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Can Democrats Question Amy Coney Barrett’s Faith? Yes! Should They? Well…

By Daniel Schultz

…ne. You could hear the same sentiment given in different vocabulary at any number of liberal schools, religious or otherwise. That being said, there are legitimate reasons to be concerned about Barrett’s religious views and how they might shape her time on the bench. As the Catholic scholar Massimo Faggioli points out at Politico, the secrecy surrounding groups like People of Praise means that there’s no way to evaluate to whom she has pledged obe…

Obama in India: Missed Opportunities

By Anna Bigelow

…ustainable social change. Yet he also gave meandering, academic answers to students pressing him on the topics of jihad and Pakistani support for terrorism. And he showed fear before principle in the decision not to risk being photographed in a head-covering going to the Sikh Golden Temple. So which is the real Obama? The one who spoke clearly at the Mumbai Taj Hotel and stood at Rajghat? Or the one who hemmed and hawed at St. Xavier’s College and…

The Uses and Abuses of the Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

By A. E. Brooks-Key

…o political enfranchisement. As such King is often cited as supporting any number of causes such as reparations and guaranteed basic income, as part and parcel of his Dream. King’s legacy seems so malleable in the hands of American politicians and others, as his speeches and writing are cherry-picked for snippets to advance one’s cause. Perhaps, King is second only to Jesus in being so often cited by people with such varying social and political a…

Ban on Female Genital Cutting in Somaliland is Progress, But Success Relies on Working with Religious Leaders

By Chelsea Garbell

…e UNFPA-affiliated Somaliland Youth Peer Education Network, targets health students at universities across the country and shares information via social media about the complications associated with FGC. These programs are vital, and they lead the way, but they target only one set of actors. Whole communities, and not just health workers, need to be involved in the mindset shift. FGC can’t simply be banned out of existence, because law and practic…

“A Feminine Complaint Against Theologians”

By Susan Henking

…feminists—or soon-to-be-feminists—and generations of college and graduate students across the United States and beyond. Its influence was substantial. Mary Daly, for example, cited Saiving in her own influential early work, The Church and the Second Sex, and Plaskow herself wrote a (published) dissertation drawing substantially on Saiving’s essay entitled Sex, Sin and Grace: Women’s Experience and the Theologies of Reinhold Niebuhr and Paul Tilli…

‘Dog-Cat’ Incumbent Reelected to Texas Board of Education

By Lauri Lebo

…te board may ignore some of the anti-evolution parts, like those requiring students to “analyze and evaluate the scientific explanations concerning the complexity of the cell.” On the surface, the wording sounds reasonable, but “complexity of the cell” is coded language that, in practice, is a personal invitation for pro-intelligent design educational materials. Also, in 2012, the board will begin reviewing new social studies textbooks and materia…

Dan Savage and Brian Brown Did It

By Katie Toth

…e came up earlier this year when Dan Savage said to a group of high school students that it was possible to ignore “the bullshit” in the Bible, and then called students who walked out of his lecture “pansy-assed.” Brian Brown—ever the crusader for civility—said, “I’m here, any time, any place you name, Dan Savage. You will find out out how venal and ridiculous your views of these things are if you dare to accept a challenge.” Well, Savage named it…

Focus on the Family Goes to Bat for Bullies

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…prevent bullying in schools. The bill defines bullying as “conduct placing students in reasonable fear of physical harm.” The law covers harassment based on race, color, national origin, disability, religion, sex, or sexual orientation. Who would be against a law that seeks to end bullying in school? Enter Focus on the Family. It is, of course, that last classification that has caught the attention of FotF. They claim that the inclusion of sexual…

Sydney’s Anglican Diocese Gives $1 Million To ‘No’ Campaign on Marriage; and more in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ed to adopt a child,” it says. The Hindustan Times reports that a group of students alarmed by reports of “honor killings” has proposed a law protecting inter-caste and inter-religious marriages, and include marriage equality for same sex couples in their draft. From one of the students: “Our draft applies to not only inter-caste and inter-religion couples but also to different cults like Shia and Sunnis, within religions. Further, we have also in…

“If Every Church Said, ‘We Will Take Over Our Community'”: The (Christian Right) Revolution Starts Small and Local

By Frederick Clarkson

…l training events this year at the small Charis Bible College (which urges students to “take your mountain.” The Pike’s Peak Courier reported that Wommack told attendees, during a “Citizen’s Academy” in April, “Man, as many people as we have in this school here [Charis Bible College] we ought to take over Woodland Park.” Sunday before Tuesday As per the Christian Right modus operandi, political resources promoted by the Coalition include voter too…