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Pentagon Report Rejects Religious Right Arguments On DADT

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

After being leaked for weeks, the Pentagon’s official report about the lifting of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell is finally out and it shows just what the leaks revealed: the vast majority of those in the military see no problem with allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly. Still, the American Family Association and other religious right groups continue to protest that the religious freedom of chaplains and soldiers who object to serving alongside gays…

Why Are Some Muslims Calling to Replace GMT with Mecca Time?

By Salman Hameed

This summer, the world’s largest clock began its first official duty: marking time during Ramadan in Mecca—Islam’s holiest city. This colossal clock bears a striking resemblance to Big Ben, and the tower that hosts it (courtesy of the Canadian-based Fairmont hotel operation) is six times taller than the British landmark, making it the second tallest building in the world, visible for 16 miles. All well and good. One can marvel at human ingenuity…

Hajj Journal: The Journey Begins and Ends

By Amina Wadud

…but it never gets synchronized; either they are done with one of the quasi-officials first or I am. Eventually, I just follow the steps relative to other hajjis getting off the plane. The first room was random, but at least I learned that the arrival card has six stickers, three of which should be attached a certain way between the visa and the two sides of the card before proceeding to passport control. Then they separate us into women’s lines an…

DADT Repeal: The New “Religious Freedom” Issue

By Sarah Posner

…r troops’ religious liberties in unprecedented jeopardy. Indeed, the first official casualty of this hurried vote may well be the religious freedom of chaplains and Service members.” Blomberg continued, “We hope that our nation’s leaders will work to ensure that none of our Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Marines are ever made to choose between serving their country or obeying their God as result of this damaging policy decision. And ADF stands rea…

Michael Vick Walks on Water: Updated

By Nicole Greenfield

…three years ago was disgraced because of his ties to dogfighting, finally, officially, redeemed himself. Not Lazy Anymore This Thanksgiving weekend, the Chicago Bears will try to shut Vick down; no small feat as the top-rated quarterback, who pundits are already projecting to be this season’s MVP, has yet to be stopped. Before his Monday Night miracle, Vick was already on his way to winning over both an apprehensive public and the disparaging medi…

Robertson’s Organizations Persist in Calls for Probe of Congressional Muslim Staffers

By Sarah Posner

…ited to prayer meetings, which, as Khan told me earlier this week, are not official CMSA functions, but are run under the auspices of the House Chaplain. (See the House Chaplain’s website for evidence of the prayer meetings being open to the public, like other religious meetings held under the Chaplain’s auspices.) What’s more, neither Fox nor ALCJ have produced evidence any of these individuals were invited by the CMSA; as Khan noted, the prayer…

Invited by Allah

By Amina Wadud

…as prayer leaders. Until that time, it continues to be an event. Only two official fatwas were given against the women-led prayer and one of them was from Saudi Arabia. At the time I asked some colleagues whether they thought the fatwa would be a problem if I sought to secure a visa to perform my hajj and they said, “It might.” One of those whom I asked was the late Dr. Nasr aAbu-Zayd, who also offered this consolation: “People have a short memor…

Vatican Pitbulls Make Cardinal

By Mary E. Hunt

…of Mercy who had received personal assurances from a high-ranking Vatican official that nothing untoward would happen while their leader was out of the country. The nuns learned whom not to trust. But Bevilaqua did the Pope’s bidding and was rewarded with his red hat in Philadelphia a few years later. Cardinal-Designate Raymond Burke Raymond Burke’s track to the red hat includes a similar incident. When he wasn’t busy condemning President Obama a…

Vatican Paper: Simpsons are Catholic

By S. Brent Rodriguez Plate

…Catholic church? The blogosphere is filling up quickly with word that the official Vatican newspaper, Osservatore Romano, reported that Homer and Bart Simpson are indeed Catholic. This was mainly based on a single episode from 2005, “The Father, the Son, and the Holy Guest Star,” in which Bart is expelled from Springfield Elementary and has to go to a Catholic parochial school. He ends up converting, with Homer soon following (especially since al…

Anti-Choice Groups Target Anti-Choice Democrats With Health Care Lies

By Sarah Posner

…ed abortion. “The larger problem here,” Dannenfelser went on, “is a public official’s attempt to use a criminal statue to silence legitimate debate on his record.” Yesterday the SBA List sued Driehaus and the Elections Commission in federal court, seeking to have the Ohio election law declared an unconstitutional infringement of free speech. The SBA List and its allies are alone in making their false claims about the abortion funding in the PPACA….