Bishops’ Attempt to Deny Communion to Biden Will Backfire Even More Spectacularly Than Opposition to Same-Sex Marriage
If only President Joe Biden didn’t carry a rosary or quote the popular Catholic hymn…
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What Facebook Unwittingly Reveals in its Ban of LifeSiteNews for Covid Misinformation
Facebook’s ban of LifeSiteNews a notoriously ultraconservative website that regularly spreads disinformation about abortion—for its…
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The Christian Right’s Main Moral Argument Against Abortion Rights Completely Ignores This Critical Issue: It’s Time to Raise It
With an increasing number of states almost entirely banning abortion if the Supreme Court ends…
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How the Right’s War on ‘Critical Race Theory’ Taps into the Powerful Religion of American Innocence
I would never pick a fight with the formidable Michelle Goldberg, but I must pick…
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Rick Santorum Breezes Past the Genocidal Foundation of White Christian Nationalism
Andrew Seidel’s piece on RD discusses Rick Santorum’s racially incendiary remarks about Native Americans and…
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Claiming That ‘We Birthed a Nation From Nothing’ CNN’s Rick Santorum Gives a Master Class in Christian Nationalism: An Open Letter to CNN
Dear CNN, Many questioned your decision to hire Rick Santorum as a senior political commentator…
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Good News: Religious Outreach Works On Vaccine Hesitancy. Bad News: We Need It.
A new report from PRRI on religious attitudes toward Covid vaccination contains much that makes…
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Chauvin Verdict isn’t a Turning Point in Equal Justice, But it Does Suggest a New Political Norm
There was a little “post-racial America” in the air Tuesday after a jury found former…
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Beyond White Reasonable Doubt: Why I Cannot Fully Celebrate the Verdict Against [Let His Name Be Erased]
“I was dreaming when I wrote this forgive me if it goes astray” – Prince …
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As a Minister I’m Fed Up With Anti-Trans Legislation Written by Adults to Pick on Children, All in the Name of Religious Freedom
Last month in Louisiana, my home, a member of our state legislature introduced legislation designed…
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