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Religion Dispatches

Does the Susan B. Anthony List Know Santorum Supports Funding Planned Parenthood?

The candidate’s misleading statements on Title X.
Sarah Posner
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Aspirin as Birth Control, Shazam! and the GOP’s Crusade Against Contraception

The religious liberty canard, again.
Sarah Posner
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Note to CPAC Conservatives: “City [Up]on a Hill” Wasn’t About American Exceptionalism

Bruce Springsteen channels John Winthrop.
Julie Ingersoll
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Evangelicals More in Favor of Religious Exemption Than Catholics

“We are all Catholics now.”
Sarah Posner
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Marriage Equality in WA Already Under Attack

The anti-gay marriage money machine must work quickly or there will be a lot of June marriages.
Candace Chellew-Hodge
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LDS Church Response to Prop. 8 Begs Question of Polygamy

Meanwhile, progressive Mormons welcome court ruling.
Joanna Brooks
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Paula White’s Coronation, “Rabbi” Messer’s “Apology,” and Great Parody

The charlatans and the satirists.
Anthea Butler
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Watch the New Birth Throne: Eddie Long Declared ‘King’ by ‘Rabbi’

The disgraced preacher takes the “kingdom” to the next level of church pimping.
Anthea Butler
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Quote of the Day

Pray tell, can someone look in the mirror?
Sarah Posner
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Barbara Ehrenreich’s Bright-Sided Explores the Dark Side of Positive Thinking

A new book reveals the historical roots and conservative uses of the positive thinking movement, showing how it encourages victim-blaming, political complacency, and a culture-wide flight from realism.
Michelle Goldberg
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