July 2011
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WatchMore press coverage for today’s “pray-in” at the Capitol. In this video from Huffington Post, you can see my boss Jennifer Butler, Executive Director of Faith in Public Life (where I’m a fellow this summer), just in front of the adorable old rabbi. She’s also the first one carted off to the holding cells. From the article:
WASHINGTON — Capitol Hill police...
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What Sharia Is...And Isn't
The Center for American Progress hosted a panel yesterday on Sharia law, featuring three people the far right would call Sharia apologists (or worse). But as panelist Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy, president of the Interfaith Alliance, pointed out, “I’m not a sharia apologist, I’m a religious freedom apologist.” Also on the panel were Professor Asifa Quraishi, Assistant...
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Study: The Bible Makes You Liberal
Want to get your conservative Christian friends to think more liberally about social justice, science, and conservation? Try getting them to read the Bible more often.
A study by Baylor University researcher Aaron Franzen found that increased frequency of reading the Bible correlated with greater support for a broad range of progressive issues—with the exception of gay marriage and...