Brett Kavanaugh
Religious zealots go postal (again)
By Mark Silk — April 20, 2023
(RNS) — The current Supreme Court religion case harks back to a 19th-century fight over Sunday mail.
A good week for the culture war
By Mark Silk — June 25, 2022
(RNS) — The Supreme Court lives up to expectations on guns, education and abortion.
Satanic Temple follows ‘Judeo-Christian’ group’s SCOTUS win with flag request
By Heather Greene — May 6, 2022
(RNS) — The Satanic Temple's aim is to test whether the city's court-ordered acceptance of flags from religious groups includes a commitment to plurality.
How much leeway should the Supreme Court give coaches to pray?
By Mark Silk — April 27, 2022
(RNS) — Is it their duty to pray on the 50-yard line?
How the Supreme Court found its faith and put ‘religious liberty’ on a winning streak
By Steven K. Green — April 13, 2021
(The Conversation) — Prioritizing religious liberty claims over health and bias concerns, the conservative majority has skewed the concept.
The war over in-person church continues
By Mark Silk — July 28, 2020
(RNS) — In the court’s latest church reopening case, the culture warriors suffer a setback.
Measuring the religious significance of the Supreme Court’s LGBT decision
By Mark Silk — June 15, 2020
(RNS) — Dashing the hopes of social conservatives, two justices President Trump nominated to the Court took a relaxed view of the religious implications of expanding LGBTQ rights.
Roe v. Wade may be in peril, but future of anti-abortion movement is unclear
By Jack Jenkins — January 18, 2019
WASHINGTON (RNS) — This year's March for Life is being cast as a victory party, but it's less than clear how long it may take to dismantle Roe v. Wade or what would happen afterward.
2018 in review: A year of reckoning for powerful religious figures
By Bob Smietana — December 28, 2018
(RNS) — A year ago Bill Hybels was the pastor of one of the nation's most influential megachurches, Theodore McCarrick was a prince of the Catholic Church, and Michael Curry was the relatively unknown head of a mainline Protestant denomination.
How pro-lifers can save the Senate and the Supreme Court
By Charles C. Camosy — October 31, 2018
(RNS) — The Kavanaugh episode that re-energized the midterm elections will continue to imperil the Supreme Court's confirmation process unless the group in whose name it is being fought comes to the rescue.
Muslim #MeToo isn’t just a man problem. It’s also a male-led theology problem
By Dilshad Ali — October 26, 2018
(RNS) — Muslim women are no longer going to be patient with the default male-led scholarship on gendered violence and sexual trauma within an Islamic framework.
Moving on from the Kavanaugh case with malice toward none
By Jentezen Franklin — October 11, 2018
(RNS) — Americans need to be able to wrestle with complicated situations in a nonpartisan way instead of being pressured into false choices.
As Senate nears Kavanaugh confirmation vote, faith voices speak out
By Jack Jenkins — October 4, 2018
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Kavanaugh 'demonstrated that he possesses neither the temperament nor the character essential for a member of the highest court in our nation,' declared the National Council of Churches.
To overcome patriarchy, men first have to see it in themselves
By Simran Jeet Singh — October 3, 2018
(RNS) — Those with brown skin know that those who don’t experience racism have a hard time relating to it, a feeling we call 'white privilege.' But the Kavanaugh case has forced us all to confront the male privilege we didn't see.
Protesters demand resignation of Catholic University professor over Kavanaugh tweets
By Jack Jenkins — October 1, 2018
WASHINGTON (RNS) — 'For alumni, Dean Rainford’s comments are a professional liability,' one demonstrator said.
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