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Religion Dispatches
New studies show that marriage is a good thing. For everyone. So all those arguments that same-sex marriage will weaken the institution? Not true.
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Religion Dispatches
Religious groups used scare tactics, and a lot of money, to sway the vote on Prop. 8—so why are some of their leaders being welcomed at the “progressive” table?
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Religion Dispatches
On July 5, the FRC hopes to have thousands of congregations fall to their knees to pray for victory over the evil abortionists and queers. What about feeding the hungry?
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Religion Dispatches
Walter Benjamin, Susan Sontag, Hamlet, Abu Ghraib, and why the Eucharist involves the live audience in a way that Mel Gibson’s The Passion never could.
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Religion Dispatches
Reverend Wright’s condemnation of the United States made waves, but right-wing preachers have been railing against America’s sins for years.
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Religion Dispatches
Conservatives insist that empathy is a touchy-feely code word for pro-choice and pro-LGBT rights. But true empathy is a form of intelligence that, according to studies, may be missing in those predisposed to authoritarian rule. Why would right-wingers be suspicious of a Supreme Court Justice with a high EQ, a trait commonly associated with women?
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Political Research Associates
Truthout
The future of collective bargaining and labor rights in the United States is on the table.
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Religion Dispatches
Shell Oil is being called to answer for the pollution of the Niger river and for the death of activist Ken Saro-Wiwa. A seminarian calls for action.
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Religion Dispatches
Benedict’s visit to Israel was marked by his refusal to acknowledge the history of Catholic anti-Judaism and its relationship to Nazi antisemitism. Politicians, rabbis, and journalists were indignant that the pope offered no apology while a cardinal was surprised to learn that an apology was expected.
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Religion Dispatches
The Pope’s anti-modern critiques should not be waved off so easily, as many allegedly life-promoting institutions actually foster death. There is much in it that a progressive secularist could agree with—apart from feminism and sexual ethics.
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