Why Isn’t Ferguson the Start of a New Civil Rights Movement?
The news out of Ferguson has been dominated by discussions of police brutality and the…
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Why I Am a “Cuomosexual”
What’s most pleasing about New York State’s vote is the way it changed what we thought politics were. We’ve gone from the material to the cultural to the truth that The Story is stronger than The Argument.
Read MoreWhat is a “Religious Progressive” Anyway?
Can you be a progressive and still be opposed to abortion, or to gay rights, or [insert hot-button social/cultural issue here]?
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Rev. Smith Goes to Washington
UCC minister Chuck Currie is campaigning for a seat on a $1 billion legislative body in Portland, Oregon. In this interview with the man whose candidacy may inform our thinking about the role of religious progressives for years to come, the pioneering blogger takes on church/state issues point blank.
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A New Year’s Health Care Sobriety Test for Religious Progressives: It’s Not Obama
Responsible religious leaders need to stay sober and stop cheerleading for the Democrats and for the Obama White House just because they’re not total Visigoths.
Read MoreWhy Are Some Religious Progressives Reinforcing the Religious Right on Abortion And Health Care Reform?
And for that matter, why is an influential blogger writing straight from dubious press releases?
Read MoreWho Are The ‘Religious Progressives’— and Why Use Such an Odious Term?
In the debate over what it means to be a religious progressive, the terms of the religious right have been adopted and a new way must be forged.
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