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Opponent of LGBT Equality Lauded for His Great Courage

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…ication from Apple’s iTunes store earlier this year drew more than 150,000 signatures. Apple dropped the Exodus app, saying it offended large groups of people. Oh, my—those vicious lions! Trying keep homophobia off their iPhones! Here’s a thought: Perhaps the lions wouldn’t be so testy if they didn’t have to justify their very existence. Perhaps the lions would be more willing to lie down with the lamb (or the “Daniel”) if the lions weren’t being…

Undercover at Falwell’s Liberty University, Finding Common Ground

By Nathan Schneider

…s approval ratings were in permanent free fall, his nefarious theocratic designs evidently vanquished. In that climate, Roose found ready at hand the language for common ground and the gradient of hope. Sound familiar? A New Era of Responsibility Throughout Barack Obama’s presidential campaign and into his administration, he has tried to work his words around the culture wars. He speaks of “abortion reduction” rather than “choice” or “life.” A sup…

‘People You May Know’ Reveals a War on Democracy Being Waged With Big Data

By Chrissy Stroop

…ht find that your data is free to share with anybody. And of course you’ve signed yourself in, you’ve signed in your children, you’ve shared your vulnerabilities. Charles mentioned mental health, but it’s not just mental health, it’s vulnerabilities in general. After all, as a European, it’s interesting to watch how churches in the States, they fill every need. You have preschool, you have a couple’s night, you have childcare, you have all this st…

Is New Pope’s Take on the Poor All That New?

By Silvia Alves Fernandes and Manuel A. Vásquez

…ism, since the goal is to come up with the most robust examination of the “signs of the times.” This analysis is a necessary, feet-on-the-ground precondition for deep reflection in the light of Christian resources in a see-judge-act spiral that led to faith-informed actions to address injustices, even if through small grassroots practices. By contrast, Francis seems to think of poverty primarily as a virtue, as a marker of service, frugality, hone…

How to Choose a Tour Company for Your Hajj

By Amina Wadud

…ent from an anonymous person with the name Amina Wadud to my professional specification, but I will take that as a good sign for now….

Pagan Martyrs, Murderous Monks: Agora Hits US Shores

By Nathan Schneider

…e of what brought so many in the vast Alexandrian underclasses to wear the sign of the cross: bread, freedom, and the good news of the Beatitudes. Hypatia’s slave Davus is, to her, only a slave, albeit a clever one; among Christians, he learns that feeding the hungry is better than fattening the full. Hypatia’s society collapsed around her, it must be admitted, because its time had come. Alexandria had built its wonders on slavery (Sagan called it…

Not Only is the Right Unapologetic For Violent Anti-LGBTQ+ Rhetoric — It’s Doubling Down

By Thomas Lecaque

…but all of these responses, from people with substantial platforms, are designed to reaffirm the call to violence. The accusations of “grooming” and “pedophilia” and calls to “protect the children” all reaffirm the most violent anti-LGBTQIA+ rhetoric in the United States, which frames the LGBTQIA+ community as predators who must be met with violence. Nothing about it is subtle, and the rhetoric barely skirts the edge of where “free speech” meets…

Government: Little Sisters Have No Case

By Sarah Posner

…igious exercise is not substantially burdened by the requirement that they sign the certification form expressing their religious objection to the contraceptive coverage in order to exempt themselves from the contraceptive-coverage provision. The government’s brief sums up the salient points on the purpose and operation of religious exemptions, and the operation of RFRA (emphasis added): When extending religious accommodations, the government mus…

Lessons in Rhetorical Strategy from a DC Bishop

By Mary E. Hunt

…Moreover, to insert a letter in the parish bulletin to encourage people to sign petitions after Mass so as to place same-sex marriage on the November ballot is not a call for dialogue. It is to claim a position as Catholic that many Catholics do not share. I point out these three dynamics in one letter to a local church because I assume that this approach is part of a larger national strategy to defeat same-sex marriage and deny rights to couples…

Kosher Nukes: Israeli PM Consults with Radical Rabbi on Iran Strike

By Shalom Goldman

…inst Iran’s nuclear facilities has the pundits wondering if this a further signal of Israel’s intention to bomb Iran, or yet another bluff in a campaign to get the West to further tighten sanctions on Tehran. The Israeli government, in this view, has no intention of attacking Iran and starting another Middle East war, but it is willing to go to the brink to get the U.S. to act—and to act before the November elections. The Rabbinic consultation st…