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What the Hail: Satanists Got Busy in 2018

By Joseph Laycock

…the idea. Menstruatin’ with Satan art by Tina Scott. http://christina-scott.com TST-Arizona had a falling out with the local branch of the YWCA over their “Menstruatin’ with Satan” drive. The chapter had gathered so many feminine hygiene products for the local YWCA that the chapter also had to construct a shed in which these products could be stored. But a local manager announced that Christians had complained about working with Satanists and that…

Why Tony Campolo’s LGBTQ Reversal is Evangelicalism’s Tipping Point

By Cathleen Falsani

…o, Stewart, Letterman. Images via The Billy Graham Association, TonyCampolo.com, The Peabody Awards, and CBS. Funny, passionate, and emotive, Campolo, who for years was a sociology professor at Eastern University in Pennsylvania while traveling the world teaching and preaching, is the evangelical world’s Jon Stewart to Graham’s more reserved, buttoned-down David Letterman. He has no poker face, wears his heart on his lapel like a prom boutonniere,…

The ‘Scandal’ of Obama’s Empty Pew

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…While the “IHS” directly behind where Obama spoke was covered over, CNSNews.com said the monogram was still visible in 26 other places in the hall during his speech. Those areas just weren’t as prominent. Besides, there’s this idea of separation of church and state that Obama should be praised for observing. Other items on the list are no surprise: Obama skipping the right-wing sponsored “National Day of Prayer” but having the audacity to actually…

When Fundamentalism Follows You Out the Door: Transphobic Statement Exposes Exvangelical Trauma

By Chrissy Stroop

…e MC’s ire, which screenshots from the group DM make clear. https://twitter.com/C_Stroop/status/1131450383463866368?s=20 The MC’s deleted manifesto was widely and rightly panned as antagonistic toward transgender women. In fact, in an attempt to stanch the bleeding from the divisive affair, I decided to come out fully as a trans woman despite not yet feeling ready to do so. Previously, I had occasionally made comments about being genderqueer in an…

The End of Roe and School Prayer: America is Not Ready to Be a Christian Nation

By Andrew L. Seidel

…r Greene claimed that “Satan’s whispers” lead to abortions. https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1520185102143303684?t=M7pldjJ9lKM34bHlVSPlGg&s=19 The court has three church-state cases this term. I imagine that if this opinion hadn’t been leaked, they would have decided these first to soften the ground for Alito’s bombshell. In Carson v. Makin, the court is likely to say that states must fund religious education. That builds on two recent ca…

Santa Claus Will Take You To Hell

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…er-the-top parody group of hate groups. Even their Web site at godhatesfags.com looks like a deft parody of hate sites. In fact, compare WBC’s Santa attack to a similar piece over at Landover Baptist, an openly stated religious parody site. If WBC’s goal is to turn America against gays and lesbians, Iraq veterans and now Santa, they have been woefully incompetent. However, they do tend to foster more tolerance, and even some acceptance. Ask even t…

#SorryNotSorry: What U.S. Christian Denominations Teach About Homosexuality

By Stephanie Russell-Kraft

…n spirit and distorts God’s intent for men and women,” according to PCANews.com. 49% of members believe homosexuality should be accepted by society. National Association of Evangelicals* Though not technically a church, the NAE represents 40 denominations across approximately 45,000 churches (including the Presbyterian Church in America and Assemblies of God, mentioned above). In a 2012 booklet called “Theology of Sex”, the NAE wrote that “homos…

Dreaming Cyborg Dreams: Virtual Identity and Religious Experience

By Rachel Wagner

…to show my students the new virtual hajj experience sponsored by Islamicity.com in the online world of Second Life. When I forgot my password, my student Jonathan offered to log in and allow us to visit the site with his avatar. Unfortunately, his avatar was already wearing a Batman costume. So would wearing the costume on the virtual hajj be disrespectful? And if Jonathan were to guide his black-caped avatar through the online sacred space, who—h…

Will “Church Militants” Be Marching for Trump?

By Patricia Miller

…right-wing Catholicism. The flagship of the movement is the ChurchMilitant.com web site run by Michael Voris, which rails against “globalism, immigration, social-welfare programs and abortion,” while depicting an “existential war against radical Islam,” with a healthy dose of anti-Semitism. And in case that sounds ready-made for the Trump era, it is. As BuzzFeed reported shortly after the election, Steve Bannon, Trump’s chief strategist, addressed…

Atheists and Christians Compete to Give More

By Lauri Lebo

…e group Doctors Without Borders on the charitable donation site FirstGiving.com. Crymes, after encouraging members of the Christian group to donate to the atheists’ campaign, created her own FirstGiving page to support World Vision, which in turn gained support from Reddit’s atheist members. Another non-profit to wade into the battle between the do-gooders is Kiva, a capitalist organization that makes micro-loans to people trying to start business…