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

By R.L. Stollar

…ok presents itself as a secular defense of children’s rights and a call to listen to children’s voices on issues like marriage, divorce, and adoption. In reality, the book is an attempt to defend evangelical beliefs about family by highlighting the voices of bigoted adults. In Them Before Us, Faust and Manning argue—without providing any evidence—that children require three things to “thrive outside the womb”: a mother, a father, and a stable, “We…

Creationist Publisher Says No Plans for Pandas Redux

By Lauri Lebo

A creationist textbook publisher in Texas has withdrawn its name from a list of those planning on submitting supplemental materials for adoption by the Texas Board of Education. The Foundation for Thought and Ethics had thrown its name into the ring in November for the Texas Education Agency, saying that it intended to submit materials to be used in state biology classes. In 2009, the Board of Education approved new standards to its state biology…

Does One Have to be an Ex-Muslim to be a Good Christian?

By Hussein Rashid

…acirbey, in this HuffPo piece, examines several other “ex-Muslims” who are promoted as evangelical Christians. Most notable in his list is Kamal Saleem, who worked for Focus on the Family, and claimed to be descended from the “grand wazir of Islam.” Even though both Caner and Saleem told tales that could not reasonably be taken as true, they were elevated within their respective organizations. Their fictional vision of Islam gave them credibility…

Satanic Temple Attorney Discusses Cancelled Scottsdale Prayer Invite

By Joseph Laycock

…d the group to be uninvited, though they had originally been placed on the list as any other group. The city claims that it was our lack of ties to the community that led to the removal. Can you explain the argument that Scottsdale’s actions amount to religious discrimination? There are two kinds of Establishment Clause claims. The first is that the government is endorsing religion and the second is that it is disparaging a religion. Most secular…

You Gotta Have Heart: A Response to Critics of “Why I’m Not an Organ Donor”

By Kristel Clayville

…reference for traditional family models of social support to qualify to be listed for an organ, but I would like to see if that could be expanded to include other kinds of support. This kind of work is an uphill battle. I don’t anticipate changes any time soon. But isn’t it the case that not being a donor just makes the organ scarcity worse? Maybe. But almost all aspects of the economy run on scarcity, either real or imagined. Since I interpret th…

What NOT to Expect from the Pope’s US Visit

By Anthea Butler

…and, to top it off, Franklin Graham remarking that President Obama’s guest list for the Papal Welcome was “sinful.” Really? We’ve forgotten what it’s like for political or religious leaders to have a straightforward message of kindness. Much is riding on this papal trip for both religious conservatives and liberals alike, all of whom are hoping that the Pope will prove them right about their assessments of his leadership. Mapping all of these hope…

Mile-High Identity Politics: What We Can Learn From the Same-Sex Seating Controversy

By Eboo Patel

…where identity differences did not matter. We would all read from a short list of sanctioned authors, reason together in the same mode and manner and come to the same conclusions about virtue, community, the good life, etc. Cultural progressivism highlighted minority perspectives and women’s ways of knowing as primary modes for public discourse and therefore essential to the very fabric of a diverse democracy. It rolled its eyes at elementary sch…

Gen X, Gadgets, and God

By Elizabeth Drescher

…s strange and surprising ways with the world.” Scholars and religion journalists are just beginning to address the impact of religious apps on the shaping of formal and informal religious life, but it is certain that these technologies—along with Facebook religious group pages and religiously-themed Twitter feeds (both often linked to apps)—are making a powerful claim on normative religious faith. This is abundantly clear with regard to the Bible,…

Satanic Temple Considers Legal Action Against School Censorship

By Joseph Laycock

…ho in turn would have to sue Lightspeed Systems for damages. But without a list of the 6,500 American school districts that use Lightspeed Systems, it’s difficult to begin this process. Last week, TST described its conflict with Lightspeed Systems in its newsletter which reaches many high schoolers. As more and more students have come forward complaining that their school uses Lightspeed Systems to block TST’s website, TST’s legal team now regards…

Is Monsanto Satan? The Pleasure and Problem of Conspiracy Theory

By Alan Levinovitz

…at deceiver endows their life with purpose. But as an academic and a journalist, the only thing I fear more than damaging my reputation is an environment in which meaningful conversation is rendered impossible by fervent belief in comfortable falsehoods. I enjoy believing that investment bankers are soulless agents of Big Banking, but not as much as I enjoy believing the truth. The solution, as I see it, is for journalists to chuck their inkwells…