Reading Time: < 1 minute From July 26 to August 8, 2022, bishops from across the Anglican communion will come together for the 15th Lambeth Conference. Once again, the issue of sexuality and same-sex marriage continues to cause deep divisions within this global body. As reported by the UK based Church Times, bishops will vote on the divisive Resolution 1.10 […]
Sex & Gender
Posted inGen Z Rising
A Gen Z shock: Among Zoomers with no religion, women outnumber men
Reading Time: 3 minutes Not since Madalyn Murray O’Hair has the image of non-religiosity been defined by a woman. That may change with Generation Z. A new analysis of data by sociologist Ryan P. Burge finds that, among people born after the year 2000, known as Gen Z, more women than men identify with no organized religion. The Zoomer […]
Posted inSexuality
Jada and Will’s open relationship is none of your business
Reading Time: 3 minutes While the main focus of the recent Oscars ceremony has been on the joke that played a role in the violent interaction between Will Smith and Chris Rock, I think the jokes about the Smiths’ open relationship bear discussing, particularly the false assumption that they cause violence. Before I jump in here, I want to […]
Posted inCulture
Why is Kim Kardashian yelling at us?
Reading Time: 2 minutes That’s the tweet from author and activist Glennon Doyle about Kim Kardashian’s recent viral advice for working women as part of a Variety interview shared on their social media account. Doyle, who is known for being outspoken and direct, but not unkind, summed up how many of us are feeling. Kardashian’s hot take is not […]
Posted inSex & Gender
A review of “The Body Is Not An Apology”
Reading Time: 5 minutes As a body scholar and feminist, I hunger for ways to explore and inhabit our bodies that are not bound by shame, and Sonya Renee Taylor’s book delivers exactly that.
Posted inEthics, The Secular
Of faith and fetal cells, COVID and cannibalism
Reading Time: 5 minutes The Catholic Church has been surprisingly nuanced in weighing fetal-cell use in coronavirus vaccines vs. life-saving vaccine efficacy in advising faithful.
Posted inReproductive rights
Irresponsible NYT essay defends TX abortion law as a way to “teach us to love”
Reading Time: 5 minutes Karen Swallow Prior’s utterly awful essay should never have been published by the New York Times.
Posted inReproductive rights
Satanists demand FDA give them access to abortion drugs for religious ritual
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Satanic Temple says obstacles to obtaining abortion pills violate their religious freedom.
Posted inGeneral, Politics
The Church Must Not Guide the Future of Ireland’s National Maternity Hospital
Reading Time: 3 minutes If the Catholic Church can control policy at Ireland’s NMH, it would be a disaster.
Posted inGeneral
“Pro-Life” Pastor Sentenced to 17 Years in Jail for Child Sex Abuse
Reading Time: 3 minutes The pastor wanted to protect the unborn so they could become his future victims.