Whoa, religion blazing a trail into the 21st Century: A NEWSPAPER THAT SERVES the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community took a small but significant step for women last week when it printed a picture of Hillary Clinton, partially obscured, speaking at a campaign rally in Florida. The photo was first picked up by a Jewish blog, Only Simchas, which wrote about it under the headline: “History Made: Yated Ne’eman Publishes a Picture of Hillary Clinton. A Woman!” The photo shows only Clinton’s... Read more

The Mormon Church continues to experience fallout over its anti-gay policies.  The Guardian, this week, highlighted Lila Steffensen’s walk away from the Church: Steffensen was conflicted at the time, and years later, she stopped going. But she remained a member of the Mormon faith up until last week when she decided to officially cut ties with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS): on Saturday, she participated in a “mass resignation” from the Mormon church, one of more... Read more

There are some cases where it feels like all that is appropriate is to give sympathy.  Sadly, in some of those situations reside truths that need to be spoken. One such scenario is that of a Kenyan woman who was recently attacked by her husband with a machete.  The attack ultimately resulted in him severing both of her hands.  Why?  Because she hadn’t bore him children.  Now, he was infertile, and a doctor had confirmed this.  But he still chose... Read more

It’s the zenith of both arrogance and evil to think that somebody else’s child is yours simply because of your religion: Ultra-Orthodox Jews are raising £1m to prevent “pure and holy” children from leaving the strict faith community and living with “irreligious parents” in an “evil culture”, The Independent has learned. The fundraising drive has been established to fund the legal fees of divorcing parents involved in child custody battles with ex-partners who want to join mainstream society. The Independent... Read more