The Heart of Texas Ain’t Hateful: An Open Letter to Lawmakers From a Texan Trans Queer Latinx
Dear Texas Legislators, The Lone Star State still holds a ten-gallon spot in my heart,…
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The Deafening Silence of “Religious Freedom” Defenders on Trump’s Muslim Ban
For once, I agree with right-wing claims that religious freedom in America is under attack….
Read More‘Barbaric’ v ‘Progressive’ Islam; Catholic Church Objects to Mexican Court OK For Gay Adoption; Malaysian Court Weighs Boundaries Of Civil and Shariah Law; Global LGBT Recap
Islam: ‘Barbaric’ and Progressive The United Nations ambassadors from the US and Chile have invited…
Read MoreHow Indiana’s New RFRA Expands the Federal RFRA
Over the weekend, Indiana’s Republican Governor, Mike Pence, insisted that the new Religious Freedom Restoration…
Read MoreReligious Freedom is Impossible… Compared to What?
If harm to others is cultural chauvinism, sign me up.
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Mitt Romney’s Best-Known Mormon Critic Tells it All. One Last Time.
For years, now, the press has been beating down the door of Judy Dushku, a Mormon feminist, global women’s rights activist, and professor at Suffolk University. It was Dushku who during Romney’s Senate run in 1994 broke the now infamous story of Romney’s pressuring a woman in…
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Mainline Protestantism a Shambles? Tell Us Something We Haven’t Heard
I say the following with great affection for the tradition that formed me. Listen, Rick Santorum. If you’re saying something that makes liberal Protestants go, “This again? Isn’t this getting a little… boring?” then you might need some new material.
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BYU Skinny Jean Controversy: Sexism, Sizeism, or Standards?
Mormons wrestle with increased emphasis on modesty.
Read MoreThe Dark Side of BYU’s Honor Code
Final thoughts on the Brandon Davies matter.
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Sex Abuse in the Catholic Church: When Adults are Victims
As Catholic sex abuse scandals once again dominate headlines from Boston to Belgium, and even the fast-track canonization of Pope John Paul II is marred by questions of culpability, the role of the Catholic hierarchy in enabling clergy abuse seems indisputable, admitted even by die-hard church partisans like the Catholic League. But what’s less understood is how these same patterns persist in today’s Church, where demographic shifts and a dwindling priesthood may be creating a new set of scenarios for abuse. The story of Katia Birge is a case in point.
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