Report
Being Gay at a Catholic University
When I was a student at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire, in 2005, a group of gay students organized with the aim of …
Civil Liberties
Profile
Farewell to Bob Edgar—Congressman, Minister, Activist
B ob Edgar was in his element on April 18. He stood behind a podium in Washington, D.C., making the case that the United States’ current …
The States Project
New Hampshire: A Protester Fights to Live Free or Die
A Protester Fights to Live Free or Die.
Essay
Unrepresentative: How the NRA and Planned Parenthood Failed Recent Tests
The donor rolls of the National Rifle Association and Planned Parenthood do not share many of the same names. But these organizations’ responses to the …
Review
Surveying a Gay Christian’s Pilgrimage
Does Jesus Really Love Me? A Gay Christian’s Pilgrimage in Search of God in AmericaBy Jeff ChuHarperCollins, 2013 Of all the songs in the “dog-eared …
The Table
How about a “Do Over” for the HHS Mandate?
Editor’s Note: The comment period for the latest proposed accommodation to the Affordable Care Act’s requirement to provide contraception coverage ended on April 8. We …
The Table
Rhetoric Versus Reality: The Contraception Benefit and Religious Freedom
Editor’s Note: The comment period for the latest proposed accommodation to the Affordable Care Act’s requirement to provide contraception coverage ended on April 8. We …
Interview
“Speaking Truth to Power in Love”: An Interview with Jonathan Walton
When he was named the Pusey Minister of Harvard University’s Memorial Church, Jonathan Walton became the latest in a line of prominent African-American ministers to …
Essay
Declaration of Conscience
On June 1, 1950, Margaret Chase Smith (1897-1995), a Republican Senator from Maine, delivered her “Declaration of Conscience” speech to the U.S. Senate. Though she …
Report
Same-Sex Marriage Comes to the Supreme Court
On March 26 and 27, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in two cases—one challenging the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), the other California’s Proposition …
Writers tell us stories about where they discovered religion and politics in their states.
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