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For Love or Threat: Pro-Life Prayer Includes Names, Photos of Abortion-Rights Advocates

By Alana Massey

…t exclusively employed by groups oriented to aggressive action. Yet PLAL’s latest action is unusual in that it named clinic escort and activist Katie Klabusich and pro-choice journalist Robin Marty, in addition to Dr. Cheryl Chastine. Scheidler defended the decision based on the fact that these women are hardly anonymous, noting that both Klabusich and Marty write often on the subject and that they have photos associated with that work. When asked…

Muslim, Immigrant, Teenager…Superhero: How Ms. Marvel Will Save the World

By Wei Zhu

…il the 1986 “Born Again” story arc. The introduction of Kamala Khan is the latest in the longstanding tradition of comic books diversifying their characters to better reflect and reach out to their audiences. More specifically, Ms. Marvel #1 is part of the All-New Marvel NOW!, an initiative with the explicit aim of attracting new readers, much like DC Comics’ The New 52 revamp. The last few years have seen several other notable attempts at creatin…

Does Multiverse Theory Bring Theology Into Science?

By Andrew Aghapour

…ical scientific theory, and where did it come from? Mary-Jane Rubenstein’s latest book takes up these questions and more, tracing a history of multiple-world cosmologies that highlights the philosophical, mythological, and theological precedents for today’s scientific theories. Rubenstein also demonstrates how multiverse cosmologies can be a site for “reconfiguring” the traditional boundaries between science and religion. RD spoke with Rubenstein…

Global LGBT Recap: Religious Leaders Support Persecution as Countries Vie in Homophobia Olympics

By Peter Montgomery

…nstitute of Human Rights: Human Rights Scholar is New President This month Chilean lawyer Claudio Grossman became president of the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights. Grossman is Dean of the Washington College of Law at American University in Washington D.C. and a professor of international and human rights law. The International Association of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, Trans and Intersex people for Latin America and the Caribbean (ILGALAC)…

Government: Little Sisters Have No Case

By Sarah Posner

In the latest development in the Little Sisters of the Poor’s lawsuit challenging, under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, the contraception benefit coverage under the Affordable Care Act, the government today filed its brief in the Supreme Court. To recap briefly: in a flurry of activity at the end of the year, just before the regulations went into effect January 1, a district court in Colorado denied the Little Sisters’ motion for a prelim…

Atheist Holiday Display: “A” Does Not Stand for “Art”

By Peter Manseau

…y communicating ideas to people with whom they disagree, those who hope to promote unbelief in the public square ought to find symbols and stories that express something other than all that is implied by the giant “A” of negation; they should say something more compelling than “it’s not true!” Like what? This holiday season, public atheists might do well to listen to a little Christmas music. Specifically, this instant classic by the singer-songwr…

Pastor Implicated in Sex Abuse Scandal is Back

By Rob Shryock

…Mohler’s “world-class gifts.” This public display of affection is just the latest in a long-running and highly public friendship. Not only has Mahaney praised Mohler, he donatedover $100,000 to Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Mahaney’s former “flagship” church, Covenant Life, gave an additional $15,000 to SBTS. And Mohler has been just as steadfast a friend to Mahaney, using his influence to help promote Mahaney’s work in the past with no s…

Why Egypt is America’s Enemy

By Haroon Moghul

…democracy—a principled stand is sometimes a partisan stand.) Following the latest in the Egyptian military’s unprovoked assaults on civilian protesters, who reasonably enough are furious with the cancellation of their vote, the same kinds of conflations continue to be made. It’s as if we cannot bring ourselves to believe that people who wear suits and ties, go to beaches for vacation, put religion on the backburner, and otherwise say and do the “r…

Illinois Bishop Greets Marriage Equality with Exorcism

By Peter Montgomery

…n the tone set by Pope Francis and some of the U.S. bishops continues. The latest example comes from Bishop Paprocki of Springfield, Illinois, who greeted yesterday’s arrival of marriage equality in that state with an exorcism service. Paprocki said, “God is asking me to speak out and give these prayers.” From the report in the Chicago Sun-Times: “I exorcise you, every unclean spirit, every power of darkness, every incursion of the infernal enemy…

Forty Years Ago, the Worst Mass Murder of LGBT People in the U.S.

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…that this MCC met in on the day this fire was set. Forty years later, the latest data from the National Congregations Study reveals that “Nearly three in ten U.S. congregations permit gays and lesbians in committed relationships to hold volunteer leadership positions, a major increase from the 19 percent of congregations in 2006-2007 that allowed such opportunities.” The litany of denominations that have changed their stance toward LGBT people, n…