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Joe Miller’s Anti-Gay, Anti-Islam Advisor

By Sarah Posner

…nimum wage laws unconstitutional and claims to be a constitutional purist — pay Moffitt for his constitutional, uh, expertise? In the lawsuit against UNC, Moffitt and his co-plaintiffs alleged that the assignment of the Sells text violated both the Free Exercise and Establishment Clauses of the First Amendment — charging that UNC, a public institution, was not only unconstitutionally promoting Islam by assigning the text but inhibiting non-Muslims…

Why Notre Dame’s Contraception Flip-Flop Undercuts Bishops’ Religious Freedom Claims

By Patricia Miller

…battle against the contraceptive mandate dealt more in falsehoods and hysteria than facts or the nuances of Catholic moral theology. Ironically, it took freeing Notre Dame from the mandate for it to realize it had been free all along….

The Woody Allen Problem: How Do We Read Pacifist Theologian (and Sexual Abuser) John Howard Yoder?

By Stephanie Krehbiel

…in Bustle, Caroline Pate explains: “Seeing someone who’s been publicly accused as an abuser showered with accolades is not only hard for the victim, but it’s also hard to watch for other victims of rape and abuse who are reminded how easy it is for their abusers to walk free.“ That trauma is compounded because public discussions of such high-profile cases have a depressingly predictable, misogynistic script, regardless of whether those discussion…

Religious Right Reax to SCOTUS: “A Spiritual 9/11”

By Peter Montgomery

…reat to religious freedom. Justice Samuel Alito said the decision “will be used to vilify Americans who are unwilling to assent to the new orthodoxy,” and will provide ammunition for “those who are determined to stamp out very vestige of dissent.” Chief Justice John Roberts addressed the religious issue in his dissent (with citations removed for readability): Respect for sincere religious conviction has led voters and legislators in every State th…

Mormons Declare Same-Sex Marriage Apostasy, Deny Baptism to Children of Same-Sex Couples; Colombian Court OKs Adoption Over Church Objections; Franklin Graham Praises Putin’s Anti-Gay Policies; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…olling up our sleeves and helping folks among us.” Australia: Surviving Spouse Describes Ordeal Caused By Lack of Marriage Equality In the Examiner, Ben Jago describes the way his grief over the suicide of his partner was compounded when police officials turned his partner’s body over to his estranged mother. He was denied the chance to see his partner’s body in the hospital and was forced to negotiate for the ability to attend the funeral and sit…

South Carolina Gubernatorial Candidate Called “Raghead”

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…ican S.C. Sen. Jake Knotts called Lexington Rep. Nikki Haley, an Indian-American Republican woman running for governor, a “raghead” several times while explaining how he believed she was hiding her true religion from voters. “She’s a f#!king raghead,” Knotts said. He later clarified his statement. He did not mean to use the F-word. Knotts says he believed Haley has been set up by a network of Sikhs and was programmed to run for governor of South C…

‘Landmark’ Speech From LDS Leader on LGBTQ Rights and Religious Freedom Was More Like a Sunnier Groundhog Day

By Aly Marino

…ric. Headlines said he called for a “peaceful resolution” to the conflicts between religious freedom and nondiscrimination. Notably, none of these articles mention either Oaks’ advocacy for a less rigid boundary—“a curtain”—between church and state, or his assertion that Employment Division v. Smith, a 30-year-old religious freedom opinion written by no less than ultra-conservative Justice Antonin Scalia, must be overturned. The self-described “mo…

Ringing in a Christian Nationalist 2019 With an Even Larger Legislative Playbook

By Frederick Clarkson

…aturing Alison Gill, vice president for legal and policy affairs at the American Atheists; Elizabeth Reiner Platt, director of the Public Rights/Private Conscience Project at Columbia Law School; and me. I provided an overview of Project Blitz; Gill outlined the Project Blitz program, including a preview of the prime focuses of the 2019 Project Blitz manual; and Platt explained how the Project Blitz agenda, which is framed under the rubric of reli…

Paul Ryan Is Like Jesus, But It’s Not What You Think

By Sarah Posner

…claim Francis’s apostolic exhortation does not undermine their devotion to free market economics. One of the best examples is the Rev. Robert Sirico of the free market Acton Institute, who released a video attempting to defend his views against Evangelii Gaudium. Best “who, me?” line: “Who is advocating a market without regulations, without law?” On the Eternal Word Television Network program The World Over last week, Bishop Robert Morlino, the bi…

How (Not) to Understand What Mormons Believe

By Joanna Brooks

…ects no one. It restores no one’s civil rights. It advances no progressive agenda. May all of us—including Fred Karger—enjoy shame-free holidays and a shame-free 2012….