Will “Do No Harm Act” Do Any Good in Religious Lib Battle?
Two Democratic congressmen this week introduced the “Do No Harm Act,” a proposed amendment to…
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You’re Right, Ross Douthat: Donald Trump Is Kind of Like Islam
Last summer I shopped around a satire about where Candidate Trump was leading America. Nowhere…
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Pope Francis Has Painted Himself into a Corner on Women Deacons
Be careful what you wish for.
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Why I Miss Scalia: SCOTUS Punts on Religious Freedom
Is it the habits? The crosses? What is it about the Little Sisters of the…
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Female Deacons: Pope Francis Walks It Back, Women Clergy Weigh In
The recent flurry of headlines over the possibility of women deacons in the Catholic church may…
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“Excruciatingly Different” Mississippi Religious Lib Law Specifies Beliefs
The Mississippi “religious liberty” law that will soon allow public officials to refuse service to…
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Did Francis Just Blindside Conservatives on Women’s Ordination?
Three years, two synods, dozens of bishop attendees, hundreds of pages of documents, innumerous small…
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How Herbalife’s Gospel of Health and Wealth Fuels a Billion-Dollar Deception
If Whole Foods and Joel Osteen got together and had a child, it would probably…
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What’s Behind the “Common Sense” Rhetoric of Bathroom Bill?
North Carolina’s HB2 (also known as the “bathroom bill”) may not explicitly be about religious…
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Times‘ Cutesy Guide Veils Humanity of Muslim Women
If you scroll to the bottom of the New York Times‘ ‘World’ page, beneath articles about British…
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