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Muslim Voices Festival: A Teahouse, and a Shakespeare Play

By Hussein Rashid

…are feeding off one another. Buckingham introduces Richard to religion to help him gain the support of the people, 99.9% of whom vote him — a dig at the voting records in “democratic” Arab countries. Richard, in turn, asks Buckingham to declare a “War on Terror” to help justify his coup. Of course, Richard eventually denies Buckingham his oil fields, and US military intervention is not far behind. The declaration of war is visually loaded, as thr…

Ask the Dust: Do Queer People Have to Explain Themselves to Religious Conservatives?

By The Editors

…that results from sheer lack of exposure, you may want to pass along this helpful primer and this iteration of it. Short of enrolling members of your family in a gender studies course, a little mapping of the conceptual terrain could go a long way to helping them understand some of the ‘unknown unknowns’ about gender, sexual identity and preference. It may take them some time for them to expand their own vocabulary, if they are even open to learn…

Was Blind But Now I See: The Debut of a New Anti-Abortion Strategy

By Kellee Terrell

…y come from broken homes, have bad peer influences, and just need love and help to leave the industry. Johnson has even started a ministry, And Then There Were None, that “rescues” abortion workers from Planned Parenthood by providing religious counsel as well as legal and financial help. So far, she says she has “saved” 38 workers from their jobs. An Anti-Abortion Spin on the Oldest Story But in the midst of this rebranding—from being the movemen…

Shhh…Don’t Speak of Abortion: Roe v. Wade at Thirty-Six

By Frederick Clarkson

…are, high rates of poverty, and strong anti-abortion cultures. With little help to prevent pregnancy, few financial resources to help pay for abortion care, and the threat of isolation or even harassment within her community, the health and autonomy of a woman living in one of these states is at risk.” Pro-choice Religious Leaders find their Voice While the abortion-reduction agenda has gained considerable currency in political circles in both par…

The Politics of Anti-Gay Persecution: Gambia, Egypt, Jamaica, Russia, with a Helping Hand from US Religious Conservatives; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…try celebrating God the giver of perfect law and rights.” Recently, Grace Phelps-Roper, a former member of the notoriously anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church and a granddaughter of its founder, traveled to Jamaica with the group Planting Peace, reports Metro Weekly, “to learn about the plight of LGBT people there.” “I spent twenty years learning why God hates gays, preaching that they’re ‘beasts’ and ‘depraved,’ and protesting anyone who dared to sp…

Odd Comments by Michigan Football Coach Reveal Who Anti-Abortion Christians Think They’re Defending

By Karen E. Park

…ere, as Harbaugh seems to imply, then it would be the duty of every man to help bring to earth as many as possible of these people who have so much “potential, talent, dreams, and love” to share with the world. All men would need, then, are some women with enough “courage” to help them get the job done. And if these unborn are out there somewhere and just really need a break, then it becomes the duty of every woman to bring as many of these hopefu…

Celebrating Religious Freedom Day By Taking Back the Revolutionary Meaning of ‘Religious Freedom’

By Frederick Clarkson

…r best aspirations for religious equality. Do you think that your bill can help achieve that? As we seek support from other legislators and the governor for this legislation, we begin this educational process—which will continue through the annual commemoration of the origin of this foundational constitutional right. By having a thoughtful public discourse of what you described as our best aspirations for religious equality, we can help people und…

Do Not Have Sex with This Man

By Sarah Sentilles

…g about Head Start or a living wage or any other social program that might help support families in concrete ways. He’s talking about a “more family-friendly tax code.” He wants the government to pay people to procreate. It’s a “big government” Republicans can get behind—a “baby government.” Though women of childbearing age are the people Douthat wants to get busy getting pregnant, he doesn’t talk about women very much—or the social, physical, and…

Obama’s Faith-Based Makeover

By Bill Berkowitz

…grant, you can’t use that grant money to proselytize to the people you help and you can’t discriminate against them—or against the people you hire—on the basis of their religion,” Obama said. “Federal dollars that go directly to churches, temples, and mosques can only be used on secular programs.” In keeping with his recent outreach efforts to religious communities, Obama pointed out that “There are some who bristle at the notion that fait…

“We’re Not Fighting About Politics, We’re Fighting About God”: Diana Butler Bass Wants a Revolution

By Jesse James DeConto

…ike him really gives me a lot of hope. I have been surprised at seeing the number of young, white pastors involved in Black Lives Matter, and the passion that they bring. I know people in their 30s who are active around the Sojourners community and things like that. I’m learning from them, and I’m glad for what they’re doing. So those are some of the things I see—the rewriting of theology in a new generation; people who are not afraid to ask quest…