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‘Biblical’ Disaster in Haiti: Pat Robertson and the Curse of Unyielding Ignorance

…g Network, Regent University (of which the governor-elect of Virginia, Bob McDonnell, is a graduate), the American Center for Law and Justice (whose president, Jay Sekulow, is considered “the leading Supreme Court advocate of the Christian right”), and Robertson’s “humanitarian” arm, Operation Blessing (which has been involved in highly questionable—but lucrative—relationships with brutal dictators like former Liberian president Charles Taylor, sp…

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To Get Through This Time We’ll Have to Shred the ‘Racial Contract’ and Choose Solidarity Over Sacrifice

…ans have been shocked by the deaths of Ahmaud Arbery, Brianna Taylor, Tony McDade and George Floyd at the hands of police. Choosing solidarity means breaking America’s racial contract. The racial contract is an idea developed by philosopher Charles Mills. The analogy of society as a contract between people regarding the principles and rules to be governed by has a long history. It’s often invoked to both explain and critique injustice and inequali…

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Why #FreeBritney is an #Exvangelical Cause

…sume, but she was to remain chaste herself. As journalism professor Evelyn McDonnell has observes, “Selling Britney as a virgin…made her a non-participant in the sexual pleasure that was clearly a part of her appeal. From the very beginning of her career, she lacked agency.” Furthermore, Refinery29’s Danielle Campoamor points out, “It was when Britney reclaimed her agency that her image began to crack.” Britney’s image cracked as she exerted agenc…

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What ‘Faith Groups Do X’ Journalism Reveals About the Press’s Priorities

…by journalists and pundits for killing phenomena ranging from marriage to McDonald’s; the napkin and wine industries; and even “class” (though how millennials were able to kill both class and not-exactly-classy chain restaurants like Applebee’s is anyone’s guess). The trend of bashing millennials shifted into high gear in 2013, when Time magazine published “The Me, Me, Me Generation,” prompting frustrated millennial cartoonist Matt Bors to publis…

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S.O.S.

…there as if an egg sandwich will pop out at them like the drive through at McDonalds. If I ask them the evening before, and if what they said then was in response to what we actually had in our kitchen, then in the morning all that was needed was for those ingredients to make their way into their hands. Shortly thereafter, some form of consumption would proceed. Go for the sure thing, the thing you know you like and the thing you know you can dige…

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As Midterms Approach, White Christian Nationalism is Mainstream for the GOP — And it’s Only Getting Worse

…an campaign trail, so are promises of political violence. Sociologist Eric McDaniel doesn’t, therefore, view White Christian nationalism—which he refers to as Religious American Exceptionalism—as a tool whose primary purpose is to persuade the undecided to vote Republican. Rather, he views it as a tool to rile up the base and, potentially, to suppress opposition turnout through intimidation—both at the polls and in the lead-up to the vote. Fellow…

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Why Are Conservative Women Turning The Other Cheek On Vitter Aide’s Domestic Violence?

…rsed Vitter in his Senate race.) Titus (who was also Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell’s thesis advisor) believes there should be absolutely no restrictions on gun ownership — none. When I asked him about whether someone who had been convicted of domestic violence should be restricted from owning a firearm, he not only said no, but he also diminished the gravity of domestic violence. “Why should they be?” he asked, adding that domestic violence is a…

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Conservative Christians Insist the Toxic Theology Portrayed in the Duggar Family Doc is ‘Fringe’ — But is it Really All That Different?

…ars had been used by organizations including but not limited to Coca Cola, McDonald’s, the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Marine Corps, the U.S. Bureau of Prisons, and the U.S. District Attorney’s office. Out of Character First! grew the International Association of Character Cities (IACC), founded in 1998 to implement Gothard’s character qualities in city government structures and leadership. At its peak in the late 2000s, the IACC boasted over 150 verified…

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The American Right Hasn’t Adopted Children’s Rights — They’ve Redefined and Weaponized Them

…on parental and children’s rights,” Faust told evangelical apologist Sean McDowell on his Thinking Biblically podcast earlier this year. Moschella, an advisor to Faust and Manning’s non-profit advocacy organization, often speaks with Faust at conservative events, while Faust and Manning do not merely cite Moschella in their book, but also in articles and podcasts over and over and over again. Moschella, the author of her own book called To Whom D…

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Virginians may Vote in Elections, But in Counties with Militias Democracy Hangs in the Balance

…1509, doi: 10.1016/j.avb.2020.101509. [70] District of Columbia v. Heller, McDonald v. Chicago, and United States v. Miller. [71] Interview with Mary McCord, Executive Director, Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection (ICAP), Georgetown University. [72] Code of Virginia, Article 8, Unlawful Paramilitary Activity. [73] John Sharp and Robert Hiss, “Re: Private Paramilitary Activity in Bedford County,” June 16, 2020. See, for example, th…

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