Religion Dispatches
The Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, once a darling of groups seeking “common ground” on gay and reproductive rights, who once described the GOP as xenophobi[c], nativis[t], and quasi-racist, is giving the benediction at this week’s Republican Convention.
Read MoreWill Mitt’s more likable half use her prominence to help her LDS sisters?
Read MoreThe Church of Scientology offers some common sense advice.
Read MoreA historic moment for Mormon women, with some old and familiar rhetoric.
Read MoreA letter to the Republican candidate on his birth certificate joke.
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A pair of historians discuss Republican rep. Todd Akin’s remarks on “legitimate rape”: the female body carries a huge burden of representation: her ability to protect the boundaries of her body, and to maintain her purity, reflects the church’s ability to do the same.
Read MoreAnd it’s not just because parking will be tough.
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What can you spot at the convention?
Read MoreClaims it was due to “uncivil discourse.”
Read MoreLooking for friends to help raise $1.5 million for swing-state campaign.
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