I don't have any special insight or commentary to add to the posts listed below, other than to say Amen. Here I just want to catalog, to highlight, to bear witness, and to amplify what these women are saying. It's important. Read more
I don't have any special insight or commentary to add to the posts listed below, other than to say Amen. Here I just want to catalog, to highlight, to bear witness, and to amplify what these women are saying. It's important. Read more
Jamelle Bouie notes that Americans don't have a constitutional right to vote and he wants to fix that; Jenny Rae Armstrong responds to John "Irrespective of Competency" Piper; Alan Bean on locking up and deporting Jesus; more than 1,000 religious leaders urge their peers to support family planning; and Chauncey DeVega contrasts two different vintages of American racism. Read more
The particulars change, but the pattern is always the same whether it's Eric Siebert talking about violence, or Steve Chalke talking about same-sex relationships, or Jonathan Blanchard talking about slavery, or Paul talking about circumcision, or Jesus talking about the Sabbath, or Isaiah talking about feast days. Some of us are focused on the moon. Some of us are focused on the finger. Read more
"We support biblical families," Chick-fil-A president Dan Cathy says of his fast-food corporation. So let's take a look at some of those biblical families. Today's entry: Evidence of virginity. Read more
Let's look at a current example of white evangelical gatekeeping as it unfolds before us in real time. This one involves Christianity Today in its usual role as good cop, and one of Al Mohler's henchmen in his gang's usual role as bad cop. This is an ugly, ugly business. Read more
Use a serial comma when it clarifies the meaning of the sentence. And don't use one when it messes up the meaning of the sentence. Or when singing "Scarborough Fair." Plus, what's wrong with Moriarty, and Sarah goes to the Doctor. Read more
A bit of Ruthie Foster and some Wednesday morning links, including: invisible cultural biases and invisible people; the right side of history; the five stages of "conservative climate change grief;" on the eighth day, god made white farmers; and a dark, bitter -- but delicious -- future for journalism. Read more
Why would these banks want or need such a law? Only one reason: They know they've built a house of cards and they hope against hope that the government will save their butts by somehow keeping the whole thing from toppling. Read more
"We support biblical families," Chick-fil-A president Dan Cathy says of his fast-food corporation. So let's take a look at some of those biblical families. Today's entry: Rebellious children. Read more
First the good news: Virginia Republicans have backed away from plans to end one-person, one-vote elections in the state. The bad news, of course, is that Virginia Republicans introduced and seriously considered a proposal to end one-person, one-vote elections in the state. Read more
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