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Why Did an Antisemitic Christian Zionist Have the Chutzpah to Declare That He’d Be Leading a Holocaust March?

By Ben Lorber and Aidan Orly

…t Christian Zionist leaders are shaping Holocaust education in states like Florida, and comprise the largest lobby pushing for the IHRA definition which categorically conflates critique of Israel with antisemitism. By misdefining antisemitism to serve their own purposes, Christian Zionists—alongside a sturdy bloc of largely conservative Jewish allies—reinforce a feedback cycle whereby antisemitism is rarely meaningfully addressed, but is allowed t…

The End of Roe Comes Courtesy of the Catholic Church — But From ‘The Dorothy Day Abortion Fund’ to ‘St. Vincent de Paul Vasectomy Clinic,’ Here Are Some Ideas for Catholics Looking to Make a Difference

By Mary E. Hunt

…a passion. Among the most extreme manifestations is the town of Ave Maria, Florida, with its eponymous law school dedicated to developing lawyers who will argue anti-abortion cases. The city is a planned community funded by developers and the foundation of Domino’s Pizza magnate Thomas S. Monaghan. No pharmacy in town sells birth control. The law school—where Clarence Thomas delivered the first Ave Maria Lecture, Samuel Alito helped plan the curri…

Christian Nationalists and the Holy Gun Crusade

By Thomas Lecaque

…guns using Bible verses, other companies have a much closer affiliation. A Florida gunmaker, Spike’s Tactical, makes an AR-15-style rifle they call the “Crusader.” The name is chosen deliberately and with care, and the company knows exactly what they’re selling. As their website says: Spike’s Tactical created a balanced reliable rifle that would bring an excellent fighting rifle to people of all abilities and resources. The every man fighting rifl…

When Religious Freedom Means Freedom for Religious Violence

By Frederick Clarkson

…nother for the Idaho panhandle—border regions intended to draw the maximum number of attendees. Election, medical, and vaccine conspiracists, along with insurrection veterans like Flynn, Eric Trump, Sidney Powell, Mike Lindell, and Roger Stone grab most of the media attention. But a disturbing religious dimension has received far less attention; that is, until November, when Flynn blurted out their broad intention at a San Antonio rally, “If we ar…

Orthodox Church’s Authoritarian Anti-LGBTQ Statement Poses Serious Threat to Academic Freedom

By Sarah Riccardi-Swartz

…unite church and state. Panic over school curricula and books have led to Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill. Historically conservative churches, such as the Orthodox Church, are seeing an increase in radical traditionalists converting to the faith and bringing with them dangerous, even violent ideas about race, gender, and sexuality. It’s within the cultural context of a surging far-right politics and violence in the United States that we find relig…

The Right is Using the FBI’s Mar-a-Lago Search to Martyr Trump and Maintain the Violent Myth of the Big Lie

By Bradley Onishi

On Monday, the FBI searched Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump’s home in Florida, during which, according to the former president, federal officials even “broke into my safe.” While there are reports that the warrant for the search is related to classified documents Trump looted from the White House, neither he, nor the FBI has released the warrant itself. The reaction from the American Right was as swift and vengeful as one would’ve anticipated. Influence…

Christian Nationalism Hurts the Children It Claims to Protect — As Author Lillian Smith Understood 80 Years Ago

By Matthew Teutsch and Emma Williams

…ten 80 years ago, Smith’s words run directly afoul of current laws such as Florida’s “stop WOKE act” and “divisive concepts” laws spreading across the nation. At its core, the essay targets Christian nationalism in the early 1940s and points out the threat it poses to democracy by linking it directly with fascism in Nazi Germany. Smith’s work grapples with conflicts of race and systemic inequality that are intertwined in American society. During J…

New Poll Shows Big Love For Gays

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…in Arkansas that bans qualified gay and lesbian couples from adopting. The numbers get even more interesting when the views of those who identified themselves as Christians are counted (too few respondents identified as Muslim or Jewish to be quantified). Among mainline Christians, 42 percent support domestic partnerships or civil unions, while 40 percent support marriage. Catholics were not far behind, with 42 percent favoring separate but equal…

Why Won’t the President Say “Islamic Terrorists?”

By Paula Cooey

…ies to come over to his home to cook out in the back yard so that their children might play together and so that they can learn more about each other. And the mayor of St. Petersburg, Florida has banned all “Trumps” from entry into the city in response to Trump’s call to ban the entry of all Muslims into the United States. …

What Was Your Sign?, Pro-War MLK, & Benched for a Headscarf

By Michael J. Altman

…ame when he decided her headscarf posed a choking danger on the court. The Florida pastor who threatened to burn Qur’ans has been banned from Great Britain. Operation Rescue founder and veteran anti-choice activist Randall Terry is planning to air graphic anti-abortion ads during the Super Bowl. Meanwhile, FOX has rejected a Super Bowl ad from an online store named “Jesus Hates Obama.” Was Mark Twain anti-Christian? Philip Yancey, an Evangelical w…