Religion Dispatches
In an aggressive post, pro-life Catholic Michael Sean Winters responded to Frances Kissling’s opposition to an anti-choice, anti-birth control pick for the Dept of Health and Human Services. Mary Hunt responds to Winters.
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Iowa senator Charles Grassley, among the first major success stories of the religious right, opposes abortion and same-sex unions; So why did the religious right leadership in Iowa deny him a place on the state’s delegation to the upcoming Republican Convention?
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Joining John McCain on the Republican ticket for the White House is Sarah Palin, a proud member of the anti-choice Feminists for Life; who are they and what do they really support?
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While much of the media had no trouble detailing the religious commitment of the Muslim killer of an army recruiter, most profiles painted Scott Roeder as a right-wing, anti-government, anti-abortionist, with a prior arrest history and mental problems. His connection with extremist Christian groups, apparently, is irrelevant.
Read MoreWhile everyone on both sides of the abortion issue seems to condemn the murder of George Tiller, few admit the malignant effects of “baby killer” rhetoric.
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The killing of a doctor who performed abortions—and saved many women’s lives—may be the result of a culture of religious extremism around the issue of abortion. Is violence the inevitable result of hate speech?
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In his address to graduates, Obama urged “common ground” on abortion. The Rev. Dr. Carlton Veazey argues that if you accept that women are full persons in the eyes of God and the law, then you cannot stop working for women’s control over childbearing.
Read MoreOnly when both sides of the abortion debate express their views will we find common ground. Restrained discourse helps nobody.
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The Vatican has thus far given the thumbs down on the Obama admin’s first couple of candidates for ambassador. One wonders whether the U.S. routinely allows countries to decide who our ambassador should be?
Read MoreCould there be a return to racist-era “safe states”?
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