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The Racist Message of Do-Nothing Religion, Courtesy of Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick

By Kevin Healey

…all from the Lieutenant Governor or his community of fellow believers. No change in belief, no change in behavior. Certainly no new laws or policies. After all, Patrick accepted Jesus Christ in 1994. He’s been doing the real work all along. If only we’d listened! Joking aside, Patrick’s response to the current crisis—this terrible, amazing moment of opportunity—is to offer nothing in terms of self-risk or vulnerability from his community of fello…

If the Media Are Reluctant to Properly Label the GOP’s Racist, Christian Nationalist Ideologies, We’ll Have Trouble Hanging on to Democracy

By Annika Brockschmidt

…w Yorker recently: “The idea is simply that many different kinds of social change are connected to a plot by a cabal of élites to eradicate the white race, which people in this movement believe is their nation. It connects things such as abortion, immigration, gay rights, feminism, residential integration—all of these are seen as part of a series of threats to the white birth rate. One thing you’ll notice in the manifestos and in the talking point…

The Brutality of Life for Syrian LGBTs; Saving the Anglican Church by Dissolving It; Backlash to Hindu Gay Wedding Ceremony in Indonesia; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…n of gays and women and over same-sex marriage in the U.S. and U.K.” These changes led to acrimonious splits in the church. In the U.S., conservative parishes left the Episcopal Church, labeling themselves “Anglican.” At the same time, African branches of the church reacted strongly against the elevation of female clergy to leadership positions and the sanctioning of homosexuality…. In the first years of his term, Welby sought to build ties with A…

Heaven On Earth: A Non-Hysterical History of Shari’ah

By Haroon Moghul

…assumption of Ayman al-Zawahiri’s organisation—the belief that significant change will only come through violence—but though al-Qaeda is looking increasingly sect-like, its foundations have not collapsed. Murderous attacks are still committed in its name, and the resentments that allowed it to mushroom over the last two decades continue to seethe. It remains to be seen whether changes in the Middle East will draw the venom, or fuel yet more grieva…

A Response to Religion and Science: Toward a Postmodern Truce

By Robert B. Tapp

…may want to add something to the worldview of Scientist Y, but in order to change something in Y’s science she too would have to become a scientist (and her theology positions would be irrelevant in defending such changes). When, for instance, the Vatican accepted evolution, it insisted that special creation of the human soul must also be affirmed — but has never argued that this is more complete biology or psychology! There have been dialogues wi…

Creating Together: The Power of Social Capital

By Daniel Schultz

…the food chain. The sooner we figure that out, the sooner the system will change, and the more permanent the change will be. pastordan P.S.: While I’m at it, I should put in a shameless plug for one of my favorite social capital projects: the community quilts put together by my friend Rain. They collect messages from members of the online community for a friend in need, then stitch them onto a quilt delivered to that person. They’ve even started…

Democratic Egypt Tests a Divided Israel

By Shaul Magid

…that nonviolence can achieve its goals, the situation on the ground could change drastically. No one knows what will emerge in a post-Mubarak Egypt. The Brotherhood will likely become part of any lasting governing coalition, though Egypt is still largely a secular country where Islam serves more as a resource of a rich cultural life roughly analogous to Judaism in secular Israel. Is there an Islamist minority that seeks to extend its power? Yes….

President Carter on Religion: Stop Harming Women and Girls

By Frances Kissling

…cknowledgement that most encouraged me. It also highlighted that theory of change that holds that change occurs not at the center, but at the margins. None of the Elders is currently in “power.” Take Kofi Annan. When he was Secretary General of the UN, he was simply not able to speak his mind. He was an advocate for women, but careful not to critique religion. That applies to non-governmental leaders as well. The closer you are to power, the more…

A Resurgence of “Ex-Gay Therapy” Under Trump/Pence? ABC News Report Offers a Platform to Hate Group Rep. Peter Sprigg

By Sunnivie Brydum

…ergypeople remain free to use various “therapeutic” measures to attempt to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity, despite broad scientific consensus that such changes are impossible.) Testimony from survivors could have provided critical balance in the piece and a powerful counter to Sprigg’s assertions. RD reached out to two of them. Carl Charles, a gay trans man and practicing attorney in New York City who spent nearly a year i…

Morality is Not Necessarily Good

By Hans-Georg Moeller

…s of communication are pushed into the background. With respect to climate change, for instance, there is a remarkable discrepancy between the intensity of ascribing moral blame and the depth of understanding climate science. Don’t get me wrong: I am NOT denying climate change—if so, I’d open myself up to moral blame—I am just saying that only very few people who feel capable of making moral statements about it will be able to make sense of a scie…