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Why an Orthodox Anti-Gay Declaration is Actually Good for the Gays

By Jay Michaelson

…abbis urging zero tolerance for homosexuality in Orthodox communities, and promoting reparative therapy (newly rebranded as “gender affirming therapy”!) as the only “kosher” option for Jews “struggling with same-sex attraction.” It’s crucial to understand that this declaration does not represent the views of all, or even most, Orthodox Jews or Orthodox rabbis. It must be understood in the context of last summer’s Statement of Principles, now signe…

The Battle Beneath the Battle: Do Gay People Exist?

By Jay Michaelson

…intellectual reasons, LGBT activists are loathe to base our rights on the latest scientific or pseudo-scientific data. This strikes me as wise. But as I talk about these issues with folks in the “movable middle,” I’ve noticed that the reluctant allies, semi-supportive family members, and more-or-less-convinceable moderates come to pro-gay conclusions for the reasons Lady Gaga identified: because gay people are born that way. So it does matter, po…

Moving Day: A Note from the Publisher

By Diane Winston

…ll continue to make RD your daily destination for provocative takes on the latest religion news. As Diane Winston writes below, keep reading!, and don’t forget to sign up for RD’s daily newsletter—and to follow us on Facebook and Twitter. After three and one-half years at USC, Religion Dispatches is moving on! We’ve enjoyed hosting the website, and the Knight Program in Media and Religion has benefited from the collaboration. We’re very proud of…

Beck Fuels End-Times Hysteria Over Egypt

By Anthea Butler

…ites every end-time theme; fire, riots, Islam, Israel, you name it. Beck’s latest assertion is that the Egyptian uprising will result in a Muslim Caliphate. Ridiculous, yes, but it is the dog whistle that calls together conspiracy theorists, rapture-watchers and end-times purveyors. His constant refrain that this is our “Archduke Ferdinand” moment no doubt will sear a vision of an impending World War III into the minds of his listeners, and his bl…

Scholars Upset With ‘1619 Project’ Must Abandon Vision of ‘America the Righteous’

By Peter Laarman

…g the words “slave” and “slavery,” from the Constitution. In my view, this latest book is a pitifully strained attempt to redeem the Framers despite what Wilentz acknowledges are monumental concessions made to the slavers by Northern and Upper South delegates to the 1787 drafting conclave. Wilentz thinks it’s great news that the Federal Convention stopped short of openly endorsing slavery. He dismisses the direct testimony of many participants tha…

Obama to Cave on Bush Tax Cuts: Letter to the Washingtonians, Chapter 1

By Daniel Schultz

…or the middle-class without keeping those for the wealthiest. To mark this latest capitulation framed as a compromise, a letter to the Washingtonians… To the moderate political classes, religious leaders, and activists who are tempted after the Republican gains in the 2010 midterms to call for more compromise, civility, and government sensitivity to the plight of “the least of these”: Late in the year 2000, I stayed up late into the night watching…

Vive La Liberté

By Louis A. Ruprecht

…1968, and Athens in 2008 is an instructive one. It may help to explain the latest firebombing of the French Institute in Athens on Friday. The graffiti left by the youth who did it, written in French, makes it “Spark in Athens, fire in Paris. Insurrection is coming,” read one. “France, Greece, uprising everywhere,” read another. Now, in one way, European students may bear the marks of these memories, the violent legacy of activism and protest, mor…

LGBTQ Victory at Christian Azusa Pacific U. Leaves Significant Questions About Future and Faculty Security

By Chrissy Stroop

…with respect to student conduct in the face of public scrutiny. Before the latest change, APU alum and Brave Commons leader Erin Green, who has worked closely with APU students from the beginning of the push for change, began encouraging students to file challenges to APU’s accreditation with the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, an effort she has now called off. Green is cautiously optimistic that APU’s move to allow same-sex dating ma…

Why is the Pope Popular Among Nones?

By Kaya Oakes

…, Pope Francis is more popular than ever in America. Pew Research Center’s latest analysis reveals that seven in ten Americans hold a favorable view of him, while 11% have no opinion. Where these numbers begin to get interesting is in religious breakdown. American Catholics appear to be very fond of the pope, with 87% expressing a favorable view of him, but among white evangelicals his ratings are not so high—only 53% favor the pope, whereas white…

Is the Metaverse the Hero We Need to Rescue Us From Suffering and Enchant the World?

By Robert M. Geraci

…text-based chat rooms to 3D environments like Second Life (shameless self-promotion: you can find an investigation of this in my book, Virtually Sacred: Myth and Meaning in World of Warcraft and Second Life). The most popular destination in Stephenson’s Metaverse is The Street, a high tech, chic mixture of nightclubs, shopping, and occasional housing for the early innovating glitterati. Seeking relief from the corporate dystopia surrounding them,…