As the North Carolina state legislature reopens on May 14 with no ideological reversal in sight, the Monday takeovers of the rotunda will resume. So, likely, will the arrests.
Religion
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Daily Meme: Separation, Schleparation
The Supreme Court of the United States took a bold stand today for the invocation of somebody’s God at official government functions. It may not be your God–hey, maybe you don’t even have a God. (Wait, is that even legal in America?) At Religion Dispatches, Sarah Posner writes that “advocates of church-state separation are warning […]
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The Next Christian Sex-Abuse Scandal
As sex-abuse allegations multiply, Billy Graham’s grandson is on a mission to persuade Protestant churches to come clean.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Did Jesus Have a Wife?
An ancient fragment doesn’t prove that Jesus was married—but it does raise questions about Christians’ attitudes toward sex.
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The End of the “Ick Factor”
Now even politicians as religiously motivated as Mike Huckabee have to claim they don’t care what anybody does in the bedroom.
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Thrown to the Lions
Liberals can’t understand why conservative Christians feel oppressed by modern society, but there are good reasons.
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The Quality of Mercy
An evangelical Christian and former prosecutor, Mark Osler has become one of the country’s most effective advocates for criminal-justice reform.
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The News Isn’t the Silencing. It’s the Debate
The strange idea of keeping American Jews from arguing about Israel is going out of fashion.
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Why “Noah” Shouldn’t Get a Happy Ending
The trouble with Darren Aronofsky’s blockbuster isn’t that it’s offensive to Christians; it’s that it’s too Christianized.
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Francis and His Predecessors
Why the new pope’s tenure may be less liberal but more countercultural than it seems.
