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Praying for a Victory: Packed Supreme Court Takes Up Yet Another Christian Nationalist Cause

By Andrew L. Seidel

…cades, but on Friday, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a truly dangerous “religious freedom” case, Kennedy v. Bremerton School District. This packed, political court is likely to say “YES” and rewrite every American’s religious freedom rights. An assistant football coach at the Bremerton School District in Washington used his access to students and the stage that is the football field to kneel at the center of the field in prayer with his students…

Supreme Court: Law School Christian Group Can’t Exclude Gays

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…In requiring CLS—in common with all other student organizations—to choose between welcoming all students and forgoing the benefits of official recognition, we hold, Hastings did not transgress constitutional limitations. CLS, it bears emphasis, seeks not parity with other organizations, but a preferential exemption from Hastings’ policy. Justice Samuel Alito, not surprisingly, wrote in dissent, bemoaning the tolerance found on college campuses: “…

Is Cardinal Dolan’s Pro-Life Piece More Evidence of Pro-Catholic Bias from RNS Publisher?

By Evan Derkacz

…ght to engage in the public conversation as anyone, and as a service that delivers religion news, RNS has the right to publish whatever religious commentary it wishes to. But when credible allegations have been made about the organization’s deference toward the Catholic Church leading to the departure of three veteran journalists, it’s difficult to read a regurgitation of the U.S. Bishops’ position on reproductive rights as anything other than con…

Orthodox TV Channel Offers Gays One-Way Ticket Out of Russia; And More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…passage of marriage equality there. Northern Ireland: Sinn Fein sees parallel between marriage equality stance and advocacy for Catholics A July 1 marriage equality march drew a large turnout, which Chairperson of Sinn Féin Youth in Derry Caolán McGinley called a sign that marriage equality should be brought forward now; the Democratic Unionist Party has consistently blocked action on marriage equality. Sinn Fein has drawn a parallel to its effort…

Pricking the Conscience of Churches: From AIDS Activism to Ending World Hunger

By Susan Henking

…people in this world who are HIV positive and those who are hungry and I feel compelled to awaken myself and others to their plight. One thing that is notable about your career is the relation between academic work, ministry, and action in the world. You are (as even the few works we’ve referenced here make evident) a prolific author, have been a seminary faculty member and president of a university and a seminary, and you have built and led organ…

Pussy Riot Members Sentenced to 2 Years for Offending Russian Orthodox Church

By The Editors

…d we are very grateful to them for that… We are grateful to all those who, free themselves, speak out in our support. There are a vast number, I know. I know that a huge number of Orthodox people are standing up for us. They are praying for us outside the courtroom, for the members of Pussy Riot who are incarcerated. We’ve seen the little booklets Orthodox people are handing out with prayers for those in prison. This shows that there isn’t a unifi…

Circuit Court Rejects Priests for Life Contraception Challenge

By Patricia Miller

…he Affordable Care Act are largely political stunts designed to push the “religious freedom” narrative, Priests for Life head Father Frank Pavone is now threatening to “defy” the mandate—for a handful of women who work in his Staten Island office. A three-judge panel of the DC Circuit Court ruled Friday that PFL must comply with the opt-out mechanism of the ACA’s contraception mandate, which requires it to send a letter to the Department of Health…

God is Love: A Desert Prophet’s Message

By Lauri Lebo

…The state owns the land, but does not maintain it and people live here for free. There is no water, electricity or septic. Most of the people only come in the cooler winter months. But about 150 people, an incredibly hardy bunch, live here year round, braving temperatures that will climb to 130 degrees. It was 112 when I was there Saturday and Sunday. At the entrance to Slab City is Salvation Mountain, an adobe mountain covered in bright paint and…

Discrimination on the Taxpayer’s Dime? The Fight To Curtail the Overreach of RFRA

By Sarah Posner

…others, the more support we get to fix them.” * Clarification: Lupu has argued that RFRA was unconstitutional as applied to the states, which the Supreme Court ultimately held in City of Boerne v. Flores, and that it can be applied in unconstitutional ways, such as in Hobby Lobby….

It’s Only a Game: How Not to Think about Video Game Violence

By Joanna Brooks

…y, binds and gags the woman, then tortures and kills her?” Drawing a parallel between violent video games and porn—both forms of representation that, critics argue, defy easy classification as First Amendment protected “speech”— Breyer’s dissent raises big questions about the digitally-blurred lines between ideas and actions. These are questions that theologians and faith leaders are only beginning to address, even as the digital plays an ever-mor…