https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to roy moore en https://religiondispatches.org/2024/03/05/alabamas-ivf-ruling-reveals-deep-ties-increasingly-influential-christian-right-movement In the Alabama Supreme Court’s IVF ruling that sent shockwaves through the country, the word “God” appears 41 times—and that’s no coincidence. Embryos, according to Alabama’s highest court, are in fact “extrauterine children”—a phrase so dystopian it would make Margaret… Tue, 05 Mar 2024 05:29:17 EST Annika Brockschmidt e4a60f3b-6173-4b0b-ab29-7719222b2f20 https://religiondispatches.org/2021/09/07/bill-mill-ennialism-arkansas-end-times-politics-may-be-coming-state-near-you It was the best of the end times. It was the worst of the end times. It was the age of Trump. It was 2019. Trump was compared with the greatest of God’s biblical champions. Things would never be the… Tue, 07 Sep 2021 02:43:35 EDT Frederick Clarkson 77201a1d-2b34-4fdf-a065-5f9e082fb830 https://religiondispatches.org/2020/08/10/wrong-man-why-falwells-paying-his-indiscretion-trump-gets-pass When news broke this past Friday that a controversial Instagram photo would result in Jerry Falwell, Jr. taking an “indefinite leave of absence” as president of Liberty University, it was only the latest in a string of incidents with Falwell… Mon, 10 Aug 2020 12:34:21 EDT Leslie Dorrough Smith 35b3af05-dc0b-455b-afbe-765a06d6c0a3 https://religiondispatches.org/2020/07/16/tearing-down-evangelical-icons-why-penns-decision-remove-george-whitefield-statue-may-be It’s a curious fact of history that a statue of John Wesley stands prominently ensconced in the center of downtown Savannah, Georgia. In stark contrast, a nondescript gazebo dedicated to George Whitefield sits nestled in a quiet residential area on… Thu, 16 Jul 2020 02:00:07 EDT Peter Y. Choi b01d1530-492c-46ec-be1b-a7ea22d0fc17 https://religiondispatches.org/2020/07/10/state-director-christian-right-legislative-group-project-blitz-calls-lynching-rep-ilhan UPDATE, July 27, 2020: Rev. Dale Witherington recently returned to the scene of his Facebook crime and wrote that he would be taking time away from Facebook and deleting his app. This was three days after the political blog Bluestem… Fri, 10 Jul 2020 12:47:36 EDT Frederick Clarkson 218525b6-8435-479d-9383-68b7ea110127 https://religiondispatches.org/2019/08/07/beyond-thoughts-and-prayers-how-christian-rights-politics-providentialism-keeps-america In order for the GOP leadership to continue to do nothing on guns they need loyal foot soldiers to deliver messaging that appeals to their base. What this messaging, familiar to those of us who grew up in the Christian Right, tells us about the “soul” of the Republican Party is not pretty. Wed, 07 Aug 2019 03:39:52 EDT Chrissy Stroop 6adefc20-1de3-48d6-92c7-214c22ced3de https://religiondispatches.org/2018/04/17/somewhat-cynical-take-future-and-soul-evangelicalism Hidely-ho, readerinos! It’s time for one of our favorite running gags around the RD religio-sphere, to wit: “Watch Evangelicals Desperately Squirm To Avoid Being Blamed For The Consistent Pattern Of Rigid Sexual Authoritarianism And Barely-Concealed Racism Of Their Community!” Or… Tue, 17 Apr 2018 02:20:48 EDT Daniel Schultz c37a8f25-2e50-44a5-9b5c-d07304c9698a https://religiondispatches.org/2018/01/31/christianity-greening-depends-who-and-how-you-ask One of the most vexing questions to confront Christians in this post-Christendom age is how to effect change when their social views are no longer considered normative, or even relevant. For the better part of 50+ years, the Christian right… Wed, 31 Jan 2018 12:25:43 EST Daniel Schultz 835f0152-1e5f-4255-8ea7-0d1311c7a5b8 https://religiondispatches.org/2018/01/16/churchtoo-apology-evangelical-pastor-accused-sexual-assault-shows-why-sorry-isnt-enough As the #metoo movement shines a necessary, long overdue light on men in the workplace who have abused their power by sexually harassing and assaulting women, #churchtoo has entered this discussion while focusing on sexual violence waged (and often covered… Tue, 16 Jan 2018 02:36:53 EST Jessica Johnson 43e8a7df-0f2b-4ee3-8510-ab4e5e71fb2e https://religiondispatches.org/2018/01/03/itsnotus-being-evangelical-means-never-having-say-youre-sorry The defenders of “respectable” evangelicalism were out in force in 2017. In newspapers, magazines, and National Public Radio programs, they delivered a consistent message. That group of Trump-loving, Roy-Moore-supporting evangelicals? “It’s not us.” As a historian of evangelicalism, I find… Wed, 03 Jan 2018 03:32:33 EST Timothy Gloege cb428ffb-2a4e-4888-a771-e84d677a818b https://religiondispatches.org/2017/12/26/dear-timothy-keller-evangelical-problem-isnt-pollsters In response to the public identity crisis voiced by some white evangelicals since Donald Trump’s victory and Roy Moore’s loss—elections in which roughly 80% of white evangelical voters supported each candidate despite multiple sexual assault accusations against each—Timothy Keller, the… Tue, 26 Dec 2017 01:18:44 EST Jessica Johnson 5eca5bd5-3a58-4904-819d-2f17469cd65e https://religiondispatches.org/2017/12/20/youre-fcked-how-pouncing-mistakes-helps-right-escape-moral-accountability “If you make a mistake, another mistake, there is a very severe possibility that you’re both going to