Justice Denied by the “Culture of Life”
A standard misconception of the religious right is to privilege sexual “sins” over the sin of, say, a lack of economic justice for women. A story from Genesis 38 retold...
View Article2010: What Did We Believe In?
It shouldn’t be surprising that the most sacred concerns of Americans are also some of the most contentious political issues of our day.
View Article2010: A Banner Year for Biblical Patriarchy
A look at Christian Reconstructionist Vision Forum’s year end report.
View ArticleMississippi Personhood Amendment Fails
What does this mean for fetal personhood measures across the country?
View ArticleContraception Isn’t Meat
An argument against Commonweal's argument against the religious exemption.
View ArticleReligious Liberty…For Bishops
What of protestants and Jews who believe it's an obligation of their religion to practice contraception?
View ArticleLiberals Enabled Bishops in Contraception Battle
What propelled a ginned up controversy into a media frenzy wasn’t that the Bishops opposed Obama—again; it was that “even progressive Catholics” were up in arms about it.
View Article“Symbolic” Personhood Bill Could Kill
Here’s an idea: if you want to make a statement, print a T-shirt.
View ArticleHow To Control Your Ungodly Urges… On a Budget!
In wake of Rush Limbaugh calling a Georgetown U student a "slut" RD has some helpful hints on how to avoid...well, you can read the headline.
View ArticleLDS Church-Owned Radio Station Stands By Rush Limbaugh
Advertisers flee misogynist heavyweight, but not Bonneville Communications.
View ArticleBlankets, Booties, and Jesus: Spiritual War on the Uterus in Rick Perry’s Texas
Where Bush would sign something because anti-choice was his base, Perry actively instigates. A report from the frontlines of the kinder, gentler scorched-earth campaign against abortion and birth...
View ArticleGrowing Catholic Resistance to Bishops’ Crusades
Pittsburgh and Seattle parishes are respectfully saying “no thank you” to bishops accusing Obama of a “to hell with you!” attitude.
View ArticleRethinking a Classic from the Conservative Contraception Canon
I was both saddened and gratified by Mark Oppenheimer’s follow-up piece on the authors of Open Embrace, a Protestant couple’s jointly-written book on why they chose not to use artificial contraception,...
View ArticleThe Truth about Catholics and Condoms
The Pope took a big first step that the rest of the leadership must follow.
View ArticleCatholic Cohabitators, Fornicators, and Masturbators, Please Step Up
On sacrament-denial and slut-shaming: why Barbara Johnson is a Catholic hero.
View ArticleLDS Church and the Birth Control Controversy
Making access to birth control a national issue helps Obama.
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