UPDATED: Warren is… Heterogeneous on Gay Marriage; In Hot Water for Equivocation
Last week on Larry King, “America’s Pastor” downplayed his opposition to gay marriage. That was not always the case.
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Iowa OKs Gay Marriage, WWCD? (What Will California Do?)
Has Iowa adhered to its long history of justice or is preventing two men from marrying each other no different than prohibiting a man from marrying his house plant.
Read More“Junk Religion”: White House Fills Remaining Faith-Based Slots
The 10 remaining picks did little to rectify the anti-reform, anti-woman, anti-gay tilt of Obama’s Faith-Based Advisory Council. Not to mention the conspicuous absence of a single academic theologian.
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In Iowa Gay Marriage Ruling, Truth is the Winner
A new report shows that when Americans are assured that clergy aren’t required to perform same-sex marriages an interesting thing happens.
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White House Conference Call Seeks Common Ground on Abortion
On Friday White House officials launched a campaign to appease those on all sides of the abortion issue. Do they realize it’s nearly as thorny as Israel/Palestine?
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What Liberals Want: A Response to Susan Thistlethwaite
Theologian Susan Thistlethwaite suggested in Newsweek that liberals should respect progressive efforts to connect with evangelicals. Frances Kissling responds that the respect should begin with a sitdown between liberals and progressives.
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Like a Virgin
Problematic? Sure. But within many communities young women are empowered by the process of reclaiming their virginity.
Read MoreThe Gay God Delusion: That LGBT Equality Doesn’t Require Religion
A recent editorial from a lesbian seeking ordination in the Presbyterian Church is scorned by LGBT readers: Who needs the “OK” from an imaginary friend anyway?
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Faith is Not the Enemy of Feminism
A new report identifies three areas where women’s empowerment and religion are linked: activism, scholarship, and popular culture.
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RDBook: Wifely Submission and Christian Warfare
A growing movement among conservative Christians exhorts women to give up the foolish notion of independence and subordinate themselves to their husbands. In this excerpt from Quiverfull: Inside the Christian Patriarchy Movement, Kathryn Joyce connects the dots between cinnamon buns and submission.
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