In a political climate marked by near-constant human rights violations, the resurrection of abstinence-only programs under the guise of “risk avoidance” occurs amid growing outrage fatigue.
This year’s streamlining process managed to nudge the standards in the direction of less biased coverage of the world’s religions, but much work remains if Texas students are to receive balanced instruction.
On November 6, Massachusetts voters will decide several ballot measures, including Question 3, which asks voters to overturn public accommodations protections in the Bay State based on gender identity.
Evangelicals—and those who are strongly invested in a “respectable” image for evangelicalism—now seem to be making a concerted effort to push back ahead of the midterm elections.
Inviting a messianic Jew to say a prayer for the victims of the worst act of anti-Semitic violence in American history is like sprinkling bacon bits on an eff-you sandwich.
South Carolina governor Henry McMaster moved to protect Miracle Hill and other agencies that want to to discriminate against Jews and others and continue to receive government funding.
His hollow performances of Christian piety are so illegible because Trump’s object of worship isn’t the God of Abraham, or even the United States. To Trump, land borders themselves are holy, worth honoring with menacing shrines and protecting with the blood of innocents.