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Union Busting for God: Catholic Colleges Invoke “Religious Freedom” to Violate Catholic Teaching

By Kaya Oakes

…beliefs, free from government entanglement.” Between 2004 and 2014, Loyola Chicago tripled its number of contingent faculty, while tuition rose by 73 percent. However, even though the union passed at Loyola Chicago, theology faculty were blocked from joining by the NLRB, which made an exception because theology was seen to be directly involved in religious education (this exception was also made at Seattle University according to Lieb and other so…

What the Hail: Satanists Got Busy in 2018

By Joseph Laycock

…Park with Satanic ornaments so neat that everyone kept stealing them. TST-Chicago built an impressive display for the Illinois capitol, inspiring state Sen. Paul Schimpf to demand its removal. West Michigan Friends of TST are planning an installation at Michigan’s capitol, where TST-Detroit had its “Snaketivity” display for three years running. Partisans of the War on Christmas are suitably horrified. A courthouse in Adams County, Nebraska, put u…

Tornado Hits the Heartland: Is God Punishing Us?

By Jay Michaelson

…century. In April, tornadoes ripped through Alabama, and swaths of greater Memphis spent part of early May underwater thanks to record-high flooding of the Mississippi river. If you didn’t know better, you’d think this was some kind of Divine punishment visited upon the South—and now the Midwest, the American heartland. Which is funny, because when earthquakes struck Haiti, wildfires burned Israel, and a tsunami drenched much of Indonesia, plenty…

The Sacred and the Dead: The Trouble with Sugar Magnolia

By Kaya Oakes

…r “Ripple” conversation, and today, there are hundreds of Dead songs on my phone and dozens of live recordings in playlists, even a nod when I see a Deadhead sticker on a car. I am a relapsed Catholic, and thanks to my friend, I am also a repentant Deadhead. Dear Jesus, let me confess: I even wear Birkenstocks. Shannon. Deadshow, Deadhead. Dominquez Hills, 1990. Photo by ChasM3/https://www.flickr.com/photos/chasm3/ “Sugar Magnolia,” however, still…

Creators of Missing Lowe’s Ad Tell All

By Hussein Rashid

…work’s new cartoon, Transformers: Rescue Bots. Parv grew up in Naperville, Illinois, and studied musical theatre at the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University. He currently resides in Los Angeles. Cheena has recurred on Help Me Help You, ’Til Death, and Brothers and Sisters. Other guest-starring roles include ER, The West Wing, The O.C., The Fresh Beat Band, The Suite Life with Zack and Cody, and My Name is Earl. His film debut…

Methodist Clergy Pledge to Defy Church in Blessing LGBT Unions

By Pamela R. Lightsey

…ly, to love mercy, and walk humbly with our God.” (Micah 6:8) The Northern Illinois Conference Board of Ordained Ministry has also taken another bold step by passing the following resolution at their 2011 Clergy Session. Though it may ultimately be repealed by legislative action it is a remarkable vote of solidarity. “Be it resolved that any Northern Illinois Clergy member who, in his/her best judgment, feels called to officiate at a Civil Union a…

As We Survey the Damage of Yesterday’s Violence, What Will Christian Nationalist Politics Look Like in 2021? New Report Offers Clues

By Chrissy Stroop

…is, or at least was at some point, affiliated with an organization called Illinois Christian Home Educators. Her husband, Chris Miller, is an elder at Oakland Christian Church in Oakland, Illinois, and her campaign website identifies her as a Sunday school and Vacation Bible School teacher. In addition to drawing attention to how the Supreme Court’s ruling in Espinoza v. Montana Dept. of Revenue requires the funding of sectarian education in any…

‘Anti-Romeo’ Vigilante Squads Target Men Suspected Of Being Gay; More in the Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…married in first month; Lutheran priests barred from officiating More than 800 same-sex couples were married in March after marriage equality went into effect on the first of the month; 770 had already been in civil partnerships. The Lutheran Evangelical Church has decreed that priests are not permitted to marry same-sex couples and some bishops warned that those who do would face “consequences.” From a March 1 story: In spite of the church rulin…

On the 40th Anniversary of Hyde, A Theological Defense of Reproductive Justice

By Anita Little

…increased attention to the unfair policy, one of them being SisterReach, a Memphis-based nonprofit that fights for the reproductive autonomy of underserved women and girls. I spoke to Rev. Faye London, who rallies clergy and people of faith around reproductive justice as SisterReach’s interfaith outreach coordinator. Anita Little: Can you start by telling me a little bit about your work with SisterReach and the role you play? Rev. Faye London: Sis…

Lifestyles of the Rich and Pious

By Patricia Miller

…n on Madison Avenue appraised at $30 million. • Cardinal Francis George of Chicago, who warned a few years back that the local gay pride parade might “morph into something like the Ku Klux Klan,” lives in a “one of a kind,” 19-chimneyed mansion in the heart of Chicago’s Gold Coast neighborhood conservatively valued at $14.3 million. And he is waited on by three nuns who live in a nearby coach house—very Downton Abbey. • Seattle Archbishop James Sa…