Conservatives have challenged the Affordable Care Act’s contraception mandate on the grounds that it tramples on their religious liberty, but a leading law professor argues that the lawsuit would undermine freedom of worship in the long run.
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Why Evangelicals Heart Donald Trump
Beyond the politics of resentment is the Calvinist notion that the frontrunner’s wealth marks him as God’s anointed.
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Anti-union SCOTUS Challenge Threatens Church-State Separation
The Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association case not only puts public-sector unions in danger, it risks opening a new chapter in the war over religion in public schools.Â
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The Right’s War Against the Spirit of Christmas
Anger, not love, is the core of far-right candidates’ appeal this year.
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How Far-Right Nationalism Fuels Jerusalem’s Temple Mount Controversy
Netanyahu’s awful choice of PR chief reveals how nationalism feeds the conflict at Jerusalem’s holiest spot.Â
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The Bathroom Bogeyman Rules in the Home of the Brave
In a ballot measure designed to overturn Houston’s nondiscrimination ordinance, a cootie offensive prevailed.
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Orthodox, Progressive, Invisible
There’s a price for treating religious groups as homogenous political blocs.
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The Pope’s Blind Spot: When Income Inequality and Abortion Intersect
Why reproductive health is a social justice issue.Â
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Pope Decries Fundamentalism, Insulting Church’s Own Allies
By turns subtle and blatant, the pontiff set heads spinning in his address to Congress.Â
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Haiti Needs Help, but It Doesn’t Need Evangelizing
As I boarded my flight to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Friday morning, I was struck by something peculiar: There were almost no Haitians and at least five groups of white Americans in matching T-shirts. The back of one bright blue shirt read, “Al checher moun pou Jezi,” which means “Go look for people for Jesus” in […]
