Showing posts with label religious freedom. Show all posts
Showing posts with label religious freedom. Show all posts
Friday, May 4, 2018

In the News: "Religious Freedom" and "Right" to Discriminate; Roots of Evangelicals' Idolization of Trump; Shifting Religious Landscape re: LGBT Rights; SBC and Misogyny

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Religion-themed news from the past several days that has caught my eye, and which I'd like to share with you:
Friday, February 16, 2018

"Let’s Rename ‘School’ as ‘Uterus’ So Maybe Republican Lawmakers Will Want to Do Something about the Children Dying Inside Them": Short Takes to Recommend

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Let’s rename ‘school’ as ‘uterus’ so maybe Republican lawmakers will want to do something about the children dying inside them. — Nathan ...
Sunday, December 10, 2017

CNN Asks, "Roy Moore, Jerusalem and LGBT Rights: Why Is Religion So Divisive?" My Response in Twitter Thread

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Why is "religion" so divisive, Burke asks? And then he launches into a description of precisely who, in American culture, is us...
Wednesday, December 6, 2017

Cakes as Religious Freedom and Artistic Expression, and Rolling Civil Rights Back to Year Two: What Americans Love to Argue About in God's Name

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People with very little intellectual depth will try and convince you that a denial of your very basic entitlements is trivial. These peopl...
Sunday, October 8, 2017

Update on Judge Wendell Gfiffen of Little Rock: Judge Griffen Files Suit vs. Arkansas Supreme Court for Violating His Religious Liberty

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In May, I told you of a move to impeach Arkansas judge (and my friend) Wendell Griffen after he took part in a public demonstration ...
Thursday, September 14, 2017

Faith Defined as Dogma Is Weaponized Faith: A Theological Footnote to Father Jenkins' Response to Senator Feinstein re: Catholic Dogma

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I'd like to add a theological footnote to what I posted yesterday reflecting on the recent claim of Notre Dame University presid...
Wednesday, September 13, 2017

Notre Dame President Father Jenkins Responds to Senator Feinstein: "'Dogma Lives Loudly' . . . Is a Condition We Call Faith" (But No, It's Not)

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At a hearing last week, Senator Diane Feinstein grilled federal judge nominee (and Notre Dame University law professor) Amy Coney Ba...
Friday, June 9, 2017

My Statement in Support of Religious Liberty and Judge Wendell Griffen at Today's Rally in Little Rock

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I was asked (along with a number of other guests) to make a brief statement at the religious liberty rally held in Little Rock toda...
Monday, June 5, 2017

We're for Religious Liberty: Rally to Be Held June 9 in Little Rock in Support of Judge Wendell Griffen

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I think most readers of this blog are not in Arkansas or nearby states. But on the off chance that there are readers of Bilgrimage in ...
Friday, April 21, 2017

Arkansas Killing Spree Now Underway, as "Pro-Life" White Christians Applaud

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My state of Arkansas did move ahead to execute a man named Ledell Lee last night. Our state Supreme Court cleared the way for this ex...
Saturday, March 11, 2017

Important Finding in New PRRI Survey: "White Evangelical Protestants Stand Out" — As Opponents of LGBTQ Rights, With Claims That "Christians" Are Uniquely Persecuted

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Yesterday, the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) published the findings of a survey it conducted in February 2017, which breaks...
Friday, February 17, 2017

End-of-Week Articles on Religion and Politics in Era of Trump: "Communities Devoted to Authoritarian Ideologies Are Grounded in Abuse"

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More material on religious issues and politics in the era of Trump, which I've read in the past few days and want to recommend to...
Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Things I've Read Recently About Religion and America Under Trump: "Dear White Christian Trump Supporters: We Need to Talk"

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This is perfect. pic.twitter.com/IdUvMS5Fzc — Jessi (@lovelyjessij) February 14, 2017 Things I've read in the past day or so, ...
Friday, February 3, 2017

"A Conscience That Is Not Awake to Suffering and Fails to Respond Is Walled Off from the Love of God": Commentary on Trump and Religious Issues

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With his performance at yesterday's National Prayer Breakfast (an event organized by the shadowy anti-LGBT group calling itself ...
Tuesday, January 10, 2017

#ReligiousFreedomIs: Defending and Celebrating Religious Liberty As a Foundation of Democratic Society

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Liberty and Justice for All from Coalition for Liberty & Justice on Vimeo . Next Monday, 16 January, will be the 231st anniversary...
Thursday, October 6, 2016

Quote for Day: When Religious Freedom Is Used As a Weapon to Infringe on Civil Liberties, It Deserves Scare Quotes

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Sunnivie Brydum asks whether it's fair to put irony-signaling quotation marks around the terms "religious freedom" and...
Thursday, September 29, 2016

Question "What Is Church For?" Emerges Again with Polling Data About Who Supports Trump and Who Thinks Anti-Gay Discrimination Should Be Allowed If Business Owners Cite Religion

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Johann Baptist Metz,  "Communicating a Dangerous Memory" For your consideration:
Monday, September 12, 2016

U.S. Commission on Civil Rights: "Religious Liberty Was Never Intended to Give One Religion . . . Veto Power Over the Civil Rights and Civil Liberties of Others"

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Anne Hilt, "Religious Freedom' Means Putting LGBT Americans Back in the Closet" Martin R. Castro, chairman of the U.S. ...
Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Robert P. Jones and The End of White Christian America: LGBTQ Rights, White Christian America, and a Trump Presidency — Questions for Consideration

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As I noted yesterday when I offered you my first installment of excerpts from Robert P. Jones' new book The End of White Christi...
Tuesday, July 12, 2016

Judge Carlton Reeves on Parallel Between Mississippi White Christians' Rejection of Black Civil Rights in 1960s and Rejection of LGBTQ Rights Today

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Claude Summers notes that , as he knocked down Mississippi's "religious freedom" law, Judge Carlton Reeves drew the ob...