Religion Dispatches
…have the greatest concentration of white supremacists in America), I met a number of Christian pastors and activists. Afterwards, a conservative evangelical told me he felt that Islamophobia and Christophobia were similar (I guess it’s better than denying bigotry exists at all). I also received an e-mail from a participant in the event who came by because of RD: Dear Haroon, Thanks for your talk at WSU tonight and [for] your perspective on things….
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…ly universal, is it? It depicts what abortion would be like if women were all beautiful, tragic figures, living in a world run by men who treated them with, not respect, but a kind of indulgent kindness. Well, okay. In the real world of policy, poverty, pregnancy complications, and domestic violence are often important factors too. But never mind that. Just look at the sad, beautiful, fragile women in need of forgiveness. October Baby’s usefulness…
Read More…issue, and gay couples in California enjoy strong legal protections under domestic partnership laws. (…) Cooper finished his opening statement, defending the need for society to preserve the traditional definition of marriage and limit it to heterosexual couples for its procreative purposes. He told the judge that marriage must be “pro-child,” and that would be at risk if same-sex couples were allowed to marry. Cooper insisted that the courts sho…
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…Develop Character,” and Promoting Fatherhood (Crisis in Manhood),” were outnumbered by those analyzing opposition tactics like, “Threats to Life and Family in International Law,” “The Homosexual Lobby,” “The Natural Family and the Revolution against the Family,” and counter-strategic sessions like “How to Fight Back against International Law,” or “How to Impact Public Policies and Elections.” 2012 marked the first time the WCF devoted an entire da…
Read More…Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), but this hasn’t stopped the domestic or institutional mistreatment of women. So why does the U.N. think that this will work? If the U.N.’s aim were actually to work for worldwide acceptance of homosexuality, the treaty would instead need to be a comprehensive strategy, including long-term education and assessment of legal, national, and religious institutions. Passing judgment off as a flimsy resoluti…
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…lary, “a rise in political extremism,” he called out white supremacy as a “domestic terrorism that we must confront, and we will defeat.” The backdrop of the U.S. Capitol Building on that sunny, crisp winter day was as poignant as it has been since Abraham Lincoln gave his first inaugural address in front of its unfinished dome in 1861. Devoid of the usual inaugural crowds due to the pandemic, the Capitol’s windows and doors had also been hastily…
Read More…ith an impending Supreme Court decision over clinic buffer zones and large numbers of clinics shutting down in the face of new regulations, hostilities between activists outside abortion clinics have escalated in recent years. Thus, it would seem that the Pro-Life Action League (PLAL) urging supporters to pray for abortion advocates and providers each day during Lent, and to forego one meal a week for them, might be an olive branch worth celebrati…
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…en should take the primary lead in nurturing the children and managing the domestic sphere, managing family life.” “What’s more predictive of a woman’s happiness is whether or not her husband is the primary breadwinner. The income actually is a more important predictor of her happiness than whether she works outside the home.” “My theory is that women are looking for, in general, husbands who provide them with emotional and financial support, and…
Read More…er the cartoons appeared as a means to deflect their populations from poor domestic policy. Nothing the Danes can do will change the actions of these governments. If anything, they’ll inflate the egos of many of the despots and ideologues, almost guaranteeing future stupid protests. The Danes should have looked to see how other countries are successfully mediating conflict. In the US, several of us wrote in defense of free speech and there’s a sta…
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…claim on this front noticeably lacks solid supporting evidence. Obviously domestic violence, child abuse, and so forth must be steadily and consistently redressed and minimized whenever and wherever possible. But the legality of forms of marriage cannot rise or fall based upon them without any context. Polygamy and monogamy are both malleable social institutions shaped by history, culture, and circumstance. After all, to take just one example, th…
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