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The Story Behind the Catholic Church’s Stunning Reversal on Contraception

By Patricia Miller

…r after finding herself pregnant for the sixth time in seven years. Like many women of her day, Ruether realized that controlling her fertility with a fairly high degree of certainty was essential to her ability to steer her own life.”I see very clearly that I cannot entrust my destiny just to biological chance. As a woman who is trying to create a happy balance of work and family, I know effective family planning is essential. A woman who cannot…

Like Azusa Street Baptized into Bureaucracy: Mexico’s Flourishing LLDM Church Loses its Apostle

By Michael Schulson

…by they have their apostle, their Santa Cena, and their big temple. For many, Fortuny said, membership in LLDM is a way to say, “We’re not sophisticated, we’re not part of the upper class. But we have our own power.” Much of that power, of course, has been concentrated in the figure of Samuel Joaquín. Whether he abused it is an open question. Certainly, the family is wealthy, with a large ranch outside Houston. More damagingly, former members of…

How Religion Shapes (or Doesn’t) Our Views on Public Issues

By Daniel Schultz

…eation care,” nobody cares about “the least of these” in the desert. Not many, anyway. What does work? Not much, it would seem. At least not when it comes to the subjects Pew chose to poll. But go back and take a look at the list of voter priorities: 90% say the economy is a “very important” topic. 88% jobs, 78% health care. Get the hint? And that’s with a forced-choice list. If you asked respondents to come up with their own list, it might be eve…

Did North Carolinians Vote Against their Own Beliefs?

By Peter Montgomery

…e 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 protections. But because most voters didn’t understand just how extreme and far-reaching the amendment before them today was, they would vote for it…

‘It’s a Gay Problem,’ and Other Myths From the Catholic Church’s Sexual Abuse Crisis

By Joelle Casteix

…atholic Church. It happens in homes, schools, camps, sports programs, and any organization that caters to children or helps the vulnerable. Apologists for the Catholic Church want you to believe that it is “just like any other institution.” It’s not. Nowhere else in modern society have we seen the continued collusion to cover up decades of sex crimes on the macro or micro level as we see in the Catholic Church. They’ve spent billions of dollars lo…

Packed with Threats of Political Violence, Media Largely Ignore the NAR’s ‘Million Women’ Rally in DC

By Frederick Clarkson

…lor thought it was less. But certainly tens of thousands attended, and the number may even exceed a hundred thousand. Whatever the actual number at the Mall, the audience was much larger since the event was live-streamed on Facebook, YouTube, and Rumble and translated into several languages. The Jumbotrons that lined the Mall were alternatively closed captioned in English and Spanish. It’s difficult to imagine any other religious or political even…

A Peek Inside the ‘Onion’ of Scientology

By Kristin Rawls

…It’s not their fault. They think you’ve caused this, and they don’t want any responsibility for it. You discuss many people who experienced psychological problems while practicing Scientology. Hubbard himself was apparently taking anti-psychotic medication when he died. What is the relationship between Scientology and mental illness? I don’t think that Scientology causes mental illness. Certainly some people who practice Scientology have had ps…

Punks vs. Monks: Rockers Speak Out Against Genocide in Myanmar

By M. Sophia Newman

…ment change, they operated largely in secret. It is unclear whether the tiny punk movement in urban Myanmar has substantial connections to Rohingya people or other Muslims or to any organizations benefiting them. Today, the scene may be in decline. But punks may not be the only ones ready to oppose the violence against ethnic minorities. Although public opinion against Muslims is strong in Arakan state, the public response to recent anti-Muslim v…

Like a Virgin

By Donna Freitas

…sounded a lot like a good ole patriarchal double standard (I didn’t meet any born againvirgin young men) that corners women into denying sexual desire and teaches them to regret sexual experiences. But I did my best to put that feminist critical urge aside for a moment in order to truly listen and consider for one reason and one reason only: The stories I heard from these women were stories of empowerment, stories of not only reclaiming virginity…

If You Liked The Martian You’ll Love These 3 Sci-Fi Shorts

By Andrew Aghapour

…. Luckily, Weir offers a treasure trove of short stories on his website, a number of which break with The Martian’s goal of approximating reality, grappling instead with some of the same issues that we discuss here at The Cubit. Without further ado, here are the top three short stories for anyone jonesing for more Weir: Bored World. The story of a mischievous, trans-dimensional plane of existence. Is this a god, or the story of sci-fi itself? Anti…