RDPulpit: Religious Right Censors Austria’s Gay Jesus
In Vienna a museum gave in to pressure from the religious right and pulled a picture…
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“Marriage Savers” Lobbies for Repeal of No-Fault Divorce
With its new Reform Divorce site, a Men’s Rights Activist group intends to lobby for two new radically conservative divorce provisions.
Read MoreRDPulpit: Stop Playing Politics with Prayer
Missouri Republicans push a meaningless Constitutional amendment in an effort to increase religious right voter turnout.
Read MoreHistorical “GOTCHA!” and the Planned Parenthood Sting
The religious right tries to cut off public funds for Planned Parenthood; a look at the effort to discredit PP with allegations of racism.
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Dispatches from the Beltway: Beyond the Graying and Greening Religious Right
Less strident, less partisan, less defensive—the emerging evangelical center defies the stereotype…
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A crop of new books on the waning influence of conservative Christianity in American politics.
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Ignore the Rod: the Parental Rights Amendment Isn’t About Spanking
The United States is the only nation save Somalia that’s failed to ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Armed with a doomsday ten-point plan including the end of spankings and the government preventing parents from bringing kids to church, the force behind the movement to prevent its ratification isn’t just a bunch of strict parents.
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On Religion, Abortion, and Politics: Dr. George Tiller’s Christian Ethics
A Lutheran pastor explains how the murdered abortion provider could have been a Christian in good standing with his church and faith community—and how the politics of abortion is tied to the history of racism.
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By the Way: James Dobson Departs the Scene
As the old guard retires, a generational challenge emerges for the Christian Right. Who can lead a movement whose constituency no longer agrees with its core tenets?
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Ideology is More Than Skin Deep: Why I Can’t Get Along To Go Along
The differences among religious folk in this country—once these issues make their way into politics—manifest in real divisions of money and power and security. To think that these conflicts can be resolved with mild-mannered compromises between Third Way and centrist evangelicals underestimates their importance.
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