Following Donald Trump’s win in South Carolina’s Republican primary last week, conservative pundit Erick Erickson declared on his website that he will never vote for Trump because of the candidate’s…
If last night’s debate revealed anything beyond the fact that, in the words of Lindsey Graham, the GOP is “batsh*t crazy” (and that Ben Carson thinks fruit salad is some type of divining instrument)…
Security sells. That’s why, says retired Episcopal Bishop John Shelby Spong, despite his best-selling controversial books and popular speeches, his position on Jesus and the Christian church will…
Russian Social Conservatism, the U.S.-based WCF, & the Global Culture Wars in Historical Context
Social conservatives have been focusing on the family for a long time, and Russians have frequently been at the forefront of the fight for “traditional” values.
The late Antonin Scalia is rightly being remembered for almost single-handedly creating and promulgating the idea of “originalism,” the highly controversial doctrine that the Constitution is like a…
Historians may someday see the 2016 election season as the turning point in how our society understands the Dominionist movement that is seeking to recast society in its own image.
International Activism and Advocacy The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights released “ Born Free and Equal: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in International Human…
Several reports relating to LGBT human rights internationally were released this week: Human Rights Watch released its 659-page World Report 2016, which reviews human rights practices in more than 90…