It is illegal for clergy to support or oppose political candidates from the pulpit. Houses of worship can host candidate forums and voter-registration drives; pastors and rabbis and imams can even bend the rules a little to advocate “as individuals” at conventions or other events. But for more than 60 years, religious groups have been […]
TORONTO, Canada – A few days ago I was sitting in a hotel ballroom here listening to Carl Anderson, head of the Knights of Columbus, deliver his annual report on the work the Knights have been up to over the past year. During the course of some 10,000 words, he spoke relatively briefly about the upcoming […]
Why do conservative Christians like Donald Trump? It’s a question that has stumped pollsters, religion scholars, journalists, and pundits throughout this U.S. presidential election cycle. At first, some self-described evangelicals were skeptical of Trump, especially those who regularly attend church. But as of this summer, an estimated 94 percent of Republicans who identify as evangelicals […]
During the 2016 presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton has repeatedly spoken out in support of the right to abortion. Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards has praised Clinton for treating reproductive issues as “more than just a sound bite” and the pro-choice organizations Emily’s List and NARAL Pro-Choice America have endorsed her. However, Clinton’s views on abortion […]
We really do have plans to turn our attention toward other issues beyond electoral politics next week. (I’ve got submitted pitches I’m currently reviewing on immigration, a general consideration of the cultural norms that create something like the Trump phenomenon, a book review of a new work on the white working class, and an excellent long […]
If you were to sit down and read a 3,300-word argument from a professing Christian, urging you to think through your vote from a Christian perspective, how many biblical references would you expect to see? How about zero? That’s the amount of scripture blogger Rachel Held Evans chose to employ in her opus, “So you’re […]
There’s nothing like the pomp and prestige of the Olympics Games to raise the stakes for the world’s top athletes. With millions of viewers watching, more than 10,000 will compete in this year’s Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Fans tune in not only for the physical feats, but for stories of triumph. We want […]
With the threat of litigation looming, California state Sen. Ricardo Lara today waived presentation of SB 1146 before the Assembly Appropriations Committee, sending it instead to the Appropriations Suspension Committee where it will be voted on—without discussion—Aug. 11. The bill would strip Christian post-secondary schools of their exemption from California’s non-discrimination law, based on their […]
Christian NFL player Benjamin Watson has opened up about his views on abortion and how it factors into race relations in America today. In an hour-long interview for the San Diego-based Turning Point Pregnancy Resource Center‘s blog interview series, Watson, a devout Christian who often speaks out publicly on a wide range of racial and […]
Like John C. Calhoun, who famously embraced slavery as a “positive good,” the abortion movement of 2016 has shifted from seeing abortion as a “necessary evil” to celebrating it as good for women and society. In February 1837, South Carolina Senator John C. Calhoun changed the tone of the cultural, religious, political, and social war […]
