Religion Dispatches
Given the institutional backing and the generous rhetoric, many well-intentioned people will consider signing on. But before they do, there are a few things they might consider.
Read MoreThe wide-ranging poll includes disparate views on candidates facing harassment accusations, gag rules, contraception, and more.
Read MoreThose in the throes of “son panic” contend that the greatest danger regarding sexual assault is to the reputations of innocent men. But there’s a problem here.
Read MoreDespite reporting favorable feelings about African Americans, a recent survey also reveals that white evangelicals have deeply troubling views on who and what the problem is.
Read MoreI strongly suspect that what Senator Orrin Hatch found so objectionable about the Kavanaugh hearing was that women were allowed to ask questions of a man.
Read MoreBoth the sweeping religious liberty claims defended by Kavanaugh and the assertions of his defenders come from the same place: a desire to reassert traditional, patriarchal sexual mores.
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Central to victim shaming is the narrative that there are fundamentally good men who never cross the line but for the slutty behavior of irresponsible women and girls.
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This is not a majority Catholic court. It’s the Supreme Court that the strange alliance of the religious right built.
Read MoreBoth this administration and this Supreme Court have proved all too willing, in recent months, to prioritize the individual entitlements and business interests of white Christian men.
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“The thing most of us have been talking about is to encourage the use of medical technology, the morning-after pills and very good new drugs. There are already very interesting groups of women my age feeling we could take the risk of loading up our vans to take road trips and give them out at churches.”
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