Search for "Delta Airlines 1800-299-7264 Flight Change Policy"

Blankets, Booties, and Jesus: Spiritual War on the Uterus in Rick Perry’s Texas

By Sarah Posner

…rch, Perry sketched the battle lines of a struggle “bigger than any law or policy.” Citing Paul, he described a struggle, not against “flesh and blood,” but “against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.” “Because we know how the Bible ends,” Perry continued, “we can rely on His strength to persevere and never, ever give up, in doing good.” Perry’…

Romney’s Speech, and Boehner’s Catholicism

By Sarah Posner

…pital, or prepare meals for them. He’ll have to help craft legislation and policy, and shepherd it through a recalcitrant Republican congressional caucus, that forestalls economic catastrophe for some, or helps others through one. But he’s picked a running mate whose poiltical career was built on pushing legislation that does the opposite of that. Following Romney, House Speaker John Boehner introduced Timothy Cardinal Dolan, who gave the closing…

Possibility that Bachmann Believes in Wifely Submission Irrelevant?

By Julie Ingersoll

…s lack of clarity on this issue, and the potential impact it would have on policy, make it fair game for public inquiry: Bachmann has reached out to evangelical voters by emphasizing her adherence to a “biblical worldview,” but when questioned about it — particularly about the “biblical” view of gender roles — Bachmann wasn’t a very good evangelist… [and her] policy initiatives, as they relate to issues like gay marriage, abortion and funding for…

Does Christopher Hitchens Think Mormons are Sinistererer?

By Joanna Brooks

…d void unless welcomed by the souls of the departed. Proxy baptisms are in policy to be limited to ancestors as an expression of a Mormon theological view that the spiritual well-being of souls is connected with the spiritual well-being of their ancestors as well. That’s the policy, but in practice the process has been abused many times, often by well-intentioned but ignorant people who submit names of non-relatives for baptism with no acknowledgm…

Why Rick Santorum Can’t Just Say: God Doesn’t Want You To Be Gay

By Jay Michaelson

…rely opportunistic, what he’s really interested in is religion, not social policy. If it were social policy that motivated him, he’d read the studies of same-sex couples in Massachusetts and in other countries, which show that they raise children as well as opposite-sex couples, form stable families, and the rest. But what Santorum is motivated by is actually religion: a fear of sexuality and of women souped-up by a misreading of Leviticus, Romans…

Herman Cain Doesn’t Know his Afghan from his Uzbek

By Haroon Moghul

…here America stands in the world. When asked if he is prepared for foreign policy questions, such as “who is the president of Uzbekistan?” Cain responds by making a bad joke (“…when they ask me who is the president of Ubeki-beki-beki-beki-stan-stan I’m going to say, you know, I don’t know. Do you know?”). Not just a joke, for he’s mocking the country, and laughing at the similarity of its name—in his head—to other countries. As if these are imagin…

Taking Evangelical Support of Israel at Face Value Is a Terrible Idea: A Response

By Chrissy Stroop

…ds on civil rights, as well as having a deleterious impact on U.S. foreign policy. Here, I would like to expand further on the evangelical authoritarianism that Best seeks to sweep under the rug. As an ex-evangelical, it is immensely frustrating to me to see major commentators and media outlets time and again downplay the significance of the kind of intolerant, illiberal, authoritarian Christianity I grew up with. Authoritarian Christians are natu…

Wearing White is Not Enough: A Conversation with Cherisse Scott of SisterReach

By Anita Little

…sitions on social justice issues, and be empowered with the information to change the communities in which they’re situated. The whole idea is to be able to push back on policy, and to educate folks with a different way of understanding biblical scripture. We hope to encourage churches to want to center social justice work—understanding that this, too, is a calling of the church. I think the conservative right has it down when it comes to commitme…

A Catholic House Divided Over Reproductive Health Care: Bishops Launch a New Campaign

By Frances Kissling

…cooperation and is a far cry from providing an employee with an insurance policy that lets her decide whether to use the provision in it for contraception. Agreeing with the woman and intending by your actions that she engage in contraceptive acts constitutes formal cooperation and would be forbidden, but does issuing an insurance policy mean you agree with all the services it provides? One may not approve of sex outside of marriage, but providin…

Romney Steers Hard Right on Immigration; Huntsman Out After New Hampshire?

By Joanna Brooks

…oft” on immigration. Romney is aiming at Perry’s support for a Texas state policy that permits the young people who came to the United States “illegally” as children to attend public universities paying in-state tuition. It’s not radical policy, but Romney’s criticism is yet another point—like Social Security—he’s using to draw a strong contrast with Perry. But doing so puts him to the right of the LDS Church-sponsored Utah Compact on Immigration…