Culture Wars

Girl Scouts And God's Grace

Patricia McGuire | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Catholic Church, Bishops and Girl Scouts, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Culture Wars, Girl Scouts, Planned Parenthood, Girl Scouts of America, Gender and Religion, Religion News
Patricia McGuire

Real evil abounds in our world each day, and most of us are doing our level best to relieve the pain of evil's fallout. Faith leaders should support the good people who work hard to make a positive difference for children in this very imperfect world.

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Family Research Council and a Denial of Partisan Christianity

Jonathan Merritt | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Culture Wars, Family Research Council, Culture War, Evangelical Christians, Jonathan Merritt, Conservative Christians, Partisanship, Tony Perkins, Partisan Politics, Evangelicals, Politics News
Jonathan Merritt

Let's be honest here. Does anyone believe an effort like this one isn't an attempt to register those who will almost certainly vote Republican?

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Looks Like the 80s Are Back

Tracey E. Vitchers | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: LGBT Rights, Culture Wars, Reproductive Rights, GOP Candidates, Politics News
Tracey E. Vitchers

I don't need neon spandex or a new Madonna album if it means reliving the 80s Culture Wars. But, if Doc Brown is still around, I think I'll take a spin in the Delorean to a future free from attacks on contraception, abortion, and the LGBTQ community.

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Jon Ward

Lawsuit Against Obama Birth Control Mandate Signals Culture Wars Jump

HuffingtonPost.com | Jon Ward | Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: Video, Culture Wars, Becket Fund, Birth Control Mandate, Obama's Birth Control Mandate, Religious Liberty, Contraception Mandate, President Obama, Becket Fund Lawsuit, Separation of Church and State, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- For 17 years, The Becket Fund has been a small, nonprofit law firm known for defending religious liberty cases for people of many faiths...

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Michael McAuliff

Democratic Leaders Predict GOP Train Wreck On Transportation Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 03.02.2012

Read More: Chuck Schumer, Culture Wars, Congress, Mitch McConnell, Transportation Bill Senate, John Boehner, Payroll Tax Cut, Government Gridlock, Harry Reid, Transportation Bill, Transportation, Video, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Congressional Democrats predict Republicans are headed for another train wreck in the House over the stalled transportation bill. The...

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Chris Christie Stands On the Lester Maddox Side of History

Rev. Susan Russell | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Lgbt, Chris Christie New Jersey, Culture Wars, New Jersey, Gay Marriage, Chris Christie, Chris Christie Gay Marriage, Chris Christie Same Sex Marriage, Chris Christie Gay Marriage Veto, Politics News
Rev. Susan Russell

By vetoing the marriage equality bill passed by the state legislature, the Governor of New Jersey chose to stand for bigotry rather than equality. New Jersey deserves better. America deserves better. And Governor Christie should know better.

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Arizona Airheads

Paul Stoller | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Literature, Education News, Culture Wars, Arizona Profanity Bill, Rick Santorum, Science, Contracenption Debate, Tom Corbett, Public Education, Free Speech, Sb 1467, Arizona, Politics News
Paul Stoller

Now that the campaign surge of Pennsylvania's "favorite son," Rick Santorum, keeper of public "morality," has turned media attention to the culture wars, it behooves us to consider what kind of social devastation small-minded culture warriors can precipitate in America.

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Balloon Boy Politics: The Media's Embrace of Birth Contracalypse 2012

Arianna Huffington | Posted 04.14.2012

Read More: Elections 2012, Obama Birth Control, Birth Control Pill, Culture Wars, Birth Control, 2012 Election, Birth Control Pills, Politics News
Arianna Huffington

The new supposed "culture war" may have captured the fevered imagination of the press corps, but not the electorate -- 71 percent of which still says the economy is the most important problem facing America.

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Are the 'Culture Wars' Alive and Well or Is America Really Purple?

Stuart Muszynski | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Media Politics Framing, Media Culture Wars, Culture Wars, Democrats Republicans, Media Divisive Politics, Liberals Conservatives, Values Liberals Conservatives, Politics News
Stuart Muszynski

Whether Democrat or Republican, it's up to responsible Americans to reclaim the conversation. Only through conversation, can we get to common ground, greater good and a country that sets the moral example for all our children and the world.

