Christian Right

A new documentary delves into the Mormon involvement in the passage of California’s Proposition 8, but it misses a chance to see the big picture. It wasn’t just run-of-the-mill theological homophobia that galvanized the LDS church, but a fear that the spectre of Mormon polygamy would arise if LGBT people were allowed to marry. And what do some polygamists think? Gay marriage or plural marriage: it’s a question of civil rights.

Pint-sized patriot is a true hero. Read it and weep.

Teacher accused of using Tesla coil to burn a cross into the arm of a student.

The week in religion, poetically…

Groups raise concerns about nominee’s commitment to separation of church and state and religious freedom.

Christian nationalists are using new tactics to mould public education curriculum to further their Christian agenda.

The cost to justice of theo-political alliances.

Liberty University’s anti-Islam brand problem.

How the religious right sees the Hastings case.

The notorious Alliance Defense Fund, which seeks to abrogate the establishment clause of the First Amendment, has recruited an evangelical minister to endorse a candidate for governor from the pulpit in hopes of taking his case all the way to the Supreme Court. Such advocacy, of course, violates the Johnson Amendment, which prohibits any 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization from making political endorsements.