Gauging the potential influence of Generation Z on the November election requires an understanding of the importance young Americans place on gender and diversity, said Melissa Deckman, CEO of Public Religion Research Institute. “It’s really, really critical,” she said during…
What a word cloud generator sees in Project 2025
As I began reading the now-infamous Project 2025 manifesto, Mandate for Leadership, I was immediately struck by the writing style used by the authors. The word choices, voice and tone of the document say a great deal about those behind…
Regarding election 2024: Eight things I see
After a tumultuous and fascinating two months in American politics, here are some things I see as this election year moves into its final stretch. After the June presidential debate, Joe Biden’s candidacy was doomed. He was right to drop…
Don’t believe Trump’s claims he will be ‘great for women and their reproductive rights’
Donald Trump’s controversial claim on his Truth Social platform that he will be “great for women and their reproductive rights” doesn’t break any new ground. All it does is raise suspicions: “Here he goes lying again.” And this is not the…
Why Christians should support reproductive justice, including abortion access
“Reproductive justice” is a term coined by Black women activists in the 1990s to recognize the intersections of race, class, sexuality, nation and gender in reproductive health and decision-making. SisterSong, an organization that fights for reproductive justice, defines the term…
Baptist Press compares GOP and Democratic platforms to SBC resolutions, and there are some surprises
It should come as a surprise to exactly no one that the platform of the Republican Party aligns more closely with resolutions passed by the Southern Baptist Convention than does the platform of the Democratic Party. What might be surprising,…
David French says he’ll vote for Kamala Harris to save conservativism
A high-profile conservative evangelical influencer announced Aug. 11 he’ll vote for Kamala Harris in an effort to save conservativism. New York Times columnist David French and his wife, Nancy French, already have become persona non grata in some evangelical circles…
Anti-abortion forces seek to complicate fall vote on constitutional amendment in Florida
Advocates for a pro-choice amendment on Florida’s November ballot vow to fight a state committee’s decision to add politically motivated economic projections to the measure voters will consider at the polls. “Our campaign worked hard to ensure that the language…
Some evangelicals changed their minds on abortion bans after Roe was overturned
The largest decline in support for fully banning abortion after the U.S. Supreme overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022 was among evangelicals, political scientist Ryan Burge said in a recent “Graphs About Religion” report. The Substack post combines statistics from…
Remember Randall Terry of Operation Rescue? Now he’s running for president and doesn’t want to win
Some hardcore anti-abortion voters hope to boost Donald Trump and the Republican Party in November by getting Blacks and Catholics not to vote for Democrats. The Constitution Party is running a presidential ticket headed by notorious anti-abortion activist Randall Terry,…
Focus on the Family’s selective critique of eugenics
Focus on the Family regularly condemns eugenics as “pure evil” and condemns the “the wicked and immoral practice and study of trying to weed out certain genetic characteristics.” But the $135 million organization never has come clean about its roots…
Focus on the Family says SBC didn’t vote to ban IVF
The Southern Baptist Convention didn’t actually vote to ban IVF, Focus on the Family says in a June 13 article posted to its Daily Citizens newsletter site. The comment comes in response to a resolution adopted by messengers to the…