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Sarah Posner

Sarah Posner is a Prospect senior correspondent and associate editor of Religion Dispatches, where she writes a blog about religion and politics. The author of God's Profits: Faith Fraud, and the Republican Crusade for Values Voters (PoliPoint 2008), her work has also appeared in the Nation, Salon, The Guardian, The Daily Beast, and other publications.

Recent Articles

The FundamentaList (No. 83)

This week in religion and politics: Should the Senate Judiciary Committee consider Sonia Sotomayor's stance on the separation of church and state or her lack of a record on abortion?

Sarah PosnerJun 03, 2009

1. Sotomayor and Separation of Church and State: More Information Needed.

The Supreme Court's "60-year record on the Establishment Clause hangs in the balance," Derek Araujo, vice president and general counsel to the secular Center for Inquiry (CFI) replied when I asked him last week just how important Justice David Souter's vacated seat is to the separation of church and state. That's why ascertaining Sonia Sotomayor's views on this essential constitutional question is one of the most urgent questions the Senate Judiciary Committee must address in Sotomayor's confirmation hearings.

PUKE, GUTS, AND THE CHUTZPAH OF WILLIAM SALETAN.

Sarah PosnerJun 02, 2009

Oh, William Saletan, how I waited for you to enlighten me on the cultural meaning of the assassination of Dr. George Tiller. The wise sage of all that is unassailably reasonable tells us that Tiller's work "makes me want to puke," sort of like battlefield combat, where "guts" are spilled and people are simultaneously brave and murderous. (And, unlike Saletan's view of Tiller, morally justified.)

SOTOMAYOR AND ABORTION.

Sarah PosnerMay 28, 2009

As Tim noted below, Charlie Savage's piece in the Times this morning suggested more than it delivered on the alleged qualms in the reproductive rights community over Sonia Sotomayor's position on abortion. As he says, surely she should be questioned about her view of the law in this area, but I don't see -- yet -- evidence that the reproductive rights community is worried about her voting to overturn Roe.

The FundamentaList (No. 82)

This week in religion and politics: Culture warriors prepare to battle over "judicial activist" Sonia Sotomayor's Court nomination, and the religious right reacts to California's Prop. 8 ruling.

Sarah PosnerMay 27, 2009

1. Dog-Whistle Confirmation Process: "Judicial Activism" and the Religious Right.

As soon as President Barack Obama announced the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, the religious right began to grumble with more than a hint of -- surprise, surprise -- bitterness. Call it lingering resentment over Bork that will never go away; call it the frustration of being sidelined from the Beltway fray; call it a need to have something to say and a way to raise money.

GALSTON WRONG ON ABORTION OPINION AND SCOTUS NOMINEES.

Sarah PosnerMay 20, 2009

William Galton's post yesterday at TNR, arguing that the latest Gallup and Pew figures on abortion should counsel the president to "think twice before nominating someone with a long record of support for positions far outside the current cultural mainstream" for the Supreme Court is just plain wrong. Wrong about the polls, wrong about what the polling means, wrong about what Democrats' strategy should be on abortion.

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