- Catholic Nuns Back Obamacare Contraception Access http://www.religiondispatches.org/dispatches/patriciamiller/7687/catholic_nuns_back_obamacare_contraception_access/ 192 comments politics
- Caste First, Christ Second, for Some Indian Christians. http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/politics/5834/caste_first__christ_second__for_some_indian_christians 25 comments india
- In a 91-page decision, a Utah District Court judge has ruled that, although the state has the right to deny people more than one valid marriage license at a time, Utah's anti-cohabitation laws violate First Amendment rights to freedom of religion and elements of constitutional due process. http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/culture/7445/lds_church__us_government_swap_positions_on_polygamy/ 5 comments politics
- The New Anti-Gay Argument: "The Gag Reflex" http://www.religiondispatches.org/dispatches/guest_bloggers/7272/the_new_anti_gay_argument___the_gag_reflex_/ 4 comments politics
- Loving Uganda to Death: The Global Reach of Far-Right Christian Hatred; "It’s clear that much of the power American culture warriors have in Uganda comes from the money their ministries pour into the country along with their missionaries" http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/sexandgender/6926/loving_uganda_to_death__the_global_reach_of_far_right_christian_hatred/?repost=damnright 4 comments politics
- Barack Obama: the most pro-life president in history http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/sexandgender/6501/barack_obama,_pro-life_hero_/ 3 comments politics
- Romney just "Lying for the Lord" because “Every Mormon grows up with the idea that it’s OK to lie if it’s for a higher cause.” http://www.religiondispatches.org/dispatches/joannabrooks/6267/does_mormonism_encourage_lds_people_to_lie/ 41 comments politics
- "Traditional Marriage" used to mean one man, many women, some girls and some slaves. http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/sexandgender/5989/traditional_marriage:_one_man,_many_women,_some_girls,_some_slaves 149 comments politics
- evangelical followers are so excited to recognize one of their own in the Catholic Rick Santorum that they’re intent on seeing him win the nomination, and represent their convictions on the national stage—convictions that go a lot farther than making women pay out of pocket for the pill. http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/atheologies/5844/%E2%80%9Cone_of_us%E2%80%9D%3A_rick_santorum_and_the_politics_of_%28very_big%29_family/ 3 comments politics
- Homeschooling & American Exceptionalism: homeschooling is about much more than “education.” It’s about developing a coherent worldview that is entirely integrated & self-reinforcing; a worldview that sees America as a Christian Nation that should be governed by the bible http://www.religiondispatches.org/dispatches/julieingersoll/3843/homeschooling_and_american_exceptionalism 10 comments politics
- Tea Party, Circa 1930s: As soon as FDR proposed the New Deal, coalitions of businessmen & religious leaders began their fight against the incipient socialism that they perceived in Roosevelt’s efforts to revive the economy & right the wrongs exposed by the financial calamity http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/politics/5174/tea_party%2C_circa_1930s%3A_a_response_to_michael_kazin/print 4 comments politics
- It’s Unanimous: No “Moderates” in GOP Field: Last night’s debate revealed just how far the Republican Party has edged toward the religious right goal of abolishing public education. http://www.religiondispatches.org/dispatches/julieingersoll/5162/it%E2%80%99s_unanimous%3A_no_%E2%80%9Cmoderates%E2%80%9D_in_gop_field/ 6 comments politics
- Perry invokes Galileo's heresy conviction to show that science-shunning conservatives might be right about denying climate change. http://www.religiondispatches.org/dispatches/sarahposner/5081/perry's_galileo_moment/ 13 comments politics
- United Nations affirms the human right to blaspheme http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/politics/4985/united_nations_affirms_the_human_right_to_blaspheme 4 comments worldnews
- Rick Perry and the New Apostolic Reformation http://www.religiondispatches.org/dispatches/sarahposner/4874/rick_perry_and_the_new_apostolic_reformation/ 7 comments politics
- Having followed the debates on religion and freedom of expression at the United Nations over the last several years, I have become accustomed to passing on bad news. Now that there is some good news, almost no one has noticed. http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/politics/4985/united_nations_affirms_the_human_right_to_blaspheme/ 10 comments worldnews
- Rick Perry’s Jesus Imperative: A Report from Saturday's Mega-Rally - At The Response, a “non-political” event, participants are commanded to obey Jesus to save America from ruin http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/politics/4972/rick_perry%E2%80%99s_jesus_imperative%3A_a_report_from_saturday%27s_mega-rally/print 5 comments politics
- Inside the American Family Association: "Adolph Hitler was a homosexual and that the Nazi Party was largely created by 'homosexual thugs.'" That, in the New York Times piece, is a "disputed theory," rather than a conspiracy theory made up by anti-gay zealots. http://www.religiondispatches.org/dispatches/sarahposner/4964/inside_the_american_family_association/ 5 comments politics
- ‘Republicanity’—The GOP Transformation is Nearly Complete: theology of divine presence in national affairs that looks in some instances like a form of theo-fascism—particularly when leaders claim an intimate knowledge of God’s will & being chosen by Him to purify America http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/politics/4844/%E2%80%98republicanity%E2%80%99%E2%80%94the_gop_transformation_is_nearly_complete/ 5 comments politics
