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It’s Not Me, It’s You: Catholic Values Dumping Trump

By Patricia Miller

…ington Post/ABC news poll found Catholics have swung toward Clinton by the most dramatic margin of any demographic group—25 percent—with the exception of white, college-educated women, who have swung by a similar margin. As a result, notes Aaron Blake of the Post: “Trump is basically adding 5 to 7 percentage points to Clinton’s overall margin. If 25 percent of the electorate is Catholic, Clinton is currently taking 14 to 15 points worth of that ch…

Record Numbers Voted for More Death and More Racism; Can We Really Just Come Together as a Nation?

By Peter Laarman

…time that we’re already embroiled in a slow-rolling civil war have got it mostly right. And today’s secessionists very much resemble those of the 1850s inasmuch as they adamantly reject the idea that all are created equal, that everyone counts, and that we have a responsibility to create more, not less, opportunity for all of our neighbors to flourish in safety. They have seceded from civil society. We who believe that everyone belongs didn’t see…

It’s Not About Cake: Anti-Gay Vendors Want a Constitutional Right to Discriminate

By Sunnivie Brydum

…ited them from serving a certain kind of person. While there are outliers, most courts have allowed only a narrow religious exemption to universally applicable nondiscrimination laws. “The claims for religious exemptions have happened historically, and they’ve happened historically at moments of social change,” Melling explained. “When there are new laws passed to call for an end to discrimination in certain public spheres of this society, then we…

Evangelicals ‘Crossing the Tiber’ to Catholicism

By Jonathan D. Fitzgerald

…o Croslow, is a resounding “No.” Croslow’s belief that the Catholic Church most accurately reflects the intentions of the early church fathers is echoed throughout the movement as other evangelicals seek a church whose roots run deeper than the Reformation. Further, due to the number of non-denominational churches that have proliferated since the Jesus Movement, many evangelicals’ knowledge of their history runs only as far back as the 1970s. Thes…

Gambian Prez Rails Against Gay ‘Evil Empire’; Irish Priest Comes Out During Mass; Trans Talk on Tunisian TV Sparks Debate; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…tionally Muslim country, which is also known to be one of the Arab world’s most progressive, Jalel’s story sparked mixed reactions on social media. “These are lies. God created her as female and her name is Leila. She rejected her femininity and she is going to be punished for this on Judgment Day,” said a Facebook user. “This woman, and the likes of her, does not need an operation as she claims because she wants to change God’s creation. She need…

New Report: Muslim Terrorism a ‘Minuscule Threat’

By Hussein Rashid

…hows even more startling data on the threat posed by Muslims in America: almo*]}*st none. • Only one Muslim individual carried out a terrorism-related activity in the U.S. in 2011. The attack did not result in any fatalities. • 20 individuals stand accused of terrorism-related activity, although it is unclear how many individuals overall in the U.S. are accused of terrorism-related crimes. Previous FBI data shows that Muslims usually make up 6% of dom…

As Gaza Burns, Jews Disagree, Protest & Pray

By Sam Kestenbaum

…president of the temple admits he doesn’t know what to say. Words fail. “Justice must be carried out.” He stumbles through his sentences. “Either diplomatically or otherwise. Either at the negotiating table or by other means.” There is applause, the cantor leads a prayer, and the crowd files out onto the hot, New York street. Nearby, outside of the Israeli consulate, a protest against the Israeli bombing of Gaza has drawn a crowd of hundreds. They…

Speaking for Hinduism in the Absence of a Conversation

By Murali Balaji

…ive in AAR —is not different from the codes of ethics already in place for most other academic organizations in every discipline. When I was a professor, I had to go through Institutional Review Boards for qualitative studies that involved interpretation of human feeling or practice. Moreover, Shukla is not making any radical departure from what AAR already does in practice, which is certainly not a case of religious groups arbitrating discussion….

Don’t Misread Russell Moore’s Disavowal of “Christian Nation” and Anti-Trump Stance

By Daniel Schultz

…ca as a “Christian Nation”: “If what you mean by that is a nation in which most of the people profess to be Christians, then certainly the United States of America was and is a Christian nation,” said Moore. “The idea that God was in covenant with the United States of America in order to bless the United States as a special people, as a New Israel, as a group of people covenanted under Christianity — the answer to that is clearly no.” This no doub…

“I Speak to God in Public”: Are Young Black Millennials Reclaiming a Theology of Resistance?

By Joshua L. Lazard

…e Sox’s stadium. All the while his personal faith was at the center. The almo*]}*st-24-year-old is the epitome of the young black millennial aesthetic. Born after Bill Clinton was inaugurated as president, he grew up on the South Side of Chicago in the Chatham neighborhood. The son of an aide to Barack Obama and Chicago City Hall staffer to Rahm Emanuel, many of Chance’s formative years took place in a post-9/11 America rife with culture wars often ce…