Lindsey Graham

Why the US Senate needs to affirm equal rights for all citizens

By Allyson McKinney Timm, Tarunjit Singh Butalia, and Lisa Sharon Harper — April 27, 2023
(RNS) — It is time to abolish the myth of ‘differently equal’ once and for all.

Dobbs gave abortion foes a win. Lindsey Graham’s 15-week bill set the next goal.

By Jacob Lupfer — October 12, 2022
(RNS) — Graham’s proposed legislation gets the GOP off the defensive on abortion.

White House: GOP abortion ban would mean a nationwide crisis

By Colleen Long — September 23, 2022
(RNS) — Vice President Kamala Harris urged Democratic attorneys general at a meeting in Milwaukee to keep fighting for abortion rights in the states.

Praying and cussing at the trial by ordeal of Ketanji Brown Jackson

By Cheryl Townsend Gilkes — March 31, 2022
(RNS) — The inspiration and outrage of an accomplished Black woman's confirmation hearings

Interfaith rally supports Ketanji Brown Jackson in front of Supreme Court

By Adelle M. Banks — March 30, 2022
(RNS) — While Jackson has generally been private about her faith, speakers in her favor prayed for Senate action and tied their support for her to their religions.

At Jackson hearings, ‘What is your faith?’ becomes a gotcha question

By Jacob Lupfer — March 23, 2022
(RNS) — In SCOTUS confirmation fights, belief furnishes a ground for score-settling and partisan whining.

At confirmation hearing, Lindsey Graham grills Ketanji Brown Jackson on faith

By Jack Jenkins — March 22, 2022
(RNS) — The exchange revealed that Jackson identifies as a nondenominational Protestant.

Who among us? What the Kavanaugh hearings can teach us about forgiveness

By Katelyn Beaty — September 28, 2018
(RNS) — Time might make memories fuzzy, but it doesn’t erase physical, emotional and spiritual wounds.

White boys will be boys: Kavanaugh, #MeToo and race

By Keri Day — September 28, 2018
(RNS) — White conservative Christian preachers have tried to excuse the allegations against Brett Kavanaugh as youthful indiscretions. But in this country, in short, black boys can never simply be 'boys.'

The moral and national danger of a president’s cursing

By Jerome Socolovsky — January 22, 2018
(RNS) — When a president writes off whole nations as 'shitholes,' he is not simply using salty language. He is using the most powerful government in the world to enforce discrimination and inequality. And every political leader who supports him is, biblically speaking, cursing this nation.

5 faith facts about Lindsey Graham: Religious right spear carrier

By Cathy Lynn Grossman — June 1, 2015
(RNS) He's zealous about religious freedom, accuses the Islamic State of religious genocide, and fervently wants to defeat Hillary Clinton.
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