NC Bathroom Law

Archive, Remapping American Christianities, Sexuality/Gender, Special Features, The Cubit, UncategorizedJune 6, 2016

How To Talk To “Nones” and Influence People: Rob Bell’s Transrational Experience

By Brook Wilensky-Lanford

Did I really need to learn How To Be Here, urgently, right now? The book’s…

(A)theologies, Archive, Politics/Law, Religious Liberty, Sexuality/GenderMay 12, 2016

What’s Behind the “Common Sense” Rhetoric of Bathroom Bill?

By Stephanie Russell-Kraft

North Carolina’s HB2 (also known as the “bathroom bill”) may not explicitly be about religious…

Beyond Belief: Election 2016, Patricia Miller, Politics/Law, RD Blog, Sexuality/GenderMay 2, 2016

Cruz Brings GOP Nomination into the Toilet

By Patricia Miller

Now that Ted Cruz’s last hope for stopping Donald Trump rests on ginning up panic and outrage…

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In 2012, Todd Akin stated that "If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down." 10 years later, Republican Yesli Vega echoes the claim that women can not get pregnant from rape. What drives this bizarre belief? https://t.co/r3btjlwdzo

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"We [must] acknowledge the power of conspiracy woven into the language of religion and God’s work to stop the hemorrhaging of our rights," writes @PhilofWrite. "The movement behind these decisions stands on a revisionist history of nostalgia, hate, & fear."https://t.co/6spQLQX3AL

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Today SCOTUS took another swing at the separation of church and state by ruling in Kennedy v. Bremerton that public school employees can lead students in public prayer. @AndrewLSeidel wrote for RD in January on the possible ramifications of this decision: https://t.co/p22pDHzdIR

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