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Did Christian Nationalist Leaders Prompt Mike Johnson’s Epstein Flip-Flop?

Political Research Associates
Mother Jones
On Tuesday, House Speaker Mike Johnson, in a departure from his previous calls for transparency, announced that he would not ask for a vote on whether the files pertaining to accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein should be released.
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Press

QAnon world roiled by Trump opposing releasing the Epstein files

Political Research Associates
Media Matters
The QAnon conspiracy theory was allegedly built to hold elite child predators accountable. As Trump dismisses the Epstein filings, many in QAnon world are trying to find a way to give him a pass — while only a few others are outraged.
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Press

Echoing the Past: White supremacy, the policing of drag and Black resilience

Political Research Associates
SPLC
The policing of gender has become a common tactic among some policymakers, whether it’s banning trans people in sports, legislation regulating bathroom usage or the targeting of drag performances.
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Press
Religion Dispatches

Millennials Put Off By Rigid, Judgmental Religion Offered ... More Orthodoxy

In a way, the Christian Post’s Kevin Shrum is quite right about why young people reject Christianity these days. He accurately summarizes research into the “Nones” by James E. White and George Barna…
Daniel Schultz
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Religion Dispatches

Is Wheaton’s Decision to End Student Insurance a Religious Liberty Ruse?

Wheaton College grabbed headlines last week for its decision to end student health insurance rather than comply with the contraceptive mandate in the Affordable Care Act. And by comply, I mean: tell…
Patricia Miller
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Religion Dispatches

How AIDS Changed the Way American Christians Talk About Sex

A Q&A with Anthony Petro on his new book, the first history of religion and the AIDS crisis in the U.S.
Anthony Petro
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Religion Dispatches

Fellow Mainline Christians: Are We Completely Useless? 

I’m of the mind that the appropriate role for white people in racial justice work is usually supportive: we ask how we can help, we do what we’re asked, and if there are any microphones, we pass them…
Sarah Morice-Brubaker
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Religion Dispatches

Would We Have No Commitment to Equality Without Christianity?

Readers of my last post, and readers of English more generally, could be forgiven for thinking that in his essay, “ Christian human rights: An introduction,” and in his forthcoming book, Christian…
Austin Dacey
Article
Religion Dispatches

African Religious leaders complain about Obama advocacy for LGBT rights; Ultra-Orthodox Man Stabs Jerusalem Pride Parade Marchers, Again; Struggles over sexuality in Islam, Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican Churches; Global LGBT recap

Africa: Religious leaders criticize Obama comments on LGBT human rights A story from the Catholic News Agency rounds up critical commentary from members of the church hierarchy in response to U.S…
Peter Montgomery
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Religion Dispatches

The Martyrdom of Cecil the Lion

Earlier this year, I sit in the passenger seat of a land rover with my partner driving down a dusty dirt road. We’re traversing our way through Kenya’s Maasai Mara National Reserve. We’re camping, our…
Jacob J. Erickson
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