Your Freedom of Speech Ends Where My Life Begins
The First Amendment bars Congress from making laws that abridge freedom of speech—but it does not guarantee immunity to haters. An important distinction.
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The “Scandal” of the Catholic Vote
Many US Catholics defied bishops and voted for Obama, but this has only invigorated the Catholic Right.
Read MoreSometimes You Can’t Say a Word
For a people who bear the burden of slavery, legalized apartheid and the continued vestiges of both, for a moment the elusive goal of feeling fully part of America’s democratic project was realized.
Read MoreFreedom’s Just Another Word…
If my mom didn’t love Jesus enough for the fundamentalists, I apparently didn’t love freedom enough for the neo-cons…
Read MoreAmerica Elects its Second Muslim President in Barack Obama
Reflections of an American Muslim sometimes Democrat…
Read MoreVideo: “[Obama] Ain’t Got No Campaign, They Got a Movement Goin'”
Is the Obama campaign a candidacy or a movement? Civil Rights leaders in Birmingham talk about the meaning of the Obama campaign.
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Gutless Americans: Religion-Baiting Heading into Election Day
A pair of desperate Republicans attempt to smear their opponents with suspect claims about their religious commitments. Responses were swift and harsh.
Read MoreCalling Out CatholicVote.com
The folks at CatholicVote have forgotten the Catechism’s call to accept gay people with respect, compassion and sensitivity…
Read MoreYoung Christian Voters Carefully Mixing Religion and Politics
They hear about poverty, AIDS, and other social tragedies and their faith tells them they must be concerned not just about reproductive rights and marriage equality.
Read MoreRight Wing Catholic Non-Profit Treads the Line of Legality and Ethics
A video from Catholicvote.com trots out shopworn stereotypes about the single-issue Catholic voter.
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