May 25, 2018 | Donald Trump, Gay Marriage, Gender Roles, Heteronormativity, intolerance, LGBT Issues, Nashville Statement |
by William Trollinger One thing you have to say about high school and college-age youth. They are on high alert for any hint of hypocrisy. In August 2017 the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood – an organization which proclaims that God’s plan for marriage...
May 22, 2018 | Answers in Genesis, Gay Marriage, Heteronormativity, intolerance, LGBT Issues |
by William Trollinger As Mary McLoughlin discovered in her close examination of Ark Encounter, the folks at Answers in Genesis (AiG) go to great lengths to make the case that the paternalistic heterosexual family is God’s norm for human beings. And they go to great...
Feb 1, 2018 | Adam Laats, Christian Right, Evangelical Education, Evangelicals, Gay Marriage, KKK |
by William Trollinger In our recent Q/A with Adam Laats about his newly-released book, Fundamentalist U, he pointed out that In order to survive, [evangelical] schools have had to maintain reputations as both guardians and teachers of a necessarily vague dream of...
Aug 10, 2017 | Answers in Genesis, Apocalypse, Christian Right, Culture War, Donald Trump, Evangelicals, Gay Marriage, intolerance, Ken Ham, LGBT Issues, Politics, Righting America |
by William Trollinger To say that Ken Ham devotes a great deal of energy and time to vilifying gay marriage and LGBTQ rights is an understatement. As we noted recently, over the past year Ham – who apparently has no comment on, say, immigrants, refugees, or white...
Mar 31, 2017 | Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Culture War, Evangelicals, Evolution, Gay Marriage, intolerance, Ken Ham, Politics, Treavor Bogard, White Evangelicals |
by Treavor Bogard In today’s post, our colleague Treavor Bogard continues his discussion of Answers in Genesis (AiG), exploring the possibilities and potential significance of the Ark under a different director than Ken Ham. Darkness v. light. Death v. life....
Jan 21, 2017 | Answers in Genesis, Creation Museum, Creation Science, Gay Marriage, Ken Ham, Righting America |
by William Trollinger Are untruths acceptable in the service of some larger Truth? The answer at the Creation Museum and at Answers in Genesis (AiG) seems to be a resounding “yes.” How else to explain the museum’s iconic tableau of Martin Luther posting the...