Jun 13, 2023 | Anti-Gay Hate, Anti-Gay Protests, Anti-LGBTQ+ Legislation, Book Banning, Children, Drag Bans, Drag Queen Story Hour, Emily Johnson, Gay Pride, Gender Identity, Gender Roles, Homophobia, Human Rights Campaign, LGBT Issues, LGBTQ+ abuse, LGBTQ+ Identity, LGBTQ+ Pride, LGBTQ+ Rights, Matthew Shepard, Michelle Tea, Moms for Liberty, Moral Panic, National Center for Transgender Equality, Neo-Nazis, Politics, Proud Boys, Religion and Politics, Southern Poverty Law Center, Sybastian Smith, Transgender Youth, Westboro Baptist Church |
by Patrick Thomas Supporters in Palm Springs, California rally in protest to anti-drag legislation. April 18, 2023. Photo by Tara Gray at The Desert Sun. In 2023, the need to celebrate Pride month seems more urgent than usual. Given the increasing presence of far...
May 17, 2023 | A Secular Age, Adolf Hitler, American Democracy, American History, Biblical Literalism, Charles Taylor, Conservative Evangelicals, Dissent, Donald Trump, Evangelical History, Evangelical Rhetoric, Evangelicals, Gardner Taylor, Global Warming, Goldwater Rule, Good and Evil in the Garden of Democracy, History and Politics, Hospitality, How (Not) to be Secular, James K. A. Smith, January 6, 2021, Kenneth Zagacki, LGBTQ+ Rights, Metaphor, Parrhesia, Political Rhetoric, Religion and History, Religion and Politics, Religion and Science, Rhetoric, Rodney Kennedy, Science, Secularism, Stanley Hauerwas, The Creative Power of Metaphor, The Immaculate Mistake, Trump Supporters, Vaclev Havel, Walt Whitman, White Evangelicals, Women's Rights |
by William Trollinger Rodney Kennedy has his M.Div. from New Orleans Theological Seminary and his Ph.D. in Rhetoric from Louisiana State University. He pastored the First Baptist Church of Dayton (OH) – which is an American Baptist Church – for 13 years, after which...
Feb 28, 2023 | Abortion, Anti-Vaxxers, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Sexuality Agreement, Conspiracy Theories, COVID-19, Critical Race Theory, Culture War, Faith Statement, Gender Roles, LGBTQ+ Christians, LGBTQ+ Identity, LGBTQ+ Rights, Marriage, Robert Jeffress, Rodney Kennedy, Southern Baptist Convention, Systemic Racism, Young Earth Creationism |
by Rodney Kennedy Rodney Kennedy has his M.Div. from New Orleans Theological Seminary and his Ph.D. in Rhetoric from Louisiana State University. He pastored the First Baptist Church of Dayton (OH) – which is an American Baptist Church – for 13 years, after which...
Feb 14, 2023 | Allosaurus, Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Ark Encounter Attendance, Creation Museum, Critical Race Theory, Dan Phelps, Destination Marketing, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Fundamentalism and Gender, Gender Identity, Gender Roles, Intersectionality, Kentucky Paleontological Society, League of the South, LGBTQ+ Rights, Marriage, Michael Peroutka, National Center for Science Education, Northern Kentucky Convention and Visitor’s Bureau, Paleontology Society, Pinkwashing, Proof-Texting, Social Justice, Statement of Faith, Tony Perkins, We Believe in Dinosaurs, White Nationalism, Williamstown |
by Daniel Phelps Daniel Phelps is a retired environmental geologist for the commonwealth of Kentucky. He has also taught part-time in Kentucky’s Community College system. His work to expose the pseudoscience behind Ham’s Ark Encounter was featured in the award-winning...
Dec 19, 2022 | Amoris Laetitia, Catholic Fundamentalism, Catholicism, Christian Nationalism, Dignity, Donald Trump, FreedHearts, Fundamentalism and Gender, Gender Identity, Gender Roles, Gun Control, Health Care, Hogg Foundation, James Baldwin, Julie Nichols, LGBTQ+ Rights, Pope Francis, Religious Fascism, Republicans, Right to Life, Serge Kovaleski, Transgender Youth |
by Julie Nichols Julie Nichols is a practicing Catholic, a Native Texan, and a wife of nearly 30 years. She is a pediatric Academic Language Therapist who serves children with developmental, learning, and cognitive disabilities, and is a part-time advocate for...
Oct 31, 2022 | Answers in Genesis, Anti-Abortion, Ark Encounter, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Christian Right, Climate Change, Climate Skeptics, Conservatism, Conservative Evangelicals, Creation Museum, Critical Race Theory, Culture War, Facebook, Fundamentalism, Hell, Intersectionality, Judgment, Ken Ham, LGBTQ+ Rights, Noah's Flood, Parler, Proof-Texting, Righting America, Social Justice, Social Media, Statement of Faith, White Evangelicals, White Supremacy |
by William Trollinger Screenshot from Ken Ham’s Facebook page, with a quote from the Gospel of Matthew and linking to a Fox News story. Image via Facebook. One of the distinctive ways in which fundamentalists make use of the Bible is proof-texting, i.e., pulling...
