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On Holocaust Remembrance Day, Catholic ‘Liberal’ Hails Return of Anti-Semitic Group

…er Michael Sean Winters greets this news enthusiastically, penning a post “Welcome Back Lefebvirsts,” in which he soft-pedals the SSPX anti-Semitism. “There are certain intellectual and cultural affinities within the Society of St. Pius X that must be addressed,” Winters notes mildly, “most especially a residual, and sometimes quite lively, anti-Semitism. But, it will be easier to remove that particular sin from within the fold than without.” Perh…

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Rejecting Blood Sacrifice Theology, Again

…tially present to RD readers for just a minute during Holy Week, I want to welcome a new Kindle-only book from Tony Jones: A Better Atonement: Beyond the Depraved Doctrine of Original Sin. I have never met Tony Jones, and I was initially inclined to offer a sneer instead of a review. I am still inclined toward sniping, as you will see, but the easy snipe just won’t do this time. I’ve thought about it, and (God forbid) I’ve even prayed about it. I…

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Nancy Hardesty, Founding Mother of Biblical Feminist Movement (1941-2011)

…with the children. It seems that no part of who she knows herself to be is welcome in this world, or for that matter by God, because, after all, the Bible is clear about the status of women. Right? I still remember when I first discovered that the text in Ephesians that tells wives to be submissive is immediately preceded by a command that Christians be subject to one another with no reference to gender at all Not only is this text explicit that t…

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Southern Baptist Pres Denounces Gay Bashing in Favor of Eternity in Hell

…ty in hell for their “sin.” The homophobia he condemns is because that desire to “save” had meant by any means necessary, even shunning or shaming gays and lesbians. Now, he wishes to welcome them (but still with the same agenda to “save” them) not to accept them. Tell me again how that’s not just another form of homophobia?…

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New York State Senator Declares War on NY Marriage Equality

…d we want to make it clear that that kind of message… is loathsome and not welcome here,” Gallagher added in a subsequent interview. Diaz said while he was against marriage equality, “we don’t hate nobody.” But it’s hard to separate NOM’s protestors from the hardcore bigots like Westboro since their opposition to marriage equality is identical—it’s against God, therefore it’s forbidden. NOM and their cohorts may like to make political arguments ag…

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AFA’s Fischer Calls Breivik’s Manifesto “Accurate”

…their thinking for them, it is obviously and plainly nuts to throw out the welcome mat to those who have a religious obligation to obliterate us. It is beyond comprehension that we have become so brain-addled that we regard it a positive virtue to blindly embrace our own destroyers. (emphasis added). Fischer admits that he shares with Breivik that disdain for “multiculturalism” and “politically correct elites” who are ruining our culture — for Bre…

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Irish PM Scathing Denunciation of Vatican

…an Church was founded.” The Irish Prime Minister’s impassioned rebuke is a welcome breath of fresh air from the stench that has wafted from the Tiber and the seat of Peter. No matter if Pope Benedict XVI has met with the abused; the continued, rampant malfeasance of the church with regard to quickly and decisively adjudicating sex abuse cases continues to erode its already waning moral and social authority. The Cloyne Report shows the depth of abu…

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New York Marriage Equality Set to Begin, Minus Two Clerks

…edom of religion.” Which completely misses the point. Fotusky is certainly welcome to believe that marriage is between one man and one woman, but in her job she has sworn to uphold the law, whether she likes it or not. She said her resignation was not a protest against the new law, but it begs the question that if her convictions about the sanctity (or “sacrament,” as Centi believes) of marriage is so complete, has she also refused to sign the cer…

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Of Sports and Social Justice: An Interview with Rebecca Alpert

…ews who have sought a place at the Jewish table. We have been made to feel welcome; not only as “others” but as full members of the tribe. (As long as we kept other communal norms, like making monogamous family units, preferably with Jewish partners and children, but that’s another story.) I hope my work helped to bring about that change. It seems often that voices of the religious right are more audible than those of the (various) religious lefts…

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Evangelical Writers Take Homophobic Hipster Pastor to the Mat—Sort Of

…t the limits of acceptance in the Christian tradition: “If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that home or town.” I’m hardly suggesting shunning Driscoll and his ilk (okay, I would indeed be down for that, but my better angels are pragmatists), but if the developing progressive voice of evangelical Christianity hopes to gain any sustained credibility it needs to develop a sustained zero…

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