- PhD candidate's essay debunking belief that fanboys get religious over apple gear. http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/science/4755/do_ipads_cause_religious_experiences_/ 5 comments apple
- The Problem with Ayn Rand Isn’t Atheism...It's Dogma http://www.religiondispatches.org/dispatches/sarahposner/4721/the_problem_with_ayn_rand_isn%E2%80%99t_atheism/ 8 comments politics
- Students at Liberty Law School ... were repeatedly instructed (and tested) that when faced with a conflict between “God’s law” and “man’s law,” they should resolve that conflict through “civil disobedience” (like ignoring court orders, recommending clients leave the country) 3 cheers for FundieLaw! http://www.religiondispatches.org/ajax/email/?thingID=4585 7 comments law
- How the Conspiratorial American Right Is Spinning the Egypt Protests - Obama's A Muslim! Muslim Brotherhood! Shari'ah! http://www.religiondispatches.org/dispatches/sarahposner/4134/how_the_conspiratorial_american_right_is_spinning_the_egypt_protests/ 5 comments politics
- A Philosopher of Religion Calls it Quits http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/atheologies/3853/a_philosopher_of_religion_calls_it_quits 45 comments philosophy
- The Religious “Right” to Denounce Homosexuality: The religious right is framing the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell as an infringement of Christians’ religious freedom, and is vowing to “protect” its chaplains. http://www.religiondispatches.org/dispatches/sarahposner/3950/the_religious_%E2%80%9Cright%E2%80%9D_to_denounce_homosexuality/ 9 comments politics
- Which religion has proved the most violent and destructive in US history? The answer should not be a surprise. Hint: Not Pastafarianism. http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/politics/3138/ 24 comments reddit.com
- Conservatives Panic as Gay Marriage Looms:REALITY CHECK TIME...There has been NO LOSS of religious freedom to believe/teach homosexuality is wrong. BUT what they don’t have is right to use that belief to set public policy or pass legislation against people they deem “sinful” http://www.religiondispatches.org/dispatches/candacechellew-hodge/3147/conservatives_panic_as_gay_marriage_looms/ 3 comments politics
- Equal Protection of First Amendment-...a lot of Christians argue Islam doesn’t qualify under the First Amendment’s Free Exercise Clause...that passages in the Koran teach that infidels should be killed and so it can't be considered a true religion http://www.religiondispatches.org/dispatches/laurilebo/3159/equal_protection_of_first_amendment_/ 6 comments reddit.com
- A comedy writer who, disgusted that she was interviewing Ashton Krutcher, decided to meet Joseph Kony, head of the Uganda-based Lord’s Resistance Army, the most evil man in the world. http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/politics/2824/a_comedy_writer_confronts_%E2%80%98mind-shredding_evil%E2%80%99_in_uganda/ 7 comments worldevents
- Rand Paul: We Wouldn't Need Laws If Everyone Were Christian http://www.religiondispatches.org/dispatches/sarahposner/2654/rand_paul:_we_wouldn%27t_need_laws_if_everyone_were_christian/ 30 comments politics
- Early in the pre-dawn March morning, men with machetes, clubs, and guns stormed villages outside of Jos, slaughtering hundreds. This time around, many of the victims were Christians and the perpetrators Muslims of the Fulani ethnic group. But it has often been the other way around. http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/international/2400/politicized_religion_fuels_christian-muslim_violence_in_nigeria/ 6 comments worldevents
- Both evolutionary theory & climate change have scientific consensus, but explain that to state lawmakers seeking to ‘teach the controversy.’ ... it doesn’t matter to them which scientific discipline they are criticizing--their main thrust is a denial of the validity of science itself http://www.religiondispatches.org/dialogs/print/?id=2374 4 comments politics
- Battling The Antichrist By Outlawing Microchips - it's not about civil liberties, it's about dispensational paranoia and fear of the “Mark of the Beast.” http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/2353/battling_the_antichrist_by_outlawing_microchips/ 5 comments politics
- Adding difficulty to the philosophical question of Death http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/scienceenvironment/2260/when_are_you_dead_science_just_made_the_work_of_religion_a_bit_more_difficult 10 comments philosophy
- Military Abortion Ban: Female Soldiers Not Protected by Constitution They Defend http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/religiousright/2111/military_abortion_ban:_female_soldiers_not_protected_by_constitution_they_defend?page=2 9 comments politics
- Catholic Bishops to Use Mass to Lobby Against Health Care? - Both pro-choice and pro-life supporters of health care reform must speak out against this immoral use of religious services. http://www.religiondispatches.org/blog/politics/1978/catholic_bishops_to_use_mass_to_lobby_against_health_care/ 3 comments politics
- Why Quoting the Bible is Just Plain Wrong http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/religionandtheology/1371/the_bible_says..._and_other_myths_about_scripture/ 3 comments reddit.com
- Bush family's abortions, connection to JFK, watergate, Bay of Pigs, Saudi Royal Family, Revealed in New Book http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/rdbook/922/new_book_reveals_how_faith_is_like_a_covert_operation_for_the_bush_family/ 6 comments politics
- Is Rick Warren Gay? http://www.religiondispatches.org/blog/sexandgender/904/is_rick_warren_gay/ 8 comments politics
- "How's your girlfriend?" "She's my wife!" "Oh, my beliefs don't recognize marriage." - A Marriage Manifesto... Of Sorts http://www.religiondispatches.org/blog/sexandgender/755/ 16 comments politics