Christian Right

The Plaintiff Haroon Moghul. Called, by Robert Spencer, the “Alfred Rosenberg” of Islam; by Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a possible “Medina Muslim.” v. The Defendant Glenn Beck. Author of six New York Times…

Employers who refuse to even fill out paperwork for their religious accommodation on contraception win a battle…

Syria: ISIS not the only source of brutality against LGBTs Dan McDougall’s feature story in the Sunday Times of London Magazine examines the situation in Syria, “where gay people are being persecuted…

A few days ago, I predicted that Donald Trump’s love affair with evangelicals will be short-lived. The evidence continues to mount. Trump has declined the invitation of the Family Research Council…

I went to convocation at Liberty U, and it was okay.* Well, I wasn’t really there for Bernie Sanders’ speech to the Liberty University student body, but I did watch the video. I wasn’t kidding about…

I finally got a chance to watch Bernie Sanders’ Monday speech at Liberty University this morning, and was struck by what a radical and refreshing departure it was from the standard Democratic “faith…

On the eve of the papal visit, William Penn’s City of brotherly love, Philadelphia, is feeling anything but. With each twist and turn over the long hot summer in the planning for the papal visit…

Is same-sex marriage the new evolution? I was prompted to think about this seemingly bizarre question by a conversation with Paul Miller, a very smart young alumnus of Gordon College, and a founder of…

According to the latest Quinnipiac University poll of Republican likely caucus-goers, Donald Trump is still earning the admiration of 20 percent of evangelicals, bested only by Ben Carson at 27…

Years ago, I remember Christian right leaders fretting about pastors going to jail if they expressed their anti-gay views; when that didn’t come to pass, they fretted about churches losing their tax…