Religious Liberty? It’s Simple, A Hasidic Woman Explains
To almost nobody’s surprise, 2016 ended with another confusing and un-American blow in the “religious freedom” vs. freedom…
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Why Being “Faith Friendly” Isn’t Worth It For Democrats
Religion and the social issues it stands in for are about the last things anybody votes on. People vote their race, then their pocketbook, then their need for national security.
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“Make The Mass Latin Again”: The Pope Francis Backlash Comes Home
There’s beauty in mythology, to be sure. But there is also grave danger in believing mythologies can save broken institutions.
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Rev. Barber: A “Moral Center,” Not a “Religious Left,” Will Save Us in 2017
Is the eve of Trump era the darkness of the tomb or the darkness of the womb?
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These Are the New Battlegrounds for LGBT Rights Under Trump
As Inauguration Day nears, and as our new, orange-tinted reality sets in, it behooves all Americans…
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Biggest, Best & Worst LGBT Religion Stories of 2016 and more in Global LGBT Recap
At People For the American Way’s Right Wing Watch blog this week, I posted highlights…
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In Case You Missed Them, the Top Pope Francis Quotes of 2016
He’s had a weird year.
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For Some of Us, the Biggest Religious Event of 2016 Was the Gilmore Girls Revival
The Internet functions as a sort of midway point between the personal and the public: you can be part of a community of fans, and yet you don’t have to bare the depths of your soul.
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Teaching World Religion in the Dumpster Fire
How different might this election cycle have been had more voters been willing to be curious about, understand, accept, or even embrace a pluralist nation, rather than panic in the face of the other?
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Year-End Best Books in Race and Religion in American History
With all the memes wishing a good riddance to 2016, and John Oliver’s epic send-off…
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