Muslims Stop Drinking Will They Become Violent?

By Haroon Moghul

…rticular piece is by no means the most egregious offender, it’s merely the latest and appears in one of the most well-respected newspapers. The truth is, these same assumptions can be found in numerous papers, periodicals, and of course on TV. Nonetheless, for an article to note an increase in the observance of Islam and to link that to the danger of extremism is to fly in the face of the only real, rigorous evidence we have, without presenting an…

Right-Wing Parody of Coming Out Reveals True Parody

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…nce again, on the wrong side of history. With their defeat imminent, their latest attempt to beat back the gay advance is a ham-fisted and ridiculous video produced by anti-gay group Faith2Action that mocks the very coming out process that is such a point of anguish and pain for so many gay and lesbian people. Instead of recognizing the heart-wrenching act of revealing one’s true self to those we love—and facing their possible rejection—the video…

Does God know if I cheat on a test in São Paulo?

By Michael Schulson

There are at least two ways to summarize the latest study out of the Canadian Centre for Human Evolution, Cognition, and Culture. The nice way is rather technical. To quote the author, Benjamin Purzycki: “The present work is the first study to systematically compare the minds of gods by examining some of the intuitive processes that guide how people reason about them.” Another way to summarize it is this: our gods are more moral than your gods. O…

The Abortion Debate, Texas Style

By Dhawn Martin

…he day, but the politics were just getting started. While checking out the latest update from Stand With Texas Women on Facebook, I heard Texas Sen. Donna Campbell on the local news declare that “Democracy was traded for mobocracy” during the successful filibuster. Mobocracy, really? Needless to say, the proverbial line was drawn in the sand, yet again. The orange-clad were directed to arrive at the Capitol the following day, July 2, ready to regi…

Are You Doing Your Part in the Baby War?

By Katherine Stewart

…tacking). These reflections came to mind when I picked up Lauren Sandler’s latest, One and Only: the Freedom of Having an Only Child, and the Joy of Being One, released this month by Simon & Schuster. Why, Sandler asks, are prejudices about “selfish” and “maladjusted” single kids (and their parents) so widespread in our culture, despite much evidence to the contrary? Part of the answer has to do with myths about the happiness of singletons and the…