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Why I Gave Up Christmas

James Peron | Posted 02.21.2012

Read More: Religious Right, Culture Wars, War on Christmas, Conservatives, Christmas, Holiday Season, Secularism, Politics News
James Peron

The religious right turned a holiday I loved into part of their hate-filled culture war. So I stopped celebrating Christmas.

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War On Christmas?

Charity Sunshine Tillemann Dick | Posted 01.25.2012

Read More: History, Holidays, Religion, Culture Wars, Jesus Christ, Teachings of Jesus, Christmas, War on Christmas, Really, Family, Religion News
Charity Sunshine Tillemann Dick

It has been suggested that Christmas was, in fact, a strategic act of tolerance, allowing harmless traditions to take on religious meaning and enable the conversion of Northern Europe to Christianity.

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Does the Religious Right Really Care about Children?

Nathaniel Frank | Posted 12.28.2011

Read More: All Children Matter, Social Security Benefits, Culture Wars, Family Research Council, Anti-Gay, Stanley Kurtz, Medical Decision-Making, Same-Sex Marriage, Center for American Progress, Movement Advancement Project, Pete Stark, Insurance, Family Equality Council, Family Law, Two Million Children, Second-Parent Adoption, Religious Right, Report, Kirsten Gillibrand, LGBT Families, Every Child Deserves a Family, Gay Voices News
Nathaniel Frank

In anointing themselves the champions of "family values" and protectors of vulnerable children, religious conservatives have had little to say when confronted with the undeniable existence of actual gay families -- particularly kids with LGBT parents.

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New Allies In The Culture Wars

Steve Volk | Posted 11.06.2011

Read More: Religious Tolerance, Contemplative-Prayer, Science, Meditation, Culture Wars, God, Spirituality, Sam Harris, Atheism, Atheist, Religion News
Steve Volk

Newberg asked people to draw an image of God ... Believers in fact most often drew the sun, light, mirrors and even nothing -- abstract images that reflected a conception of God as vast and unknowable.

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New Allies In The Theist/Atheist Debate

Steve Volk | Posted 10.25.2011

Read More: Culture Wars, Atheism, Religious Tolerance, David Eagleman, Possibilian, Sam Harris, New Atheism, Religion News
Steve Volk

If we're going to get beyond the typical exchanges between new atheists and the religious, I'd argue that it's through figures like Eagleman and Harris that we will find the most productive path.

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Could Same-Sex Marriage Benefit Traditional Marriage?

Gabe Lyons | Posted 02.07.2012

Read More: Marriage, Evangelical, Christianity, Heterosexuality, Culture Wars, Divorce, Gay Marriage, Religion News
Gabe Lyons

Is it conceivable that as the focus of many Christians narrowed to the political debates surrounding "marriage," that our attention was diverted from assessing the health of our own marriages?

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Does The Truth Of The Bible Matter?

John Backman | Posted 09.15.2011

Read More: Christianity, Culture Wars, Bible, Biblical Literalism, Jesus, Same-Sex Marriage, Biblical Inerrancy, Scripture Commentary, Religion News
John Backman

The opposing sides of the Bible wars talk as if there were only two choices. Fact or fiction? Is the Bible factual in every respect, true for all time, or is it not? The conflict has raged for many decades, and it seems irreconcilable.

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Sarah Palin: Professional (Wealthy) "Victim"

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 08.06.2011

Read More: Culture Wars, Far Right, Media, "Lamestream" Media, Media Criticism, Evangelicals, Republicans, Sarah Palin, Bus Tour, Media News
Frank Schaeffer

To understand Sarah Palin's style of "leadership" you have to understand how Evangelical have a long tradition of clinging to a victim status as their excuse for their ideas about society being rejected by most Americans.

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LISTEN: Arcade Fire Team With David Byrne

Posted 07.23.2011

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Arcade Fire are gearing up to release a deluxe edition of last year's smash hit album The Suburbs which garnered the band a Grammy for album of the ye...

