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Where Did White Evangelicalism’s Hatred of Critical Race Theory Really Begin?

By Andre E. Johnson

…f American history through a racial and ideological lens. According to the Washington Post, conservative activists and politicians use the term as a “catchall phrase for nearly any examination of systemic racism in the present.” It’s often “portrayed as the basis of race-conscious policies, diversity trainings and education about racism, regardless of how much the academic concept actually affects those efforts.” But how did an academic theory, ta…

Summer Brings Competing Marriage Tours

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…tour route, starting July 14 in Augusta, Maine, and ending on August 15 in Washington DC. Crawford said they’re not looking to get into shouting matches with NOM; instead, FTM sees this as a chance to set the record… well… straight. “What we’re really seeing this as is a fantastic opportunity to tell stories about the lives of gay and lesbian couples and put a positive spotlight on why marriage is so important to gay and lesbian couples,” Crawford…

Democrats Look to Conservative Evangelicals on Immigration

By Sarah Posner

…e Rev. John Beddingfield, Rector of All Souls Memorial Episcopal Church in Washington DC, is in the United States on a student visa, which will expire when he completes his doctorate. Although the couple got married in April after DC made gay marriage legal, de Leon, a Philippine national, cannot obtain a green card through Beddingfield as a heterosexual spouse could. De Leon lamented how the anti-UAFA religious voices are more frequently heard in…

Obama’s Religion Ambassador: Inexperienced?

By Anthea Butler

…tivational preacher known for hosting Wall Street Wednesdays and Wonderful Washington Worship meetings, is a member of the American Baptist Convention. Touted as a cross between “Billy Graham and Oprah Winfrey,” the Reverend is author of several books, including Live Like You’re Blessed, A New Dating Attitude, Praying for the Men in Your Life, and her most recent, Moving Up: Dr. Sujay’s Ten Steps to Turning Your Life Around and Getting to the Top….

Is This the End of Roe v. Wade And the End of Abortion Rights in the US?

By Chrissy Stroop

…Wade anniversary is also when opponents of reproductive justice descend on Washington DC for their annual so-called March for Life. That event is likely to be smaller than usual due to pandemic conditions. Some would-be marchers have said they will not be attending because proof of at least one coronavirus vaccination is needed in DC to access indoor spaces such as restaurants. This is not surprising given that white evangelical Christians—who are…

Arkansas’s Creationism Bill is Also Motivated by Anti-Trans Bigotry

By Andrew L. Seidel

…ntley regurgitated a fake quote beloved by Christian Nationalists: “George Washington once said, ‘It is impossible to govern the world without God and the Bible.’ And I couldn’t agree with our first president more; we need to hear the heart of God on issues we are facing today to govern correctly.” Of course, George Washington was famously reticent about religion, refused to take communion the few times he went to church, spurned religious consola…

Have White Evangelicals Finally Lost Control of the Narrative?

By Chrissy Stroop

…sogyny—went viral, and the legacy media continued the discussion, with The Washington Post adding a critical look at discredited evangelical therapeutic practices related to “sex addiction” (which is not an established diagnosis and certainly not a justification for murder). Meanwhile, evangelicals have started to exhibit clear concern over their loss of control over their public image. Pointing to “hackneyed attempts” by evangelicals to reframe t…

Religious Left Prepares to Take On Obama Administration

By Daniel Schultz

…left, unhappy with the Obama administration, has organized a conference in Washington this weekend to call on the president to “Be the Obama that Americans thought we elected in 2008.” Led by Rabbi Michael Lerner, the event is officially called “Taking Back Washington From the ‘Pragmatists’ and ‘Realists’: A Strategy Conference for Religious and Secular Progressives,” featuring the likes of evangelical minister Brian McLaren, Rep. Keith Ellison (o…

The Tea Party Illusion

By Sarah Posner

…arian, as many characterize the driving force of the Tea Party; he is a hardcore theocrat who believes less regulation will let God’s chosen business people make big money in the Christian nation. Tea Party or “Christian Worldview”? It was at an event sponsored by the CEO Roundtable of South Carolina last month that DeMint proposed his litmus test for public school teachers. CEO doesn’t stand for chief executive officer—it stands for Christian Exe…

Palin Goes ‘Hopey-Changey,’ But Don’t Call it Political

By Julie Ingersoll

…n exhortation to work for “change in Washington” and to “send a message to Washington that every life is precious… every life is valuable.” In fact, across the board the speakers emphasized electoral politics: the need to win enough seats to overturn the health care bill; they invoked “states’ rights” and the 10th Amendment in support of Arizona’s controversial immigration law even as they insisted that “we’re not supposed to be talking politics.”…