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Baptist college and ADF back Christian charter school in Tennessee

A Christian college that calls itself “the oldest institution affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention” is partnering with powerhouse legal group Alliance Defending Freedom to create Union Academy, a Christian college preparatory school approved by a Tennessee school board last…

Why Elon Musk thinks Christopher Nolan has ‘desecrated The Odyssey’

Lupita Nyong’o has been cast as Helen of Troy in Christopher Nolan’s upcoming historical retelling of Homer’s The Odyssey, and conservative white men are irate. Elon Musk tweeted that Nolan “desecrated The Odyssey” and claimed newly implemented representation and inclusion…

In conversation with Logan Morrison

Nearly three years ago, I interviewed Logan Morrison, who had made national headlines for being forced out of a soccer coaching job at an evangelical college for open communication related to sexual orientation. (That interview was reported with a previous…

SPLC asks court to dismiss Trump’s ‘farcical’ charges against it

Fraud charges against the Southern Poverty Law Center are part of a “farcical” and “retributive” White House campaign to silence political opposition, the civil rights group said in a motion to dismiss filed May 26. SPLC, which monitors and reports…

Democracy Forward files suit to stop Trump’s slush fund

Democracy Forward has filed a lawsuit on behalf of multiple plaintiffs seeking to block a nearly $1.8 billion slush fund President Donald Trump created to reimburse ideological allies who claim to be victims of politically motivated litigation and prosecutions. The…

Trump’s EEOC goes after another company that required vaccines

An Oklahoma company has agreed to settle a federal religious and disability discrimination lawsuit stemming from its firing of unvaccinated employees during the pandemic, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced. AG Equipment Co. in Broken Arrow will pay $4.2…

Trey’s Law passed unanimously in US Senate

On May 20, the United States Senate unanimously passed the federal version of Trey’s Law (S-3966), known as the “Terminating Restrictive Enforcement of Youth Settlements Law.” The bill aims to void the use of nondisclosure agreements in settlements related to…

In conversation with Meredith Stone about Mohler’s amendment

As Southern Baptists prepare to consider Al Mohler’s so called “Truth and Unity Amendment” at their annual meeting in Orlando next month, many Baptist women are becoming weary of Southern Baptist men defining “unity” as joining together to silence women….

More Baptist Faith and Message 2000 fallout

As 20,000 expected messengers gather in June in Orlando, the Southern Baptist Convention plans to further dismantle a great denomination once united around missions and evangelism. Through a proposed constitutional amendment, women will be further exluded in ministry and pastoral…

Stephen Miller must be confused about gender identity

In case you haven’t already figured out what a despicable person Stephen Miller is, hear this: The adviser to President Donald Trump posted on X an attack on Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico that says, “The Democrats made history in…

Pope Leo’s ‘evangelical’ encyclical

I read Pope Leo’s papal encyclical, “Magnifica Humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human Person In the Time of Artificial Intelligence.” Imagine my surprise in finding an “evangelical” Catholic diametrically opposite American MAGA evangelicals. What captured my attention was the first third…

Letter to the Editor: Update on Equity for Women in the Church

Dear Friends, supporters and believers in Equity for Women in the Church: Allow me to thank all of you for your ongoing support, but now, allow me to inform you that Equity for Women in the Church, Inc. is dissolving…

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