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In Vitro v. Dignitas Personae: Teacher Fired for Fertility Treatment Sues Diocese

By Sarah Morice-Brubaker

…e was fired from her job at a Roman Catholic school for trying to conceive using in vitro fertilization, which the Roman Catholic Church forbids. First and foremost, there is the fact that infertility can be incredibly hard on even a strong and loving marriage. Ms. Hertz sounds as though she’s gone through a very difficult time. That may seem pro forma, but I think it’s worth remembering. If we hear “infertility” and then lean back in our chairs,…

The Bible Is Not a Diet Plan

By Rob Goodman

…se others as means to our own ends. For all his good works, Warren is also using his huge authority to promote a culture of selfishness—and he is in good company among America’s most popular religious leaders. I’ve focused on his abuse of Daniel not because it’s unique, but because it’s typical of a dominant strand of thought in American religious life. Do you remember The Prayer of Jabez, the Christian motivational book that sold nine million cop…

Theology Fail in Christian Statement on Israel, Judaism, Palestine

By Adam Gregerman

…e the churches in the United States” to engage in pro-Palestinian activism using “biblically- and theologically-based principles.” This latest statement’s American context is important. Most authors are from major Protestant denominations such as the Episcopal, Presbyterian, and United Methodist churches. These Christian traditions have, in a remarkable break with centuries of hateful teachings, opposed both Christian hostility toward Judaism and…

Call Centers and… Congregational Email Lists

By Joanna Brooks

…campaign. But it looks like at least a few of Romney’s Utah supporters are using LDS congregational email lists to drum up donations—despite explicit instructions not to do so from LDS Church Headquarters. We know that the Romney campaign is mobilizing Mormon family and friend connections for fundraising, as the New York Times and others have reported. Leaked emails from the 2008 and 2012 campaigns have also revealed ranking Church leaders are act…

Veep Voter Guide: Comparing Apples to Ayn Rand

By Sarah Morice-Brubaker

…I’m human.) My point is, the two can’t really be compared meaningfully. Using contraception is a particular action that is forbidden by Catholic social teaching. To be sure, it reflects a worldview that’s at odds with much of the Catholic tradition, but it’s not the same thing as the worldview. Ardent atheism, by contrast, is a much more spacious and encompassing reality. It diverges from Catholicism, sure—but as an ultimate explanation for how…

Most U.S. Catholics Back Marriage Equality, But Knights of Columbus Pour Millions into Opposition

By Peter Montgomery

…eing spent that way. Duddy-Burke says the work “is being done under cover, using the Knights’ good name and reputation and all the good work they do in the community.” According to the Equally Blessed report, “Of the nearly $155 million donated by the Knights of Columbus in 2010, $125 million was raised at the local level through pancake breakfasts, casino nights, carnivals, and the like.” Duddy-Burke says most individual members of the Knights ar…

Rick Warren, Is That All the Courage You Can Muster?

By Ross Murray

…that asked Rick Warren why he couldn’t be more like Desmond Tutu. Tutu is using his prophetic voice to try to save the lives and livelihoods of LGBT people in Uganda (as well as their friends and families) by appealing to the Ugandan people to not commit such atrocities against their own citizens. Rick Warren, on the other hand, sent a 102-character tweet reminding us that he opposed this bill three years ago, and linking to the 2009 video he ma…

American Buddhism: Beyond the Search for Inner Peace

By Joshua Eaton

…n practices to alleviate stress and psychological disturbances; others are using the Dharma to aid conflict resolution and still others are helping prisoners and soldiers gain access to Buddhist teachings; some are using Buddhist ethical principles as guideposts to wholesome business practices; others are working with troubled youth; and some are providing compassionate health care and guidance to the dying. It was evident to me, too, that these e…

Gun Owners of America Celebrates Defeat of Gun Control Amendments

By Sarah Posner

…st feel good, so that’s okay. Congressman Paul has another bill, it does a number of things, but the one that I’d like to just focus on quickly, it would take away from our federal law that we’ve had in there for decades that determines what, how people would be allowed to import a gun from abroad, only if it’s suitable for sporting use. Do you know where that concept came from? From the Nazi German 1938 gun control law. It’s socialist to the core…

Hobby Lobby Case Isn’t Really About Contraception

By Patricia Miller

…rtifacients that gives the suits their moral weight. With nearly all women using birth control at some point, it’s hard to make the case that contraception is so morally objectionable that employers should be allowed to refuse to provide it. But make the claim that the mandate forces employers to cover abortion-inducing drugs and it’s a whole different story. The image of devout, habit-wearing nuns being forced against their conscience to provide…