Category Archives: What in the Name of God

The Florida assemblage of extremist anti-gay evangelicals, and the surprising things that Senator Marco Rubio had to say as their keynote speaker.

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Study on Catholic hospitals shows that they are dangerous to women’s health. The Catholic church uses a horrific loophole to prevent priests and bishops from having to testify in court, and even  to keep children from testifying in court about what they told church officials about their molestation.

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A problematic example of religious accommodation in an Orthodox Jewish dominant community. The limitations of religious freedom in Russia under Putin, especially when it comes to gay issues.

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Some good news about the Methodist Church, the Canadian Anglican Church, and the treatment of Steven Anderson in South Africa. Religion takes a center seat as part of the official Republican party Platform, with the most religiously inspired anti-gay anti-women, anti-sex platform ever.

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Jeff continues his discussion of the members of Donald Trump’s radical Evangelical Advisory Board.

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The dangerous religious trend in hospitals that puts women’s lives at risk.  The astonishing board of advisors guiding Donald Trump on issues of spirituality.

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The remarkable statement by Pope Francis, and the horrific response to it from Catholic League President Bill Donahue. A heart warming story in South Carolina where love won over hate, at least in song.  The very awful and thankfully now former Pope Benedict’s latest statement. The latest on the Catholic Church pedophile Priest problem.

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The religious responses to the massacre in Florida.

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A very bizarre Lot reference from Family Research Council President Tony Perkins, and Franklin Graham continues to up his hateful rhetoric.

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Catholic League argues for protecting Priest child abusers. Doctors sue Catholic hospital chain for endangering the lives of women. Therapists in Tennessee get new law allowing them to humiliate LGBT people.

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