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Religion Dispatches
“My situation isn’t isolated to Mormonism. But to suggest that it doesn’t exist in Mormonism is just bullshit. Abuse of power happens in every religion.”
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Religion Dispatches
The nine most terrifying words in the English language, are ‘I’m from the government, and I’m here to help. – Ronald Reagan There’s an irony embedded in the outraged responses of the “religious…
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Religion Dispatches
Religiously-affiliated government contractors, responding to President Obama’s executive orders barring discrimination by federal government contractors based on sexual orientation and gender identity…
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Political Research Associates
The NY Giants’ David Tyree Controversy
The New York Giants’ hiring of former player David Tyree as the director of player development has resulted in controversy and a statement from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC).
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Religion Dispatches
Like many of you, I’ve been spending much of July fuming over how to properly vent my frustration with the disturbing implications of SCOTUS’s Hobby Lobby and Wheaton College rulings. Not being a…
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Religion Dispatches
This past weekend creationist Ken Ham, best known to most for his highly publicized debate with Bill Nye, posted an odd reflection concerning alien life to his blog. The impetus for Ham’s post appears…
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Religion Dispatches
Change is afoot in the Catholic Church’s handling of divorced people who have sex within subsequent marriages. Long a point of lay dissent and inconsistent practice, at least in democratic capitalist…
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Religion Dispatches
In the following clip from The Posner Show, Sarah and Columbia Law School’s Kara Loewentheil discuss how a letter urging Obama not to include a religious exemption in a forthcoming executive order…
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Religion Dispatches
An interview with Leslie Dorrough Smith on her new book, “Righteous Rhetoric: Sex, Speech, and the Politics of Concerned Women for America.”
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Political Research Associates
Recently, we’ve seen a new round of right-wing “family values” efforts at the international level, focused particularly on the United Nations.
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