A Legal Document with Soul: Will the US Ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child?
Only two governments have not ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: Somalia and the US. President Obama supports ratification, as does Hillary Clinton. On the opposing side? Christian Right Home Schoolers and believers in "American Exceptionalism." Ironies abound.
Beyond Progressive Religion
Everyone has it wrong regarding politics and religion: the Christian Right, Atheists, and even the Progressive Religious community. The author proposes a daring alternative.
While everyone on both sides of the abortion issue seems to condemn the murder of George Tiller, few admit the malignant effects of "baby killer" rhetoric.
Common Ground: Winning the Battle, Losing the Culture War
Obama’s Notre Dame speech seemed to reinforce the “common ground” school, which adopts Christian Right frames in the name of compromise. But a careful look at the numbers reveals that Democrats have more to gain by articulating a strong moral message—whatever the content—than by watering down the message in an effort to appease conservative Christians.
A USA Today op-ed urges evangelical Christians to change the terms of the conversation with gays and lesbians. But the end goal is the same: to change the homosexual into a non-homosexual.
By the Way: Naming The Religious Right
Leaders of the religious right have recently begun to complain about the various names by which their movement is known. But if the shoe fits...