7 Problems with Trump’s Hastily-Tweeted Trans Military Ban
In the span of three tweets the president declared this morning that as many as…
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The Collapse of the American Jewish Center
The polarization of American Jews has increased with each large-scale eruption of fighting between Israel and Palestinians. With each escalation there has been a shift of pro-two-state solution activists to the left; at the same time, though, the right becomes strengthened and entrenched.
Read MoreIs Army’s New “Humanist” Designation Just Semantic Hooey?
Religious people take note.
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Navy Yard Shooting: Why It’s Not a Religion Story
What seemed to propel the confusion saturating the media’s initial coverage of Aaron Alexis was the role of religion and, more specifically, the profile on Buddhists. Why would a reporter expect a person of another religion to “pick up a weapon and kill twelve people,” but not a Buddhist?
Read MoreChristian-Bashing Air Force Officer Story is Just That
Unless by “essentially fired” you mean “not fired at all.”
Read MoreTony Perkins: Atheists Can’t Be Chaplains
Harvard’s humanist chaplain disagrees… sort of.
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Inventing “Jihad”
Last week, in the wake of Russian-led investigation, it was reported that when Tamerlan Tsarnaev was in Russia he was, in fact, more eager to wage war than the Islamist contacts he had traveled to find. Accounts reveal that he arrived in Russia with “an avid interest in waging jihad.”
Read MoreWomen in Combat and the Priesthood: A Response to Mary Hunt
Ordination as subordination? Perhaps there’s another way to look at it…
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Combat Soldiers & Clergywomen: Problematic Equality
It’s the hierarchy and killing, not just the discrimination.
Read MoreWho’s Threatening Military Chaplains’ Religious Freedom? Southern Baptists
Not gay couples or military leaders, but the SBC.
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