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Religious Right to Newsweek: ‘Woe to [You] for Even Printing This’

By Bill Berkowitz

…ted governor, Christine Gregoire. However, as the holiday season proceeds, Americans United suggests that Americans might “keep in mind the following”: “It is not the job of government to promote religion: Christmas has both secular and religious aspects. Governments at all levels are constitutionally barred from promoting religion. People who want a religious experience at Christmas time would do better to go to a house of worship, not city hall….

Gay Marriage to End “Culture Wars”?

By Bill Berkowitz

…also operates the Center for Law & Policy, a conservative legal operation, American Family Radio, American Family News Network’s OneNewsNow (formerly Agape Press), and a legislative action arm, AFA Action. The re-birth of anti-same-sex marriage initiatives Anti-same-sex marriage initiatives thought to be buried in the wake of voters concern over the Iraq War, a crumbling economy, rising gas prices, and a record number of housing foreclosures, are…

Mormonism in 92 languages

By Joanna Brooks

…receive hundreds of thousands of visitors this weekend. The new Conference Center, just north of historic Temple Square in downtown Salt Lake, will seat 22,000 conference goers for each of five Conference sessions. And around the world, millions of Mormons will have church on television or internet—watching or listening to the satellite and cable-transmitted voices of Church leaders. During Conference, my thoughts inevitably wander to the transl…

Creationism and Global Warming Denial: Anti-Science’s Kissing Cousins?

By Lauri Lebo

…by the general public has declined. The latest survey by the Pew Research Center found that 57 percent of Americans think there is solid evidence that the average temperature on earth has been getting warmer over the past few decades, down from April 2008, when 71 percent said there was solid evidence. “I don’t know what the tangible proof would be,” Shaman said. “The collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Shelf? Would it take that?” Just as with evo…

Broken Courts, Big Lies and Genocide Rehearsal: A Review of 2022—And What We Can Expect From 2023

By Annika Brockschmidt

…rganizations that seek to curtail women’s rights. The UK has long been the center of Europe’s anti-trans movement, but in 2022 anti-trans voices gained prominence in German media as well. This is likely a trend we’ll see continue in 2023, since the anti-trans disinformation campaign by the Right serves as a profitable potential radicalization pipeline. Marc-André Argentino, who writes about “ideologically motivated violent extremist trends,” and h…

An Amicus Brief in Support of Gay Marriage—From Utah?

By Joanna Brooks

…23 states to shape the national discussion on these issues. The Utah Pride Center wanted to tell the story of what it’s like to be gay in Utah and live under a system we describe as “de jure denigration,” but we also wanted to take it a step further so that it could speak for other states and regions with similar laws. We want the court to view it in relationship to the segregation that occurred in the South. From a legal perspective, there are si…

Santorum and the New Catholic-Evangelical Alliance

By Sarah Posner

…m the piece: Since returning to Washington to run the Catholic Information Center for Opus Dei, McCloskey has taken his mission onto Meet the Press and to CNN. He’s preached it in USA Today and inThe New York Times. More famously, he has brought into Catholicism several members of the conservative elite. McCloskey personally baptized Judge Robert Bork, political pundits Robert Novak and Lawrence Kudlow, publisher Alfred Regnery, financier Lewis Le…

Seeing What They Wanna See: Religion Surveys Reflect Surveyors

By Nathan Schneider

…ount for its high rate of “nones.” While, indeed, Kosmin and Keysar lead a center dedicated to the study of the non-religious—the only one of its kind in American academia—they take pains to protect their survey from sectarian bias of its own. They conduct it in conjunction with the Greenberg Center for the Study of Religion in Public Life, located down the hall from them at Trinity College. In addition to the funding they receive from Switzerland…

“Future of Babylon” Project Preserves History to Some, Ushers in “End Times” to Others

By Bill Berkowitz

…rpretation, ‘the city of Babylon will be rebuilt and become the commercial center of the world’ and the center of the Antichrist’s kingdom: “Ever since the days of Nimrod, human beings have tried to rule the world. To do so they must control the economy. During the Tribulation Antichrist will rule the world, not only by an army but also by controlling commerce. People will not be able to buy or sell without his permission except on the blackmarket…

Black Masses Continue to Titillate Conservative Catholics

By Joseph Laycock

…sked if there had been a pushback to Daniels’ previous three events, Civic Center general manager Jim Brown answered, “We’ve had none.” However, Daniels’ latest announcement to hold a black mass at the Civic Center on September 21 has generated unprecedented attention. Mayor Mick Cornett has already received 450 emails and phone calls opposing the event. Archbishop Paul Coakley has also condemned the event and called on Catholics to protest if it…