This week in religion and politics: An HHS appointment raises questions about the purpose of faith-based offices, and religious leaders mourn the assassination of George Tiller.
Sarah Posner
Sarah Posner’s coverage of religion and politics has appeared in The Washington Post, The New York Times, Rolling Stone, The Week, and many others.
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CATHOLICS UNITED DECLARES WAR ON CATHOLICS FOR CHOICE.
“Catholics for Choice Joins the Far Right, Attacks Common Ground,” screams the press release from Catholics United (CU), which is defending the choice of Alexia Kelley to lead the center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships at the Department of Health and Human Services. Catholics for Choice (CFC) yesterday criticized the pick because of Kelley’s opposition […]
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ABORTION FOE TO LEAD HHS FAITH-BASED OFFICE.
President Obama has appointed Alexia Kelley, executive director of Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good (CACG), to head the Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships at the Department of Health and Human Services. Kelley is a leading proponent of “common ground” abortion reduction — only CACG’s common ground is at odds with that of […]
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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?
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PUKE, GUTS, AND THE CHUTZPAH OF WILLIAM SALETAN.
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 […]
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SOTOMAYOR AND ABORTION.
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 […]
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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.
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GALSTON WRONG ON ABORTION OPINION AND SCOTUS NOMINEES.
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 […]
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The FundamentaList (No. 81)
This week in religion and politics: Obama’s Notre Dame speech shines attention on his relationship with religious constituencies, and anti-Muslim propaganda is making the rounds once again.
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“COMMON GROUND” WON’T END CULTURE WARS: ESSENTIAL READING.
At Religion Dispatches, the indefatigable chronicler of conservative movements Chip Berlet has written the essential assessment of what is wrong with the “common ground” with religious conservatives that some Democratic activists claim will end the culture wars. If you’ve been following this rumble here and in The FundamentaList, you know the basic outlines: Some Democratic […]
