“Faith! Family! Freedom!”
Values Voter Summit 2008 launches with the same goals as the past 30 years of conservative Christian politics…
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Mini-Review of A Jihad for Love
A new documentary about the lives of gay muslims avoids the easy route and explores the reconciliation of faith and sexuality…
Read MoreOver Objections of Catholic Church, Mexico City Upholds Abortion Law
How can largely Catholic countries manage to pass legislation despite the cries of the institutional Church while Catholic-minority nations like the US often hew close to the Church line?
Read MoreThe Message of the RNC: Who Is Thy Enemy?
A humble patriot understands that the first task toward self-preservation is critical self-examination, while unhealthy patriotism retreats into the “us against them“ stance…
Read MoreA Theology Lived: Loss of HIV/AIDS Advocate Sister Paula Brettkelly
Surrounded by those she had been taught to “despise,” she began to question these prejudices that had been instilled through the institutional Church and seek out the human rights model laid out in the Gospel….
Read MoreDon’t Ask, Don’t Ask: Women Seeking to Become Catholic Army Chaplains
As in the case of gay Arabic translators, the US military debilitates itself by refusing qualified candidates…
Read MoreFather Roy Bourgeois: Connecting Political Violence with Vatican Discrimination
Father Bourgeois has frequently articulated the notion that violence—whether physical, emotional, spiritual, economic, or structural—is always “wrong and immoral.”
Read MoreExpansion of “Conscience Clause” Could Redefine Birth Control as Abortion
What’s notable here isn’t just the broadness of the definition of abortion and other ”objectionable activities,” but the corresponding broadness of the definition of health care entities that would be covered under the new proposal…
Read MoreExpress? It’s the Straight Talk Script
The man with no religious record to speak of has virtually been given a free pass while the man with a religious record of some depth has been paying for it on a regular basis.
Read More“Persecuted” Christians in China
American Christians, having located the ultimate bogeyman, are claiming martyrdom by proxy…
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