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July 11, 2016

I Was Raised to Be a Conservative Culture Warrior. Then I Jumped the Political Fence.

It seems my parents' desire that I be a culture changer was conditional on my...

April 2013

April 01, 2013

I Was Grace Evans; Or, Using Children as Political Props

When I first heard about an eleven year old girl's speech before a Minnesota hearing...

February 2013

February 27, 2013

Conservatives’ Big Government Abortion Hypocrisy

Political conservatives talk constantly about their desire to make government smaller. The less government the...

February 24, 2013

Guest Post: Christian Right Activism Is a Global Issue

Many of us are familiar with the political and social activism of the Religious Right...

December 2012

December 27, 2012

Where Are the Liberal Christian Voices?

Dan Savage recently explained why he frequently fails to qualify "Christian" when he speaks of...

December 20, 2012

The Pro-Life Movement, Erasing Women Edition

Yesterday I posted an image of a postcard distributed by abortion opponents as an argument...

December 19, 2012

On the Pro-Life Movement and the Rape Exemption

Question: What is the difference between a woman who wants an abortion after accidentally becoming...

December 15, 2012

The Newton Shooting and the Roman Empire

During the Crisis of the Third Century, many Romans came to believe that the growing...

December 03, 2012

Michigan Cuts Child Tax Credit, Suggests One for Fetuses

After eliminating child tax credits and cutting subsidies for childcare, Michigan legislators are proposing a...

November 2012

November 28, 2012

Social safety net? Heck no! Women must pay for sex!

Some responses to my post on losing faith in the pro-life movement have been thoughtful....

November 11, 2012

The Conservative Media Bubble

In the run up to the election, the conservative media rejected the dominant narrative regarding...

November 01, 2012

Seven Recent Articles on Abortion Worth Reading

I have been impressed over the last week at the outpouring of interesting and thought-provoking...

October 2012

October 29, 2012

How I Lost Faith in the “Pro-Life” Movement

The spring of my sophomore year of college I was president of my university's Students...

October 24, 2012

Richard Mourdock on Rape and God’s Plan

Last night Richard Mourdoch, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Indiana, made a statement that...

October 17, 2012

I Care about a Candidate’s Values, Not Faith

Does a candidate's faith matter? While I don't believe in God, I am not bothered...

October 15, 2012

Was Slavery a Good Thing? Examining Doug Wilson

It seems like just when we think something is settled and obvious - "slavery was...

October 09, 2012

Fixing the Relationship between Faith and Politics

What's right - and wrong - with the role of faith in politics today? In...

October 08, 2012

How We Talk about the Poor

The way the poor are talked about in this country is absolutely reprehensible. And the...

October 08, 2012

Raised Evangelical: Veronica’s Story

"My name is Veronica. I'm currently 35 years old. I was raised by my parents...

October 07, 2012

Today I Saw the Life Chain

I grew up at the heart of the anti-abortion movement. As a child, I held...

October 01, 2012

“This is the most important election of all time!” (again)

If you listen to leaders on the Right it sounds like this election is the...

September 2012

September 27, 2012

Quiverfull families and the federal income tax

I found Romney's obtuse comment that the 47% of Americans who don't pay federal income...

September 14, 2012

Worthwhile Reads: The Republican Party and Women

The first article highlighted here points out that Akin's statement about women's sperm-killing rape detector...

September 14, 2012

Worthwhile Reads: Abortion and Pro-Life Groups

The articles collected here deal with abortion and pro-life groups. The first argues that rape...

September 06, 2012

Dear Pro-Lifers: STOP ERASING WOMEN

I've talked before about pro-lifers erasing women in their discussion of abortion. Well, I was...

September 03, 2012

The Merger: Evangelicalism and the GOP

Growing up, I knew there was a close alignment between my family's evangelical religion and...

August 2012

August 31, 2012

How Can We Bridge the Culture Wars Divide?

A guest blogger at Feministe named Eve has written a wonderful post about the culture...

August 10, 2012

David Barton’s The Jefferson Lies pulled by publisher

I wasn't going to write about this but I think I need to. I was...

August 10, 2012

Worthwhile Reads: Feminism, “Love,” and Kidnapping

It Really Wasn't That Long Ago, on Permission to Live: I’ve heard from conservatives that...

August 08, 2012

The church that cried persecution

Evangelical and fundamentalist Christians are very invested in being persecuted. Very interested. Here's an example...