Scolding Those Who Choose Pets But No Children Pope Misses the Rainforest for the Trees
Is not having children—and further, living with cats and dogs—selfish? This is precisely what Pope…
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This Isn’t a Split, It’s a Tiny Sliver of Conservatives Walking Out the Door — Introducing A New Media Criticism Column
It’s hard to imagine a news article less challenging to the cultural hegemony of conservative…
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‘Theological Porn’: The Most Egregious Religious Idea of 2021 is a Tie
Competition was keen, but the award for the Most Egregious Religious Idea of 2021 resulted…
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SCOTUS Seems to Think You Should Be Forced to Pay For Religious Education
The United States Supreme Court dominated headlines recently when it appeared ready to strike down…
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A ‘Vows’ Piece in ‘The Times’ Shows How Doctrinaire Christian Celibacy Has Become Compared to its Ancient Roots
A recent article in the Style section of the New York Times was a notable…
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Authoritarian SCOTUS Didn’t ‘Just Happen’: As Roe Hangs By a Thread the Press Struggles with Context and Framing
In light of the likelihood that the GOP-stacked Supreme Court will rule in favor of…
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Atheist Richard Dawkins Swings to Anti-Trans Right in Grasp at Broader Intellectual Relevance
Yesterday, Richard Dawkins tweeted a request to his followers, asking them to sign on to…
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Baby We Were Born for War: To Dominionist Christian Groups, No Election is Too Small — and Colorado is Just the Beginning
“Man, as many people as we have in this school here, we ought to take…
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‘Landmark’ Speech From LDS Leader on LGBTQ Rights and Religious Freedom Was More Like a Sunnier Groundhog Day
On Friday evening at the University of Virginia, Dallin H. Oaks, the head of the…
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Gen Z is Turning Away From Religion in Order to Live Out Their Values
Generation Z, or those born roughly between 1995-2010, have come of age during two vastly…
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