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The Role of Faith in the Lives of Abortion Providers

By Sarah Posner

…prayed at that God is not supporting this. This is nonsense.” The growing number of crisis pregnancy centers are “applying the principle that women should not enjoy sex, that women are on a pedestal like the blessed mother.” For the doctor, her faith is “an important part of my life I think it still helps me find balance and determine what actions to take. I do feel like I have a calling for certain things, including the work I do, and that come…

Did North Carolinians Vote Against their Own Beliefs?

By Peter Montgomery

…vidence that anti-gay advocates are lying when they say they’re only concerned about “protecting” marriage. They deliberately and maliciously have gone far beyond that to punish same-sex couples and their families and deny them equal rights as citizens. The second saddest number comes with its own silver lining. Public Policy Polling reported on Sunday that most North Carolina residents believe that gay couples should have access to some legal pro…

As Psychedelics Experience a Renaissance, Emory’s New Center for Psychedelics and Spirituality Seeks a Novel Approach

By Hollis Phelps

…on.” Both of these issues are important to the future of psychedelic medicine and don’t necessarily play a substantial overt role in existing centers. Numerous concerns have been raised regarding access to psychedelic therapy, particularly among economically and socially marginalized groups. Such concerns, of course, accompany the development of any novel treatment and, at least in the United States, healthcare in general. But it’s currently not c…

“Split at the Root”: Adrienne Rich and (Religious) Identity

By Ryan Harper

…eek of spring, just before what I call Holy Week. During this week, I examine with heightened sensitivity my particular buy-in to the cross, the empty tomb, the via dolorosa. I am not always sure I want to be numbered among Christians; I know there are a number of Christians who aren’t so sure I should be so numbered. My examination occurs alongside my spouse’s examination. She is an ordained Baptist minister who with unspeakable grace regularly b…

Old Sins Cast Long Shadows: America’s Enduring Fascination with the Ten Commandments

By Jenna Weissman Joselit

…The book is loosely organized around the different physical elements of stone, paper, stained glass and film from which earlier generations of Americans shaped the Ten Commandments. I suppose I could have multiplied the examples or case studies, but then the book would have read less like a narrative and more like an exhibition catalogue (not that’s there’s anything wrong with that). Besides, I tend to write tightly and prefer a text that’s lean a…

Warships, Animals, Pubs Eligible For Blessings From Church of England, But Not Same-Sex Couples; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…to hatred. Yesterday´s attack clearly and unequivocally demonstrates the fine line between hatred and violence. Therefore, we invite the Prime Minister of Croatia Andrej Plenković, Minister of the Interior Vlaho Orepić as well as Croatian Government to resolutely, loudly and clearly condemn this violent act directed against human rights of LGBTIQ people, Croatian citizens and thereby show that hatred and violence are not the values of our society….

Growing Catholic Resistance to Bishops’ Crusades

By Peter Montgomery

…e St. James Cathedral, the seat of the archdiocese, and Christ Our Hope, a new and growing parish in downtown Seattle. According to the Post-Intelligencer: The spreading dissent—although couched in respectful terms—comes at a time when the Catholic hierarchy is asserting its authority. Pope Benedict XVI, in a Holy Thursday sermon, took to task clergy who are advocating married priests and ordination of women, and called on priests to embrace the “…

Pope Francis Praised for ‘Civil Unions’ Comment, But Justice Begins at Home—In the Vatican

By Mary E. Hunt

…he Sacrament of Baptism has lost all meaning. Such thinking leads to a “leaner meaner church” along the lines of Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI. Contrary to his supporters who laud his openness, maybe Francis is of like mind. I would like to think not, but evidence is mounting that Catholic sacramental life is being truncated in the service of conserving outmoded theology. Third, the Pope’s words on civil unions, however well-meaning beyond a…

UN Human Rights Council Creates LGBT Watchdog; Orthodox Council Affirms Traditional Teaching on Family; Pope Francis Says Church Should Apologize to Gays; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…e up ‘gay lobby’ Last Sunday, Pope Francis demonstrated his penchant for generating news with off the cuff remarks with reporters aboard the papal plane. Francis was asked about comments made a few days earlier by German Cardinal Reinhard Marx, who said the Church had treated gay people in a “scandalous and terrible” way. Reuters reports: In the hour-long freewheeling conversation that has become a trademark of his international travels, Francis w…

Rumors of the Suicide of the Liberal Church Are Exaggerated: A Response to Chris Hedges

By Mark Hulsether

…sity as a whole have not already nailed down this role. The key reason UTS needs money is because of the stands, mainly commendable in Hedges’ terms, that it has taken over the years. Many of its high-rolling trustees and donors abandoned it over its social justice stands in the 1960s, and neoconservatives have been trying to shovel dirt on its grave ever since. There is nothing new about this. UTS has sold off parts of its property several times…