SCOTUS’s Incoherent Masterpiece Cakeshop Decision
If you had to choose a word to describe the news of today’s Supreme Court…
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SBC’s #MeToo Problem Isn’t a Rotten Apple, It’s a Rotten Theological Tree
Albert Mohler, known colloquially as “Al,” is the president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in…
Read MoreTrump, “Big Fan of Hindu,” To Force Thousands of Nepalis Back to Disaster Zone
With Trump’s cancellation of protected status, the Nepali quake survivors who reached the US will have to return to a country that has so far failed to recover from the devastation.
Read MoreTony Perkins will Fit Right in at Religious Freedom Commission
While Perkins has expressed interest in using his new position as an opportunity to support “religious freedom and the defense of religious minorities,” he might find that the USCIRF actually doesn’t require a significant change in focus from his own preoccupations with Christians’ rights.
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Tony Perkins Will Fit Right in at Religious Freedom Commission
At first glance, Tony Perkins, who recently complained that the Secretary of State isn’t doing enough…
Read MoreMust We Burn Something to Get Attention?: 50 Years After the Catonsville Nine
If we think about Catonsville not just as a curiosity, a minor episode in the history of radical chic, but as a provocation or a template, what do we learn? Must Americans burn something to get attention? Must religious protesters be arrested?
Read MoreFaith-Baiting in Minnesota and Elsewhere Follows the “Project Blitz” Playbook
Critics say any such display of the Ten Commandments in this way, may also violate the Oklahoma state constitution. But whatever the fate of these bills, the Christian Right and the politicians who cater to it have a long game in mind, and most seem unaware of the game itself.
Read MoreWe Regret to Inform You That You Do Not Mirror the Holy Family
Catholic Charities might rather go out of business than allow same-sex couples to adopt a child.
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Faith-Baiting in Minnesota and Elsewhere Follows the “Project Blitz” Playbook
It’s election year in the United States and an episode from the very recent past…
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“Project Blitz” Seeks to Do for Christian Nationalism What ALEC Does for Big Business
Religious freedom has been much in the news as the Trump administration has rolled out…
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