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Beyond Stereotypes Of 'Conservative' And 'Liberal' Christianity

John Backman | Posted 07.14.2011

Read More: Catholic Church, Scripture, Abortion, Left Wing, Culture Wars, Conservatives, Moderates, Liberals, Bible, Christianity, Right Wing, Evangelicals, Progressive Christianity, Conservative Christians, Religion News
John Backman

Amid all the hostility among people of faith, many of us reserve our most potent venom for people of our own faith: those who disagree with us, that is.

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Mormon-Owned Brigham Young University Censors Christian Artwork

Posted 07.01.2011

Read More: Politics, Religion, Culture Wars, Jon McNaughton, Provo, Byu, Mormon, Lds Church, One Nation Under God, Constitution, Painting, Censorship, Utah, Republicans, Arts News

It is unsurprising that the bookstore at the Mormon-owned Brigham Young University would routinely deem certain materials too controversial to stock. ...

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Elise Foley

GOP Policy Leader: Boehner Will Need Dems To Pass Funding Deal

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 06.08.2011

Read More: Abortion, Culture Wars, Republican Study Committee, John Boehner, House GOP, Budget, Government Shutdown, Riders, Appropriations, Government Funding, Mike Pence, Pro-Life, Planned Parenthood, Barack Obama, House Republicans, House GOP Conference, Steve King, DC Abortion, Obamacare, Policy Riders, Women's Health, House Democrats, Health Care Reform, Harry Reid, Conservative Republicans, Tea Party, Pro-Choice, Funding Deal, Politics News

This story has been updated. WASHINGTON -- A deal has been reached to keep the federal government running, but not all House Republicans are please...

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Elise Foley

House Republican: Keeping Funding From Abortions Is Why We Were Elected

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 06.08.2011

Read More: Abortion, Women's Rights, Jim Jordan, Culture Wars, Republican Study Committee, Defunding Planned Parenthood, House GOP, Abortion Rights, Dianne Feinstein, Anti-Abortion, Pro-Life, Planned Parenthood, House Republicans, Women's Health, Family Values, Susan B. Anthony List, Senate Dems, Conservative Republicans, Senate Democrats, Pro-Choice, Republicans, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Republicans won the House in November partially based on a mandate to defund Planned Parenthood, Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan, head of the conse...

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Democrats Have To Stand Up to the GOP's Budget Proposals, Even if It Means a Government Shutdown

Mitchell Bard | Posted 06.07.2011

Read More: Dodd-Frank Act, Abortion, Culture Wars, Budget Cuts, John Boehner, Government Shutdown, Budget, Wealth Disparity, President Obama, Planned Parenthood, Democrats, Bush Tax Cuts, Npr, Rand Paul, Income Disparity, Paul Krugman, Tea Party, Paul Ryan, Republicans, Irs Abortion Audits, Politics News
Mitchell Bard

My message to the Democrats is simple and straightforward: Hold the line, and do not fold. As bad as a shutdown would be, allowing the Republicans to win would be far worse for the country.

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A Christian Stands Alone At The Creation Museum

Rev. Jonathan Weyer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Culture Wars, Evangelical Christianity, Christianity, Atheists, PZ Myers, Evolution, Ken Ham, Creation Museum, c.s. Lewis, Old Earth Creationism, Young Earth Creationism, Religion News
Rev. Jonathan Weyer

My problem wasn't that I had become overly critical of other Christians. My issue had become that my pride had taken over against both Christians and atheists.

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Newt Gingrich Cements Ties To Religious Leaders

The Center for Public Integrity | Peter H. Stone | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Culture Wars, Rick Tyler, American Solutions, Iowa Christian Alliance, Bob Goodlatte, National Taxpayers Union, ReAL Action, Politics, Renewing American Leadership, Common Sense Balanced Budget Amendment, Kellen Guida, Orrin Hatch, Religious Conservatives, Newt Gingrich, Iowa Supreme Court, Gay Marriage Ban, US News, Gay Marriage, Americans for Tax Reform, Politics News

By Peter H. Stone The Center for Public Integrity The political unit of a religious conservative group called Renewing American Leadership, whose ...

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