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Will Women Priests Change the Church?

…ry B. Lynch posed the question of women’s ordination to her Christmas card list in 1974. Her friends’ enthusiastic responses led scholars and activists to plan a national gathering to discuss this idea, then still considered outlandish.  In November of 1975, the Women’s Ordination Conference took place in Detroit, Michigan; the eponymous organization arose from that spirited event. WOC sponsored another meeting in 1978 in Baltimore where women wer…

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“The Pill Kills” Movement Readies Itself for the Mainstream

…t God, the Author of all life, has created in His infinite wisdom.” This holistic sense of ideology, rather than a concrete set of political goals, is something more in line with the pro-natalist movements I’ve written about elsewhere, who are working towards creating a new family theology that prizes fertility and traditional gender roles above all, than with traditional anti-abortion activism. The driving religious sense behind the “Pill Kills”…

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Three Takeaways from the Contraceptive Mandate Religious Liberty Debacle

…an IOM panel recommended the inclusion of the contraceptive mandate in the list of no-brainer preventative services that should be included in the basic cost of a health care plan. It doesn’t matter that all the evidence shows that contraceptives are overwhelmingly safe and beneficial to women and society. It doesn’t matte that a lack of contraceptive access, especially to the more effective long-term kinds, drives up rates of unplanned pregnancy…

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A Pair of Courts Issue Revolutionary Rulings on LGBT Equality: One Scathing, One Beautiful

…ederal courts to vindicate their claims to human dignity, but as the names listed above make clear, the judiciary’s response has been decidedly mixed. Today, G.G. adds his name to the list of plaintiffs whose struggle for justice has been delayed and rebuffed; as Dr. King reminded us, however, “the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” G.G.’s journey is delayed but not finished. G.G.’s case is about much more than bathro…

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Why $60K and Torture Beats Changing Divorce Law

…aneously maintain and subvert the rule. The Epstein case is obviously an extreme example, but I’d love to hear about others in the comments – maybe they’ll inspire a list of the most interesting ones in the near future. (But please, let’s not talk about the “Mormon Soak”)…

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

…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…

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Creationist Publisher Says No Plans for Pandas Redux

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…

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

…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…

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Satanic Temple Attorney Discusses Cancelled Scottsdale Prayer Invite

…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…

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

…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…

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