Methodist Church’s ‘Dismantling Racism Initiative’ Excludes Some Black Lives
On one of the most sacred days of observance in African American history, Juneteenth, the…
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How an 1843 Revelation on Polygamy Poses a Serious Challenge to Modern Mormonism
This week, new legislation goes into effect in Utah that decriminalizes polygamy among consenting adults….
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How a Stars and Stripes Hijab on ‘Rupaul’s Drag Race’ Reveals America’s Troubling Relationship to Gender, Ethnicity and ‘That’ Religion
Honestly, we blame ourselves. We should have known that releasing an episode of Keeping It…
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New Study of Christian Nationalism in Texas Should be a Warning for the Whole Country
“Our [Founding] Fathers intended that this nation should be a Christian nation, not because all…
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What’s So Scary About the Inclusion of ‘God’ in the Russian Constitution?
Last Friday, the House’s Tom Lantos Commission on Human Rights heard testimony that Russia’s human…
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New LDS Handbook Cements Anti-Trans Policy—And it Doesn’t Make a Whole Lot of Sense
I was raised in the LDS Church. In fact, I’m a sixth-generation Mormon. Or, rather,…
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‘Empty the Pews’ Chronicles the ‘Nurtured Insanity’ of a Fundamentalist Upbringing
There is a great exodus taking place in Christian circles. Can it be called a…
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Religious Leaders Need ‘Empty the Pews’ Which Chronicles the Darker Side of the ‘Nones’ Phenomenon
In 2020, the rise of the so-called religious “Nones”—those who claim no religious affiliation—has evolved…
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Klobuchar Feeds Trolls with Pro-Life Outreach
Of course some Democrat took the bait from the Dems-for-Life types, because of course they…
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Mormon Statement on Feminism is Relevant and Timely… But Only by Coincidence
“What is the Church’s stance on feminism?” This is the question addressed in a brief anonymous…
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