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Obama Caves on (Another) Contraception Exemption

By Patricia Miller

…or straight and gay couples, for supposedly religious reasons and hundreds flood HHS with generic opt-out letters that don’t identify a specific insurer. Or a future administration that is less dedicated to contraceptive access. It’s not hard to see how the lack of bureaucratic regularity could undermine access to contraception for women. But the bigger question is why the Obama administration keeps on giving in to religious conservatives’ demands…

Dieting, Sex, Jesus: The Body as Moral Battleground

By Lynne Gerber

…writing? I had a lot of audiences in mind and I kept imaging them fighting with each other (and with me): interview respondents, other conservative Christians, secular academics, fat activists, GLBT activists, GLBT Christians, liberal people of faith. Eventually I had to evict them from my mind just so I could get some writing done. Did you write to entertain, or to inform, or to piss people off? Sociologists often talk about making the familiar s…

Morality and Marriage Vigilantes and More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…tholic Bishops Conference — the group behind the controversial “Don’t Mess with Marriage” flyer. The pair also run a Catholic marriage service called the Marriage Resource Centre, and run a “marriage enrichment seminar” called SmartLoving Marriage. Chad: Parliament criminalizes homosexuality The parliament approved legislation criminalizing homosexuality; the vote was nearly unanimous. The legislation also increases the legal marriage age from 16…

Two Women and a Mosque: A Convert Community Grows in Panama City

By Aliyya Swaby

…Most Muslims in Panama live in the major cities of Panama City and Colón, with smaller numbers in other provincial cities. The Panamanian government does not collect information on its religious composition, but a 2009 international report estimated the number of Muslims at around 24,000, comprising less than one percent of the country’s population. Most are of Lebanese, Palestinian or Indian descent. Though small, Panama’s Muslim community has g…

Rick Warren Busts a Gut Over Cultural Revolution

By Rob Shryock

…ng funny without offending someone these days in our PC society etc.” The number of supportive and sometimes racist posts outnumber those who advice caution. I can’t suspect such hideous posts are all from Saddleback membership. I’m sure quite a number are. It’s as disturbing as it is disgusting. Warren commented on Tsang’s article, “Thanks so much for teaching us! It was removed instantly.” However, Warren did not get around to posting a form…

Hobby Lobby: Key to a More Liberal and Less Religious America?

By Rebecca Sager

…te hearts and minds, and moving people out of the pews across America. The number of nones (people with no religious preference) is on the rise, with over 20% of all Americans claiming this status, and many point to the increased politicization of religion as the cause. This trend of legal victories will, in the long run, very likely create a more secular America. Recent data indicate that this process is already clearly under way. A poll just rel…

Religious Practices on Trial in Arizona: The Problem With “Experts”

By Johnny P. Flynn

…ble, it will be our religious practices on trial in that courtroom. And it will be experts who will argue both sides of the case. Experts. Experts on terrorism have led the United States into two wars since 9/11 and this past week on Fox News, political “expert” and former governor Sarah Palin shared her view that the Obama presidency could shore up sagging poll numbers by invading Iran. Fertility experts have brought us the “Octomom,” and experts…

Conservative Republican Muslim Condemns Fox Report on Congressional Staffers as “Anti-Muslim Bigotry”

By Sarah Posner

…find it a reason to “derail” the prayer sessions. He added, “I also find it interesting that the ACLJ is getting involved, given its association with Pat Robertson, who is notorious for anti-islamic comments.” The Fox report, he said, “has nothing to do with national security but with anti-Muslim bigotry.” UPDATE/CLARIFICATION: An earlier version of this post erroneously said that the prayer sessions are an official function of the CMSA. *This cl…

Global Anti-Gay Forces Plot Against ‘Satanic’ Equality Movement

By Peter Montgomery

…ge religious group organised a counter march in Nicosia and there were scuffles with police when they tried to approach the place where the gay pride was due to end. UK: Church Bans Clergy from Far-Right Parties; Witness Store Owner Refuses Gay Couples “The Church of England announced on Tuesday that none of its clergy would be allowed membership of the BNP [British National Party] or the National Front because of the racist rhetoric of both organ…

New Poll: Evangelicals Backing Trump

By Daniel Schultz

…ound one-quarter of the electorate ever since 2000. According to Pew, that number will be a bit lower this time around: about 20%, by their estimate. White evangelicals are losing ground to non-white voters just like all whites, and to the religiously unaffiliated, just like all Christians. Those unaffiliated voters—the “Nones”—now rival white evangelicals in size. About two-thirds of them support Hillary Clinton, making them a solid Democratic co…