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RDPulpit: I Am Not A Number: Gays and Lesbians and Opinion Polls

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…the ballot box. To change this sorry state of affairs, I propose we give a proper and prompt burial to the notion of “rights” talk. Instead, we need a new frame in which to talk about the very real lives of gays and lesbians. Ironically, this most recent poll gives us a starting point. It reveals that among those who have close friends or family members that are gay, 48 percent support marriage equality. Among the younger respondents who have clos…

Christianity and Condoms

By John Blevins

…r AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). The ABC approach is the only model that guides HIV prevention programs under PEPFAR. The first and third messages—abstinence and condom use—are defined in opposition to each other. “Abstinence” is a noun that invokes a certain kind of behavior—a behavior of refusal—and connects that behavior to identity. We know what kinds of persons abstain. “Condom” is a noun that invokes a certain kind behavior—a behavior of activity—and…

The Silly Calls for Congress to Investigate Planned Parenthood

By Sarah Morice-Brubaker

…cation (if I understand correctly) is that Planned Parenthood must be misappropriating “family planning” funds for abortion, which is against the law. Um… Sure, okay. OR, something else could account for why clinics that provide low-income folks with contraception might also be the clinics where a lot of people go for abortions. Economic and sociological factors, maybe. Just brainstorming. There are also some the truthy bits: the things that sound…

Pornography’s Dirty Little Secret: What We Say vs. What We Do

By Shira Tarrant

…and the volume of US Internet porn searches. This paradox may result from preoccupation with sexual content, presumably because of the taboo. It may also be the case that high rates of online sexual activity come from liberals who live in these sexually restrictive right-leaning states. In any case, the rhetoric and reality gaps when it comes to religion and porn use easily confuses the issues and leaves people at odds in knowing what to do. Asso…

Does Multiverse Theory Bring Theology Into Science?

By Andrew Aghapour

…are bound to be life-friendly at some point, and we’re in one of them. The problem, of course, is that the price of getting rid of God is an infinite number of universes we can’t see. So sober-minded contemporary scientists end up on the same side as (some) theologians in arguing that the multiverse is extravagant, unnecessary, and unscientific. The groups part ways when the theologian says we should just give in to what seems so obvious (the univ…

Insert Provocative Title Here: The New Media Landscape

By Onnesha Roychoudhuri

…rs, major players like the New York Times, Washington Post, and Associated Press are producing more coverage of religion in the news. How do they do it? Walsh examines the Post’s “On Faith” section as an example – a joint venture with Newsweek that features the perspective of heavy-hitters such as Elie Wiesel, Deepak Chopra and former Iranian president Mohammad Khatani. These names are gathered in the service of providing quick answers to question…

I Volunteer to Root Out Christian Extremism

By Peter Laarman

…t delay, shall we? Again, I appreciate that you’ve got your hands full with the Muslims right now. But you also know that you and the Administration in general will look better if you add some balance by also supporting appropriate surveillance of the Christian problem people. I hate to see the faith that I love be stained by the actions of a few, and I’m more than willing to do my part! Yours sincerely, (Rev.) Peter Laarman Los Angeles…

Anonymous Utah Group Distributes Vigilante “Illegal Immigrant” Watchlist

By Joanna Brooks

…estral roots in New England and other early British North American colonies, were our colonist ancestors honoring the laws of host indigenous nations when they migrated to North America and occupied and expropriated indigenous land? Mormons—Anglo, Latino, and otherwise—will continue to grapple with questions of law and human rights as the LDS Church matures into its global 21st century….

DeSantis is a No-Show, the Right’s ‘Secret Sauce,’ and Final Thoughts on Pray Vote Stand

By PRA Staff

…e Stand podium to double down on his anti-transgender, anti-public health, pro-oil, pro-parental rights, pro-school privatization, anti-CRT platform. While the audience loves him, Stitt is toeing a party line and Perkins is right there next to him, smiling. The panel on alternative media sources is a refreshing surprise—Libby Emmons, editor-in-chief of Canadian conservative magazine The Post Millennial does not toe the party line. Emmons dismisses…

Marriage Vote ‘Transforms’ Not-So-Catholic Ireland; Activist to Malaysian PM – ‘Love Is Not Terrorism’; LGBTs Find Growing Acceptance in Colombia, Not At World Meeting of Families; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ge destroys the richness of the complementary qualities of the sexes and deprives progeny of the paternal or maternal figure.” González had previously called for a referendum on the matter, to counter a “dictatorial imposition on the state’s part.” Evangelical leaders have made similarly strong statements, along the same lines. Carlos Sánchez, who led a protest of the event that was ignored by Univision, pointed out that the same United States Sup…