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Will bin Laden’s Death Finally Quell Obama Conspiracy Theories?

By Anthea Butler

…s of Muslims in many countries, including our own. So his demise should be welcomed by all who believe in peace and human dignity. In a speech designed to bring some closure to 9/11, the emphasis on not demonizing Islam was crucial. For those, including myself, who have wondered if the president was too soft on his detractors, the killing of bin Laden will resonate as a moment in which the president has proven his resolve as a leader who is willin…

NOM’s Gallagher: “Don’t Call Me a Bigot!”

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…o Gallagher, my marriage to my wife is morally suspect. That’s okay. She’s welcome to her belief. I believe the marriage of Newt Gingrich to his several wives are morally suspect as well — but that doesn’t give me the right to deny him the right to marry and divorce as many women as he pleases, even though I believe such acts degrade the institution of marriage. Gallagher is wrong, however, to assert that she is being painted as a bigot by some ha…

Founding Father John Adams’ Advice to Rick Perry: Don’t Meddle in Religion

By Warren Throckmorton

…e governor has made it clear that only Christians of a particular kind are welcome to pray in a certain way. We feel that such an exclusive event does not reflect the rich tapestry of our city.” Jewish state representative Elliott Naishtat (D-Austin), who has been especially critical, told me that “Perry’s Prayer Summit is unlike other events in this country, such as National Prayer Days, which almost always include all faiths,” adding that “the e…

Ann Coulter and GOProud: In Bed Together Once Again

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…gays and lesbians in the pews, CPAC made it clear that they are more than welcome to come, spend their money, and participate as audience members. This is really what makes Coulter and GOProud such natural bedfellows—they are simply misunderstood. Try as they may to get us to just “lighten up,” we keep taking their words and positions seriously instead of winking and nodding at the inside joke. What Coulter and GOProud fail to get is that self-lo…

Heaven On Earth: A Non-Hysterical History of Shari’ah

By Haroon Moghul

…and critical tradition would be no bad thing. That’s a tall order, to be sure, because most madrasas are struggling just to teach impoverished pupils the rudiments of literacy, but some basic aspirations would be welcome. It would be nice if students were encouraged to understand the beliefs of non-Muslim communities, and taught not just to venerate tradition, but also to think through actual historical events. …

Making Fun of Mormonism

By Max Mueller

…t Mormon scholars like Bringhurst believe that this is a natural, and even welcome, vetting process of both Mormons as American and a Mormon as the chief American. (In this vetting process, one belief that America will soon discover—and a belief that the Mormon candidates could make more of—is that the LDS Church counts the Constitution as divinely inspired. Thus the Mormon canon of sacred scriptures includes the central document of America’s poli…

Awakening, Counter-Awakening, and the End of Church

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…o accepting and welcoming everyone? Is the personhood of the gay couple as welcome as the personhood of the straight couple? That becomes a test of the awakening. It’s not simply what’s your political position about the rights of these people, but are these people really people? And are they people with their full wisdom, their full experience, their full sense of who they are? Are they really, truly welcomed into the deepest realms of making comm…

Communion or Disunion?

By Mary E. Hunt

…tholic feminists worked the center aisle to assure everyone that they were welcome to receive Communion: “Marge would want you to do so” was their message. Many did. William Sloan Coffin, a well-known Protestant pastor found his way to the Communion line. The Presbyterian clergy colleague on my left and the Catholic pro-choice leader on my right went up the center aisle for Communion. No bells sounded, no lights flickered, no one was struck off th…

How the Logic of Law Enforcement Leads to Spying on Muslims

By Haroon Moghul

…had invoked canon law to defend his position. Considering the recent (and welcome) coverage of the New York City Police Department’s entirely inappropriate behavior, which as far as we know up till now includes the sustained use of blatantly anti-Muslim propaganda films and frequent spying on everyday college students outside of New York City, Rascoff’s op-ed is timely. But it is tackling complicated questions, for which it isn’t easy to find ans…

Does God Want Jeremy Lin to Win?

By Jay Michaelson

…tories. In a nasty campaign season and a still-sluggish economy, they’re a welcome reprieve. And it’s okay to draw religious lessons from them, if that’s what you’re inclined to do. But those lessons should not be about a vindictive and arbitrary God who favors some athletes over others, but should be about the capacity of religion and spirituality to cause us to be better people, however we understand what that means. What’s miraculous is not how…