Thursday, June 21, 2018

Linda Gordon's Second Coming of the KKK: "Klan's Mobilization of Evangelical Ministers Foreshadowed — and Probably Helped Generate — the Entry of Christian Right Preachers into Conservative Politics"

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I've just finished reading Linda Gordon's  The Second Coming of the KKK: The Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s and the American Polit...
Tuesday, June 19, 2018

"The Same [Bible] Passage Sessions Cited Has Been Used to Justify Slavery and Nazism": Valuable Commentary on Sessions' and Huckabee-Sanders' Use of Romans 13

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Dear Jeff Sessions, are you aware that the argument you made today from Romans 13 was a central argument of the German Christian (Pro-Nazi...
Monday, June 18, 2018

"Pro-Life" White U.S. Christians Don't "Risk" Being Implicated in the Horrors Unfolding on the Nation's Borders: They Are Directly Responsible for Those Horrors

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Huffington Post lead headline, morning of 15 June 2018. Charles Camosy, " You Can't Be Pro-Life and Against Immigrant Chil...
Friday, June 15, 2018

We Are Church Ireland to Pope Francis: Would Jesus Define People as Objectively Disordered or Intrinsically Evil?

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As Sarasi pointed out in a comment here several days ago, We Are Church Ireland now has a petition online at Change.org with the fol...

"The Bible Is Trending Because It Was Just Used to Justify Ripping Babies from Their Mothers’ Arms and Putting Them in Interment Camps"

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Because it needs to be documented: think of how documentation now allows us to see Catholic religious leaders in Germany and Austria, C...
Thursday, June 14, 2018

Southern Baptist Convention's New Smiley Face: What Really Lies Behind It, When We Get Beyond Media Spin?: "Wives, Submit to Your Husbands"

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Perhaps as a former  Southern Baptist, I should keep my mouth shut. In the view of the mainstream media, which love a both-sides-have...
Wednesday, June 13, 2018

Recommended Commentary: "There Will Be Lots of Singing, Preaching, Praying, and Hand Holding. Meanwhile, Victims of Sacralized Bigotry and Discrimination Will Be Ignored"

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Nine people of faith sit in jail tonight for praying on the steps of the #SupremeCourt . This from the same court that ruled in favor of t...