Don’t Buy Alito’s Assurances: Here’s What Happens Next After Roe Falls
The leaked first draft of Associate Justice Samuel Alito’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson has…
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Evangelical Healthcare Sharing Plan Catastrophically Fails — But Why Did So Many Join in the First Place?
Remember the 1990s? The inexplicable popularity of fluorescent fanny packs? The innocent thrill of getting…
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The Same Toxic Christian Right Theology Supports Both the Online Bullying I Experienced and the Cruel Anti-Trans Policy in TX — And it’s Not Remotely Fringe
In late February, I went through an episode of online bullying that made me feel…
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Don’t Laugh at Rick Scott’s ‘Plan to Rescue America’ or Be Fooled by Reports of a ‘Backlash’ — His Only Mistake Was Revealing the Truth of Today’s GOP
On Tuesday, Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) unveiled what he modestly calls “An 11 Point Plan…
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Secularism in the US is Larger, More Diverse and More Dynamic Than Ever, But You Wouldn’t Know it From the Media
“I’m done waiting for mainstream media to cover nonreligious people and secular issues fairly and…
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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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New Report: White Evangelicals are America’s Most Anti-Trans Demographic, But Encouraging Data Overall
In the latest important, if entirely unsurprising, news we learned this week that white evangelicals…
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Exclusive: Christian Right Bill Mill, Project Blitz, Hasn’t Gone Away, It’s Just Gotten More Secretive
In the Fall of 2019, the secretive Christian Right state legislative campaign, Project Blitz, became…
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A Note To Churches During Pride: If You’re Not LGBTQ-Affirming, Keep Your Water
It’s Pride Month again! Time for indulging in hope, for flying flags, and for remembering…
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Student Expelled from Sorority for Transphobia Illustrates the Problem with Evangelical Understanding of Pluralism
A prominent theologian, an angry conservative undergraduate, and the leadership of a sorority set out…
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