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Why 9/11 Changed Everything Nothing

By Paul Harvey

…ture of the Vietnam War abounds with memoirs of young men imbued with this spirit, and then disillusioned when their hearts were touched more by deceit or bloodlust than martial valor. In more recent years, neoconservatives and others have picked up the themes of war as regeneration, at times to disastrous consequence. Since the metaphor of “war” has suffused nearly everything in recent American history, from Communism to poverty to drugs, it is n…

Mormons Take Even More Activist Message to DC Pride March

By Joanna Brooks

…ons are banding together to share a powerful message, and we hope that other Mormons who may have been previously afraid to show their support for civil marriage equality will see us and feel emboldened to “come out of the closet”. That pioneer spirit is still in our blood, and it’s sorely needed here and now on one of the most critical civil rights issues of our time. So like pioneers, we walk. I will be walking with my wife and two kids. In chur…

Exodus Declares Opposition to Criminalization of Homosexuality

By Warren Throckmorton

…d truth of Jesus Christ. Finally, we stand with the LGBT community both in spirit, and when necessary, legally and physically, when violence rears its head in Uganda, Jamaica or anywhere else in the world. The statement is in response to reports that the board Vice-Chair of the Exodus board of directors, Dennis Jernigan, traveled to Jamaica in May to speak about his sexual reorientation. While there he spoke to several groups and appeared to suppo…

What Should the Vatican Say to the (Last Generation of) Nuns?

By Peter Manseau

…rs of the religious communities that once built, staffed, and embodied the spirit of the Church in America. Coming as it does in the wake of the rebuke delivered last month to the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, the censure of Sister Farley’s book Just Love: A Framework for Christian Sexual Ethics, is enough to make one wonder if there are doctrinal risks taken simply by being Catholic while female. It’s easy to understand the Vatican’…

Gay Pride Weekend Draws Mormon Allies and Equality Supporters

By Joanna Brooks

…ation not only honored our LGBT brothers and sisters, but also honored the spirit of Mormonism at its very best.” Tresa Edmunds, a straight LDS ally and mother, made a 3-hour drive into the city to march with her sign: “Gay kids grow up Mormon, I’m here to keep them safe.” As in Seattle, San Francisco marchers reported tearful parade-route meetings with gay Mormons estranged from the community. In Chicago, a contingent of 15 LDS marchers, organize…

Is Change Possible? Shifting the Ex-Gay Question

By Lynne Gerber

…g a policy statement that claims “we stand with the LGBT community both in spirit, and when necessary, legally and physically, when violence rears it’s head in Uganda, Jamaica or anywhere else in the world.” This is not to say that Exodus can necessarily be trusted to independently take those and other positions in support of the life and liberty of gay people in a responsible and timely fashion. But it does suggest that Exodus is changing, is eng…

What’s Wrong with the Controversial Businessweek “Mormon Money” Cover?

By Joanna Brooks

…e, diverse, competitive, professionally managed, and fully capitalistic in spirit and execution—even as her article raises worthy questions about the transparency of LDS Church finances and the allocation of its revenues to humanitarian purposes. (One of Winter’s facts on this latter point has been challenged.) But the cover art makes those worthy questions moot. Today, I’ve been in contact with a few of the sources for the article, and they belie…

Future of Liberal Religion: A Counterculture Blooms?

By Jill K. Gill

…escient words are still relevant: The first element that is necessary is a spirit of tolerance and Christian liberty. When will the world learn that intolerance solves no problems? This is not a lesson which the Fundamentalists alone need to learn; the liberals also need to learn it. Pluralism, in all its manifestations, remains the shaper and driver of ecumenism’s mission of unity—whether it’s unity among Christians, the religious, or humanity in…

A Muslim Eagle Scout on Boy Scouts’ Exclusion of Gays

By Asim Rehman

…the highest rank in scouting, and it’s proof that you know how to put the spirit of scouting into practice. So it was with disappointment that I learned of the Boy Scouts of America’s decision to deny membership to openly gay boys. Scouting taught me that even if we are each a little different, there is a place for us on the team, and we can work together to meet our goals. Unfortunately, the Boy Scouts of America believes that these truly Americ…

Simon Critchley, Atheist Religious Thinker on Utopia & the Fiction of Faith

By Beatrice Marovich

…eligion, mystical anarchism in 13th and 14th century movements of the Free Spirit, debates about religious violence. The Faith of the Faithless points to the ways in which religious ideas—theology—are still deeply (if crookedly) embedded in our politics, a convoluted situation for which Critchley has no simple solution. But he does suggest that old theological standbys (faith, hope, love) might still offer the freshest breath of air in our contemp…