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Religion Dispatches
Last week, Katie Britt, one of Alabama’s two Christian nationalist senators, provided a now-notorious rebuttal to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address. If nothing else it was compelling…
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Dear Amazon Prime,* As a loyal customer I’m appalled at your latest WOKE stunt and have some questions for you before I cut to the chase. I’ve been watching the new Rings of Power series based on the…
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Religion Dispatches
This week, Emmy Award-winning actor Hank Azaria finally offered to stop doing the voice of Apu, the Indian caricature on The Simpsons. It only took nearly 30 years. While Azaria is getting some kudos…
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Religion Dispatches
Credit where credit is due. Ted Cruz has a way about him. A way that is sanctimonious, oleaginous, and false. I have been reading and hearing that there is considerable mourning among the ranks of the…
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In the spirit of the annual evangelical Christian push to “Keep the Christ in Christmas,” the United Church of Bacon (UCB) placed a holiday themed billboard in Las Vegas, Nevada featuring two strips…
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Religion Dispatches
Dear Director Comey & Secretary Johnson: Director Comey, I sympathize with the frustration you expressed in your testimony before the Senate. I recognize that your agency is understaffed in the face…
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It’s all too depressingly predictable and sickeningly familiar.
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Religion Dispatches
Q: So where does this leave us? Do Muslims condemn terror? A: If I speak, it is used against me, and if I do not speak…
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