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Trump Order A ‘Death Sentence’ For Some LGBT Refugees? Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…e people think and remind the church that there are passages in the Bible that promote love.” Part of Kotlolo’s artillery in this bid were posters scrawled with Biblical text such as “Love thy neighbour as you love yourself” and “But he who loves God is known by God”. Another protester, Geoffrey Ogwaro, a human rights advocate specialising in LGBTI rights with the University of Pretoria Faculty of Law’s Centre for Human Rights, said: “We are sayin…

Will SCOTUS’s New Zeal for “Neutrality” Affect its Decision on the “Muslim Ban”?

By Elizabeth Reiner Platt

…failing to consider the baker Jack Phillip’s claims “with the neutrality that the Free Exercise Clause requires.” I’m thankful the Court didn’t rule more broadly by creating a religious exemption from antidiscrimination law, and pleased to see much language in the opinion that reaffirms the right of LGBTQ+ people to dignity and equality under the law, such as the statement that “Our society has come to the recognition that gay persons and gay cou…

Kagan: Establishment Clause Is “Hard”

By Sarah Posner

…to enforce the values of the Establishment Clause without being subject to Free Exercise claims. That’s not to say how any particular case should come out, because sometimes the state goes too far, but that in general there needs to be a little bit of “play in the joints” in order to prevent the state from sort of not being able to do anything, from bring hamstrung in this area. As to which test she would use in Establishment Clause cases, Kagan s…

Will IRS Crack Down on Church Politicking?

By Sarah Posner

…imental for our country and the democratic process to go through another election cycle with the ‘no-politicking’ rule unenforced.” But ADF appears determined for a showdown. Its website notes that Pulpit Freedom Sunday grew from 33 participants in 2008 to 1,621 in 2012. And ADF has offered to represent any pastor investigated by the IRS free of charge….

In Russia It Is Now a Crime to Insult Someone’s Religious Feelings

By Chrissy Stroop

…onally trained as a historian. Thus, despite my respect for American-style free speech, I recognize that some states have crafted social contracts that accept greater limitations on speech than we do in the US, in order to protect other democratic values. As both classic liberal and communitarian theorists recognize, fundamental modern democratic values such as liberty and equality can come into conflict, requiring a careful balancing act that sho…

Note to David Brat: Free Markets Are Not Calvinist

By Kate Blanchard

…o thus far it may seem that Calvin put his stamp of approval on the market free-for-all that’s so popular with bankers, business owners, financiers, and Brat voters. In her post on RD Julie Ingersoll helpfully sums up Brat’s Calvinist libertarianism this way: The best check on the depravity of individuals who make up the civil government is the decentralization of authority into the distinct spheres; the best check on the depravity of human beings…

Cherry-Picking in the God Gap: A Post-Election Conversation on the Religious Vote and the Battle to Spin it

By Daniel Schultz and Chrissy Stroop

…ow to affect big changes in elite media discourse, but I know that I will continue to plug away at achieving some ex-evangelical representation, and hope that that helps to mix things up some over time. It’s always great to chat with you!…

Leper Messiah: A Jesus Freak’s Search for the Meaning of Bowie—A Critical Novella

By Mark Dery

…ing, careening beat. I catch myself thinking how sexy he is. And I wonder what that means. And I realize I don’t care. • Riding the volume knob, I split the difference between waking my parents and coaxing all the ecstasy I can from the TV’s tin-can speaker. I don’t know how to take this I don’t see why he moves me He’s a man He’s just a man Should I bring him down Should I scream and shout Should I speak of love Let my feelings out? I never thoug…

The Demographic that Should Keep Rove Awake at Night

By Katherine Stewart

…’s first openly lesbian senator. Some on the right could scarcely believe that this is what America really wants. “Millions of Americans looked evil in the eye and adopted it,” wrote Liberty Counsel’s Mat Staver in his post-election commentary. He has a point—except that, for the majority of Americans, the “evil” they looked in the eye was the one they rejected on November 6. Others on the right, like the Rev. Dr. Albert Mohler Jr., president of t…

We Would Be Wise to Pay Attention to Trump’s Apocalyptic QAnon Posting Spree

By Thomas Lecaque

…bines Christian nationalist imagery with the Big Lie (see the 45-47 on the hat, implying that Trump was not only the 45th President but also the 46th instead of Biden and will be the 47th as well) and the QAnon slogans WWG1WGA and Q+ on the side. “Hold the Line, Justice is Coming,” with the call for “ReTruth if you want Justice to Be Served.” Against whom? Well, the re-Truth before that was a call to try the J6 Select Committee for sedition and lo…