discrimination/religious freedom

“There are some among you,” the pope wrote, “who conceive of and desire a Church in America different from that which is in the rest of the world.” Apparently unconcerned that on this side of the ocean the word might have a more positive ring than he intended, he used the name by which this heresy had become known in Europe: Americanism.

In wake of Rush Limbaugh calling a Georgetown U student a “slut” RD has some helpful hints on how to avoid…well, you can read the headline.

Just another religion headline today.

The latest Bloggingheads.

Efforts by the hierarchical institution to spin the current controversy as a matter of religious liberty are unconvincing. After all, it is not the Catholic Church whose liberty is impinged upon. Members, even bishops, can still teach and believe what they wish. No one forces them to use contraception. Rather, it is employees of Catholic institutions, including janitors and housekeepers, whose rights to make their own decisions about health care are impinged upon. Blaming the victim is an old trick, but, in this case, few people are buying it.

What propelled a ginned up controversy into a media frenzy wasn’t that the Bishops opposed Obama—again; it was that “even progressive Catholics” were up in arms about it.

Their claim has already been tested in court.

Meanwhile, progressive Mormons welcome court ruling.

The religious right has been oppressed by gays for too long.

Sex, secularism, and Islamists.