On Sunday night, 60 Minutes aired an interview with Bart Barber, the new president of the Southern Baptist Convention. It was a hell of a get, even for this particular show, considering all the reasons the head of an organization rife with sexual abuse might not want to speak on national television. Add to that […]
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This week in progress: Colombia, Cuba, and the Indian Supreme Court
With Russia having formally annexed four occupied regions in Ukraine after a series of sham referendums, to strong rebuke and promises of escalating consequences from the EU and NATO, one can be forgiven for thinking this was an altogether bleak week. (The recent press of an extreme hurricane in Florida, and ongoing energy grid destabilization […]
UMass football team schedules ‘Pride Day’ for game against Liberty U.
On Saturday, October 8, the University of Massachusetts football team will host Liberty University. The game would likely have flown under the radar of most college football fans… if not for the fact that UMass announced over the weekend that the Liberty game will coincide with “Pride Day.” UMass doesn’t have a particularly good football […]
Parents shocked that Christian school will kick out openly LGBTQ students
The Charles Finney School, a private Christian school in New York, recently updated its policies to ban openly LGBTQ students, and some (extremely naïve) parents are in shock that administrators could be so cruel. The biggest changes came in the “lifestyle” section of the student handbook, which spelled out how the school now had the […]
Yeshiva University shuts down all student clubs to thwart one LGBTQ group
Yeshiva University, a private Orthodox Jewish school with campuses in New York City, has decided to shut down all undergraduate clubs rather than allow an LGBTQ group to meet temporarily. It marks the second time this week that Orthodox Jews are in the news for making the worst possible decisions when they easily could’ve done the bare […]
The ELCA revises its social statement on LGBT members
In August, the ELCA Chuchwide Assembly revised their social statement, Human Sexuality: Gift and Trust. The social statement was first adopted by the ELCA in 2009. It allowed Lutherans to hold differing views about same-sex relationships, as well as permitted bishops to ordain LGBT clergy members. At this year’s assembly, the group authorized a narrow […]
Maine’s religious schools are choosing bigotry over taxpayer dollars
One of the Supreme Court’s biggest blows to church/state separation in the past term has effectively achieved nothing. The bang became a whimper because the conservative Christians in Maine who wanted taxpayer money to fund religious schools have now realized they’re better off on their own. Carson v. Makin involved a voucher program that allowed […]
MI GOP nominates Satan-obsessed homophobe for Secretary of State
Yesterday, at their official nominating convention, Michigan Republicans selected Kristina Karamo as their nominee for Secretary of State, putting the Trump-worshiping, Satan-believing, sex-negative, homophobe one step closer to overseeing the state’s elections. If you need more proof of how extreme Karamo is, you don’t even need to look at the two years she spent falsely […]
Anti-gay WI GOP candidate had ‘many sexual encounters’ with male colleague
Wisconsin Republican Peter Schmidt, who appears to be a lock for a seat in the State Assembly in November’s elections, is downplaying his past same-sex flings in an effort to stay on the good side of conservative Christian voters. Earlier this month, Schmidt won a six-way primary by a mere 63 votes to become the […]
Texas church apologizes after staging illegal, Jesus-infused ‘Hamilton’
The Door McAllen church in Texas has issued a formal apology after staging an unauthorized, Jesus-infused performance of the musical “Hamilton.” The church’s theft earlier this month received national attention after film of its first performance was shared with me by an anonymous source and I posted several clips on Twitter. The copyright infringement was […]