Christian Nationalist Judge Strikes Down FDA-Approved Abortion Pill for Brazenly Ideological Reasons
Mifepristone is safer than aspirin. Much safer. The FDA approved the drug for early abortions…
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Clues in the Data Suggest That Increase in LGBTQ Acceptance May Be Skewed By Conservative Desire For ‘Respectability’
It’s well established that people lie to pollsters, or at the very least put their…
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Don’t Sleep on Trump’s CPAC Speech Calling For ‘The Final Battle’: This was Southern Strategy as Apocalyptic Promise
Donald Trump has, in the past, dallied with apocalypticism in his rhetoric and policy, but…
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2023 CPAC Lived Down to Expectations, But Don’t Buy the Narrative: The GOP is Not as Divided as You Might Think
Considering that CPAC is the largest conservative conference in the US, the line-up of their…
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Correction: The SBC Does NOT Oppose Women’s Ordination… Just Women Pastors
Imagine my embarrassment when I heard from the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee’s media relations…
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Women as Head Pastors Was Final Straw for Southern Baptist Convention — Not Scandal, Sexual Abuse, or Dalliance with Dictators
Last week, the Southern Baptist Convention voted during a plenary session to disfellowship six of…
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The ‘Dreher Affair’ Highlights the Right’s International Networks
Right-wing Christian blogger and media figure Rod Dreher has moved to Hungary, where he continues…
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Lila Rose and the Right Resurrect Malicious Child Predator Myth Putting LGBTQ People in Even Greater Danger
In January the far-right website Townhall began publishing a four-part series on a so-called “Suburban…
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Who Could Possibly Take Issue With ‘Human Dignity’? Beware of Trojan Horses
Upon the recent death of the conservative British historian Paul Johnson, the right-wing journal Public…
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The Right’s Satanic-Grammy-Panic Isn’t About the Devil or Pfizer or Even Scantily-Clad Women — It’s All About the Transphobia
When I need to know what’s wrong with the world and who to be outraged…
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