May 18, 2019 – Freedom and the Law
On Friday, May 17th, the US House of Representatives passed a historic piece of civil rights legislation – the Equality Act to ensure that LGBTQ people have the same rights and protections regardless [...]
May 11, 2019 – Religious Freedom and the Public Good
Nearly 20 years ago, health officials declared measles eliminated in the United States. Now, an outbreak has caused the number of cases to surge to the highest level in 25 years, in large part due to [...]
May 4, 2019 – The Status of Muslims in America
It’s a week of celebration. This week on State of Belief, Interfaith Alliance’s weekly radio show and podcast, we’re kicking off our celebration of Interfaith Alliance’s 25th anniversary. Also, [...]
April 27, 2019 – Picking Up the Pieces after Sri Lanka
More than 250 lives ended in a violent coordinated massacre at churches and hotels across the Southeast Asian country of Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday. This week on State of Belief, Interfaith Alliance’s [...]
A Christian Case for LGBTQ+ Inclusion in the Church
Remarkably productive, relentlessly inspiring, Brandan Robertson is a young evangelical LGBTQ activist, author, and the pastor of Missiongathering Christian Church in San Diego, California. This week, [...]
April 20, 2019 – Hope, Inclusion, and Love
From all of us at State of Belief, Happy Easter and Chag Sameach Pesach to all who are celebrating! From the push in many states right now to end so-called gay conversion therapy, to, on the flip [...]
Southern Equality
Not unlike the historical “Southern Strategy” in which Republicans sought to drive a wedge between voters of different races in the 1960s to win elections, many on the right have led intentional [...]
April 13, 2019 – The Struggle for Progress
The president launched his campaign with unambiguous scare-mongering rhetoric, promising to ban immigration from countries with majority Muslim populations. While his supporters and legal defenders [...]
April 6, 2019 – Exporting Extremism
This month, the House Judiciary Committee will host a hearing on the rise of white nationalism in America. It is no secret that right-wing radicalism and white nationalist rhetoric and violence have [...]
March 30, 2019 – New Hope for the Equality Act
In 30 states, LGBTQ folks are legally allowed to be evicted, fired from their job, or denied services due to their sexual orientation and/or gender identity. This month, a bipartisan group of [...]
