On a Monday morning flight home from Brazil, Pope Francis said,”If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge?” During that airborne press conference, Francis reaffirmed the church’s ban on female priests.
Religion
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Pray the Atheists Away
Several representatives tried to add nonreligious chaplains to the ranks of the military. You can imagine how that played out in the conservative and easily angered House.
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More Than a Hobby
In a case challenging the Obama administration’s contraception mandate, a court finds that for-profit companies have free-exercise rights under the First Amendment. A look at Hobby Lobby, the company at the heart of the legal challenge.
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The Religious Right’s Terms of Surrender
Conservative intellectuals have accepted that gay marriage is inevitable, and are asking what the future holds for its opponents.
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Rand Paul Plays God Politics
On immigration, the Kentucky Senator tries to bridge the gap between the GOP and evangelical Latinos. But like the party, he just doesn’t get them.
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Atheists in Tornadoes and Foxholes
Looking at how assumptions of faith and attitudes toward atheism are changing in 2013
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Government Oppression of Religious People Continues With National Day of Prayer
Establishment clause? Whatever.
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John Kerry’s Middle East Mystery Tour
Surprising everyone, the secretary of state really is pushing for Israeli-Palestinian peace.
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Smart People Believing Stupid Things
Dr. Ben Carson, heading to a Palin-esque niche on the right. But not the White House.
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Weird Friends of the Court
High-profile cases, like the two gay marriage ones next week, tend to attract crazy amici curiae briefs like Kid Rock songs to a gun rally.
