“Let It Be Glorious”: Sunday Night Worship With Chance and Bey at the Grammys
When I listen to these albums, it feels like church, it feels like home.
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ACLU’s Religious Freedom Suit Against Trump Order: “Gerrymandered to Target Muslims”
President Trump’s controversial travel ban is “religiously gerrymandered to target Muslims,” says ACLU senior staff attorney Heather Weaver.
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Forget Romance, It’s Time for Some Radical Love
Love is at the center of any genuine liberatory politics – love for your fellow human as well as assertion of the right to love.
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Sorry, National Review: “Religious Freedom” Bills Do Permit Bigotry
It is true there is no federal or state law that says “it’s OK to turn away the gays if God said you could,” but there’s also no federal law protecting LGBT people from discrimination in the workplace, in housing, in healthcare, or in public accommodations.
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The Flaws in the Latest Anti-Gay Islamic Theology
More and more practitioners have grown weary of being repeatedly told “because God says so, end of discussion” when asking why same-sex relationships are prohibited in Islam.
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Irony Watch: Trump’s Travel Ban Violates Religious Freedom Act According to ACLU Lawsuit
Tearing a page from the “religious liberty” playbook, the ACLU contends that Trump’s travel ban violates core constitutional principles—and, crucially, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
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Dear Readers: Letter From an Anonymous Liberal Pastor in Trump Country
Like many liberals since the election, I have been swinging between absolute terror and despair and bits of hopefulness among the flames.
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More Myth Than Fact: Kushner and Ivanka Changed Trump’s Mind on LGBT Discrimination
Despite reports (from unnamed sources) suggesting otherwise, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner are not the…
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Reimagining Twentieth Century Harlem as a Jewish Mecca
In his latest book, Dr. Jeffrey Gurock of Yeshiva University takes a nuanced look at the story of Jewish Harlem and its intersection with black history.
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Are You There God? It’s Me, Donald: A President at Prayer
“You saw those crowds at the inauguration? What a flock, right? You had a great view, I bet, the original Eye in the Sky. Back me up, it was over a billion people. Huge.”
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