June 23, 2018 – Zero Tolerance
Happy (belated) Juneteenth! This week, as the United States commemorated the official end of slavery in 1865, United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions used a Bible verse often employed to defend [...]
June 16, 2018 – Standing with the poor
What a week it’s been for religion in America! Religious leaders of all stripes – from the Catholic Bishops to Southern Baptists, from United Methodists to prominent evangelicals such as Franklin [...]
June 9, 2018 – A multi-layered ruling
The Supreme Court gave everyone a chance to claim victory with its decision this past week in favor of the baker who refused to bake a wedding cake for a gay couple. The baker claimed free speech [...]
June 2, 2018 – Pride?
Happy Pride Month! As people across the country celebrate Pride and the fourth anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision making marriage equality law of the land, we’re waiting for another [...]
May 26, 2018 – Memorial Day Weekend
It’s Memorial Day Weekend. As we remember the service members who lost their lives protecting our hard-won freedoms, the holiday weekend offers the opportunity to rest and renew, to hold our dear ones [...]
May 19, 2018 – Religious Right Prayers, Answered
The week started with the arrest of religious leaders engaged in civil disobedience across the country and saw the Congressional appointment of an anti-LGBTQ crusader to a body charged with overseeing [...]
May 12, 2018 – Never Again
“Those who don’t know history are doomed to repeat it.” It may be a cliché, but that doesn’t make understanding history any less important. This week on State of Belief, Interfaith [...]
May 5, 2018 – Polling American Muslims
This week was jam-packed with religion news – members of Congress formed a “Freethinker Caucus,” a chaplain in the House of Representatives resigned and then unresigned, and President Trump marked the [...]
April 28, 2018 – SCOTUS: A Complete and Total Ban?
Almost immediately after being sworn into office last year, Donald Trump didn’t waste any time attempting to enact his campaign promise to restrict US entry of people from a number predominately [...]
April 21, 2018 – Remembering Donna Red Wing
It is with profound sadness that we mark the passing of our dear friend and colleague Donna Red Wing. She was a giant on religious freedom and LGBTQ issues, with an unparalleled understanding of how [...]
