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C Street Scandal, the Media, the Future of the Family: An Interview with Jeff Sharlet

By Bill Berkowitz

…deeply about the delicate balance between the Establishment Clause and the Free Exercise Clause. Respecting a politician’s freedom of religion doesn’t mean ignoring his religion—it means asking smart, sometimes tough questions about its role in his political life. For a relatively brief period you made the rounds, were interviewed in a number of mainstream media venues. Then, nothing! What happened? Actually, as an author, I was lucky. Spurred b…

Eternal Culture War: Pat Buchanan on Notre Dame and Sotomayor

By Bill Berkowitz

…, not at all qualified to be a Supreme Court justice. Ever notice it’s the Republicans whose “affirmative action” picks aren’t qualified (as in Miers and Clarence Thomas)? A Cheney Fan In a recent commentary posted at MSNBC, Buchanan pointed out that “Dick Cheney is giving the Republican Party a demonstration of how to fight a popular president. Stake out defensible high ground, do not surrender an inch, then go onto the attack.” The man who serve…

Andrew Sullivan is Right and Wrong on Racism, Romney, and the Book of Mormon

By Joanna Brooks

…oodness; and he denieth none that come unto him, black and white, bond and free, male and female; and he remembereth the heathen; and all are alike unto God, both Jew and Gentile. Sullivan is wrong to cite the Book of Mormon scripture from 2 Nephi 5: 21 (which connects a “cursing” due to “inquity” to a “skin of blackness”) as a pretext for the anti-black segregation of the LDS priesthood and temple worship. This scripture has never been used in LD…

In Wake of Eric Garner Case, Southern Baptist Leader Rips Racism in the Church

By Sarah Posner

…ainst evildoers. Now, what we too often see still is a situation where our African-American brothers and sisters, especially brothers, are more likely to be arrested, more likely to be executed, more likely to be killed. And this is a situation in which we have to say, I wonder what the defenders of this would possibly say. I just don’t know. But I think we have to acknowledge that something is wrong with the system at this point and that somethin…

How Muslim Civic Activism Helped Pass California’s Prop 47

By Nick Street

…ies. “Prop 47 affects everybody,” Galedary said. “We have had a dream that African-American and Latino Muslims should work together, especially in South L.A. And we want to build bridges with non-Muslims. Our main objective is to show our Latino brothers and sisters that just by being human, we care.” By staffing phone banks and canvassing registered voters who didn’t cast ballots in the last election, LALMA did far more than take a “tiny step.” T…

Evangelical Author on Why Christian Conservatives Supported Trump

By Eric C. Miller

…and equally well established that about ¾ of white evangelicals have voted Republican in the last several presidential elections. So are we overthinking this? Were they always going to vote for Trump simply because they always vote for the Republican? I think that you’re making a good point, which is that there is a degree of essentially unreserved support for the most conservative candidate in any given election. But Donald Trump went beyond what…

Elephant Orphans and Ecological Spiritualities: An Earth Day Reflection

By Jacob J. Erickson

…. Dame Daphne Sheldrick and her 2012 memoir, Love, Life, and Elephants: An African Love Story. Once a day, strictly between the hours of 11AM and 12PM, the orphanage opens to the public for a visitor’s fee of 500 Kenyan shillings (a little under six U.S dollars at the moment). That strict time is a kind of compromise—a minimal amount of human contact for the orphans so the orphanage can raise some necessary funds for their care. The human animals…

Ugandan Anti-Gay Fallout: New Laws, New Violence, New Underground Railroad

By Peter Montgomery

…reserved for foreigners because, in his thinking, homosexuality is not an African practice and has been introduced by unsavoury elements. “Whoever wants to bring it sees Kenya as a dumping ground. Ours is an expression of extreme deterrence,” he said. During a Kenyan talk show debate on the proposed law, Nyakeriga repeated his assertion that the stoning provision is there as a strong deterrent. “The best way to express something is to say it loud…

Significant Changes to LDS Scripture Reflect Shifting Church Views on Racist History

By Joanna Brooks

…istory, Church leaders stopped conferring the priesthood on black males of African descent. Church records offer no clear insights into the origins of this practice. Church leaders believed that a revelation from God was needed to alter this practice and prayerfully sought guidance. The revelation came to Church President Spencer W. Kimball and was affirmed to other Church leaders in the Salt Lake Temple on June 1, 1978. The revelation removed all…