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Gay Marriage: Religious Right Cranks Up the Fear

By Bill Berkowitz

…e gender.” Earlier this month, the California Catholic Conference issued a statement strongly encouraging parishioners “to provide both the financial support and the volunteer efforts needed for the passage of Proposition 8.” “Same-sex unions are not the same as opposite-sex unions,” reads the statement. “The marriage of a man and a woman embraces not only their sexual complementarity as designed by nature but includes their ability to procreate….

The Abandoned Orphanage: Hillary Clinton’s Mother Teresa Moment

By Jeff Sharlet and Kathryn Joyce

…between Hillary and Mother Teresa. Coe left the Breakfast with one of the most powerful women in America in his debt for political services rendered. And Mother Teresa had the satisfaction of watching Hillary’s support for abortion as a fundamental right give way to an acceptance of it as a “tragedy”—one that should be made as “rare” as possible. In the long run, Hillary turned a public scolding into a highly visible friendship with a figure whos…

A Color-Blind America? Don’t Fall For The Okey-Doke

By LeRhonda S. Manigault-Bryant

…torical question to myself “where is David Gergen talking about, because almo*]}*st everyone around me is white?!” CNN was doing real-time roll calls of the states’ voting patterns. Whenever Obama was projected to have won a state, cheers rang out. When a state was called for McCain there were boos and silent pauses. I had not ever thought it would be possible to sense that many people being nervously silent, but they were. And then there was the ener…

God Dissolves into the Occupy Movement

By Nathan Schneider

…s a sense that they must have complete consensus. Not going to happen. The most troubling thing to me is that the tape from Occupy Atlanta looked like the Borg of Star Trek. Movements don’t have a hive mind. The Occupy folks need to understand how to hold the constituencies together—and especially the gender, ethnic, and historical elements that are prone to gravitate to this movement. Folks like myself who want to participate and help will not to…

“Guerilla Warrior of Judeo-Christian Political Commentary” Stars in Anti-Newt Video in Iowa

By Sarah Posner

…ign fizzled, adds, “many Iowa conservatives don’t care who’s on top.” Update: Via Brian Tashman, some more background on Molotov: @sarahposner Molotov also made anti-choice terrorist movie bit.ly/j3zQlw & backed Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Bill youtube.com/watch?v=EmWdEx… — Brian Tashman (@briantashman) December8, 2011…

The Great Cremation Debate

By David Marchese

…er last hurrah. “The motivation behind the cremations I’ve presided over almo*]}*st always had to do with simplicity, harmony, and equality,” explains Rabbi Maller, who has presided over cremations for more than twenty years and who plans to be cremated himself. “I’m not advertising cremation, and I’m not necessarily encouraging it, but I think it should be offered to those who want it.” Embedded within Maller’s statement may reside the real motivatio…

Thank You Breitbart, For The Islam

By Haroon Moghul

…turn to. To keep digging into. This was one of those. Probably what I like most about the essay was the opportunity afforded to hear how conservatives see new trends within their own movement, and describe the dissension that appears to be tearing the Republican Party apart, between “establishment conservatives” and younger, more radical voices. But what’s neat about these essays is also that they offer us a window into how the authors see other i…

Closed-Door Conference in Poland Shows How US Conservative Christian Networks Export ‘Conversion Therapy’

By Antonia Gross and Rina Nikolaeva

…ierce lecture titled “How ‘Trans’ Reality is Dramatically Shifting.” For almo*]}*st an hour he denied the existence of trans people (whom he referred to as “groomers”) while he misgendered and mocked famous queer people like Caitlyn Jenner or TikTok influencer Dylan Mulvaney. Of course, as the Director of Global Family Formation Studies at Focus on the Family, Stanton’s positions on LGBTIQ rights come as no surprise; what is remarkable on this night i…

Is LGBT-Muslim Clash Aiding Rise of Right in Europe?

By Peter Montgomery

…e hashtag #curagay to discuss the decision. Ivete Sangalo, one of Brazil’s most popular singers, wrote on Instagram: “The sick ones are those who believe in the great absurdity.” … Evangelical Christians have been avidly protesting the novela, “A Força do Querer,” or “Willpower,” because of its storyline that depicts the struggles of transgender people in their day-to-day lives. Langlois notes that while “Brazil is far more liberal than many other…

From Pastor to Harvard’s ‘Godless Church’ Planter

By Becky Garrison

…ist and two fellows from the Netherlands—the HCH is far larger number than most college chaplaincies, with women constituting over half of the staff. Humanist Chaplain Greg Epstein, executive director of HCH and author of the bestselling book Good Without God, says MacBain is the perfect person to lead this innovative new project to grow “Godless Congregations” across the US. RD recently spoke with MacBain about her move from pastoring Christians…