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In This Week’s LGBT Recap: Are Gay Priests Overdue for a Stonewall Moment?

By Peter Montgomery

…sure order. Xenia Loutchenko, a Moscow commentator who writes on church affairs, says Putin and an inner Orthodox circle are driving the air of social retrenchment, not any grass-roots desire for a sterner, more judgmental Russia. “There is a demand for an ideology, and they’re beginning to build one,” she said. “I don’t think it reflects in any way what the society wants. More likely it reflects the ideological sentiment higher up.” The story als…

Moscow Suffers its Most High Profile Defection Yet

By Katherine Kelaidis

…elievers.” [Translation original to RD.] Despite this, the document has an air of resignation about it, recognizing the legitimacy of the UOC’s Council while contending that any changes must first be approved by Patriarch Kirill. The declaration of the UOC is the most high-profile defection from Moscow, but not the only one. The Orthodox Church of Lithuania also took steps to break ties with Moscow last week. And then there’s the case of the Maced…

Does Biden’s Inauguration Signal a ‘Third Reconstruction’?

By John Stoehr

…cut Post, “would have been 1861.” That’s the last time “treason was in the air,” said David Holahan. Abraham Lincoln, before he took office, “was not threatening to abolish slavery in states where it already existed,” he wrote Tuesday in the Connecticut Mirror. “Indeed, he had proclaimed that it was not in his Constitutional power to do so. No, the rebels simply didn’t like the outcome of the 1860 election. They would not abide the will of the Ame…

No, Rush Limbaugh Did Not Hijack Your Parents’ Christianity

By Kristin Kobes Du Mez

…this need. Limbaugh rose to prominence after the 1987 repeal of the FCC’s Fairness Doctrine, which had mandated honest and equitable on-air treatment of controversial issues. The repeal ushered in the era of conservative talk radio, and Limbaugh’s bombastic style set the tone. The election of Bill Clinton in 1992 heightened Limbaugh’s appeal, and evangelicals were among his devoted fans. Conservative evangelicals shared Limbaugh’s disdain for Clin…

Applaud If You Must, But Let’s Not Forget the Reason Bethany Christian Agreed to LGBTQ Adoption

By Chrissy Stroop

…erty University or Taylor University as if they mean real change is in the air, the truth is that, while the faculty at these colleges tend to be quietly more liberal on average than the administration (and even the students), financial incentives keep even schools that might otherwise be open to reform from making substantive changes. Faculty that make waves are often purged. And the young evangelicals who refuse to live within the imposed strict…

Evangelical Troll Erick Erickson Tries to Theologize Cancel Culture. Fails.

By Daniel Schultz

…libs’ does seem to be Erickson’s definition of Christianity, so two points to him for living his values, I guess? But on the other hand: it’s a grift. Erickson couldn’t theologize his way out of an open-air narthex, and no one is required to take him seriously as an interpreter of any kind of thought, Christian or otherwise. (Tips o’ the pin to *James Gilmore and **Jack Jenkins.)…

Chauvin Verdict isn’t a Turning Point in Equal Justice, But it Does Suggest a New Political Norm

By John Stoehr

There was a little “post-racial America” in the air Tuesday after a jury found former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin guilty in the murder of George Floyd. It felt similar to the night Barack Obama was elected. If a Black man can be president, the thinking went, the old racist America was redeemed. If a white cop can be found guilty of murdering a Black man, the American system of justice was similarly redeemed. Well, yes, in a very smal…

The ‘Health Freedom Movement’ Enters the Covid Era by Disseminating Medical Disinformation

By Susannah Crockford

…ever, the summit was cancelled by Kartra, a business software provider for webinars, which deplatformed the online event on its launch day. It was later republished by Patrick Coffin Media, LLC. Warrior moms battle invisible enemies What unites people, products, and practices under the banner ‘Health Freedom’? Broadly, opposition to what they define as ‘mainstream’ healthcare and policy, particularly regarding regulation of vaccinations, supplemen…

Student Expelled from Sorority for Transphobia Illustrates the Problem with Evangelical Understanding of Pluralism

By Chrissy Stroop

…merica’s Foundation and the alt-right rag Breitbart both proved willing to air Hines’s complaints about allegedly being ‘persecuted’ for her religious beliefs. According to Hines, it’s Alpha Phi that failed to embrace “diversity” by moving to enforce the very standards she presumably agreed to when she became a sister. She took umbrage at her chapter adviser “telling me what my own intentions were” by noting that the video was demeaning, according…

A New Mormon Religion Has Taken QAnon Conspiracies and Canonized Them as Doctrine

By Cristina Rosetti

…terventions and preventative measures, much of my Facebook feed took on an air of conspiracy. Specifically, QAnon emerged as an answer to an increasingly chaotic world. QAnon is a conspiracy theory that, frankly, reads like word salad. For supporters, however, it’s a puzzle of cryptic codes and symbols that unveil a Satanic pedophile ring controlling the government. Beginning in 2018, the mysterious figure “Q” began detailing Donald Trump’s ascent…