Gorsuch Confirmed… But Don’t Get Too Bent Out of Shape
Well, it’s done. Moments ago the Senate confirmed Neil Gorsuch as the newest associate justice…
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Is Religion the Only Tool Left for Legal Discrimination?
While many mistakenly believe that the law protects LGBTQ Americans from employment discrimination (excepting efforts to…
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How the Politics of the 1890s Explain the GOP’s Health Care Woes
Amid news that the GOP is trying once again to restart negotiations over their failed…
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Why The Religious Left Isn’t Coming Together, and Why It Matters
So my article from last week on the supposedly emerging religious left has attracted some…
Read MoreTrump Is Out to Erase LGBT Americans from Public Life
Remember, back in the olden days of late January 2017, when Sean Spicer and a host…
Read MoreOld White Dudes Tell the Democrats to Forget about Abortion
Writing in the New York Times, Thomas Groome, a professor of theology at Boston College,…
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Duterte Cites Catholic Heritage in Opposing Marriage Equality, and More in the Global LGBT Recap
In conjunction with the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences conference, the University of California Press…
Read MoreLatest “Religious Freedom” Bills Reveal a New Strategy
Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin marked the arrival of Spring by signing a new “religious freedom” law…
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Storytime with David Brooks: In Which the Liberals’ Favorite Conservative Gets Lost in a Lily-White History
Personal research conducted among my lefty friends shows that for many liberals, reading David Brooks…
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Satanists Take Aim at School Spanking
There’s a connection between hitting children and cultural identity. Growing up in Austin, Texas, I…
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