Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Sam Albano on the Pastoral Emergency in American Catholicism Caused by Abuse of LGBT People: A Personal Response

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Sam Albano co-founded a youth ministry in his Catholic parish in Carmel, Indiana. Until August 2014, he served on the parish council.  ...

And Now West Virginia: Another State Considering Copycat Legislation Modeled After Arkansas's "Pro-Business" Right-to-Discriminate Law

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As I noted two days ago , immediately after Arkansas enacted its new "pro-business" right-to-discriminate (against gays) legi...

Quote for Day: "Boundary Maintenance Is Very Important to White Evangelicals"

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How do white evangelicals, as a small minority group, exert such outsized control on American politics at a national level (I'm p...

PRRI Releases American Values Atlas: Outsized Control Exerted by White Evangelicals to Block Expansion of Rights for LGBT Citizens

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Today, the Public Religion Research Institute is releasing a new American Values Atlas .  As Cathy Lynn Grossman reports for Religio...
Monday, February 23, 2015

Plano, Texas, Continues to Protect LGBT Citizens from Discrimination; Catholic News Service Responds by Circulating Report of Liberty Institute That Christians Are Persecuted

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Can Catholic News Service undercut its credibility any more decisively as a bona fide journalistic venture? I doubt it. Not when it...

As Arkansas Enacts Right-to-Discriminate Legislation, Texas Legislator Files Copycat Bill

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And so it begins: as David Badash writes , just as the right-to-discriminate bill becomes law in Arkansas ( see Max Brantley at Arkans...
Sunday, February 22, 2015

1 Picture, 1,000 Words: The Crusades (Way Back When?)

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Clay Bennett on the Crusades :