get shot,” says a cop to the man and the woman lying face down on the floor of a hotel hallway. It’s… Wed, 20 Dec 2017 12:16:41 EST Jonathan Malesic 13f717a0-c65e-4b84-a5d9-c20b690d9d69 https://religiondispatches.org/2017/12/14/raw-power-just-what-religious-left-needs Of all the religion-and-politics takes on Doug Jones’ victory over Roy Moore—and there are many—one of the most obscure sticks out the most. It comes in the midst of a discussion by independent journalist Al Giordano of get out the… Thu, 14 Dec 2017 02:41:29 EST Daniel Schultz cb80edee-22f1-45e3-ba7a-8d313864348b https://religiondispatches.org/2017/12/13/17th-century-roots-roy-moores-refusal-concede-election If we should change from a mixed aristocracy to mere democracy, first we should have no warrant in scripture for it: for there was no such government in Israel … A democracy is, amongst civil nations, accounted the meanest and… Wed, 13 Dec 2017 04:10:42 EST Karen E. Park 435bb89d-0241-4915-90b7-ad527968acf5 https://religiondispatches.org/2017/12/11/oedipus-complexity-it-enough-fire-men-accused-sexual-misconduct Stories of sexual abuse and misconduct are, of course, nothing new. The matter changes. So do the punishments and the means of restoration or reconciliation. When Oedipus, the legendary Greek king, was revealed to have engaged in an inappropriate sexual… Mon, 11 Dec 2017 01:04:21 EST Benjamin Dueholm c025fcec-e64d-485d-a3d5-c04231be8e02 https://religiondispatches.org/2017/11/13/why-roy-moores-evangelical-supporters-wont-abandon-him Amidst shocking allegations that Roy Moore pursued relationships with girls ranging in age from 14-18 years old when he was in his 30s, a new poll shows that 37% of evangelicals are “more likely” to vote for Moore, while another… Mon, 13 Nov 2017 10:49:21 EST Julie Ingersoll 9b1b344b-e0fe-4c9e-98ad-847f87316b3f https://religiondispatches.org/2017/11/10/southern-evangelicals-defend-pedophilia-using-catholic-legends Roy Moore’s evangelical defenders redefine Christmas spirit. Fri, 10 Nov 2017 03:32:12 EST Karen E. Park 9fa16d2a-ebf0-4f57-8bbe-3c7bdadead22 https://religiondispatches.org/2017/11/10/jesus-mary-and-joseph-disgusting-religious-defense-roy-moore The practice of commenting on religion and politics frequently takes one to strange places. Say, for example, having to parse a statement like this defense of former Alabama Supreme Court Justice and current Republican candidate for the US Senate Roy… Fri, 10 Nov 2017 11:44:37 EST Daniel Schultz b9104fe8-f499-4cb4-8aa5-2c47d6c89299 https://religiondispatches.org/2017/10/02/roy-10-commandments-moore-doesnt-want-reform-senate-he-has-higher-calling Much has already been written about the dangers Roy Moore—Alabama’s infamous “10 Commandments judge”—could pose if he wins the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Jeff Sessions. But given Moore’s swift primary dispatching of incumbent (and Trump-endorsed) Sen. Luther Strange, and… Mon, 02 Oct 2017 01:02:35 EDT Sunnivie Brydum 0298bd2b-5736-4866-ad15-6e3a99515053 https://religiondispatches.org/2016/10/27/religious-freedom-org-sticking-trump-clinging-scotus-nominations The foul-mouthed businessman still has a few reliable allies going to bat for him. Thu, 27 Oct 2016 07:09:30 EDT Sunnivie Brydum a9c7f468-b165-4443-8a6c-d4c12314269a https://religiondispatches.org/2016/06/30/onward-christian-trump-soldiers In preparation for the coming July 4th festivities, Rep. Doug Lamborn, who represents Colorado Springs and El Paso County in Colorado (full disclosure—my home) introduced a resolution to declare July 2 nd as a “National Day of Personal Reflection and… Thu, 30 Jun 2016 01:12:40 EDT Paul Harvey ec588f5e-9942-47a3-9409-4d47b5a5abeb https://religiondispatches.org/2016/01/11/roy-moores-order-stop-gay-marriage-licenses-case-flawed-theology The order by Alabama Supreme Court Justice Roy Moore that judges stop issuing marriage licenses to gay couples re-opens a messy legal case. But it shouldn’t. This is a discussion that should be taking place within and among faith communities—not… Mon, 11 Jan 2016 03:24:58 EST Marcia Pally 0f1e02bb-7368-4a16-863c-70fb99d1d9b3 https://religiondispatches.org/2015/09/01/kentucky-court-clerk-professing-apostolic-christian-questions-legal-authority Kim Davis, the Rowan County, Kentucky clerk who continues to refuse to issue marriage licenses to same sex couples despite the Supreme Court’s refusal to hear her case, says she is obeying “God’s authority,” not the authority of her employer… Tue, 01 Sep 2015 11:02:40 EDT Sarah Posner 3756ef66-f433-4efb-9750-e4bfb0ed1144 https://religiondispatches.org/2015/08/06/how-fringe-theocratic-movement-helped-shape-religious-right-we-know-it A Q&A with Julie Ingersoll on the history of Christian Reconstructionism as told in her new book: Building God’s Kingdom. Thu, 06 Aug 2015 04:04:04 EDT Sarah Posner c6ad1b46-8082-4352-b795-ec01e9214635 https://religiondispatches.org/2015/07/07/uncertain-post-obergefell-world-religious-exemptions Today Americans United for the Separation of Church and State launched a new project, Protect Thy Neighbor, aimed, organizers said, at the overuse of religious exemptions in legislatures and the courts. The most immediate concerns of the project, launched less… Tue, 07 Jul 2015 02:43:06 EDT Sarah Posner 757d9362-173e-4d44-a244-5c092029fe92