The Blame Belongs to House Republicans
Long a priority of the faith community, comprehensive immigration reform is dead. Our response to thousands of unaccompanied children arriving at our southern border points to the consequences of our...
View ArticleAmnesty Is Not the Answer Without Genuine Border Security
Over the last several years numerous prominent evangelical officials and agencies have assertively advocated mass legalization of illegal immigrants as a biblical imperative. They joined more liberal...
View ArticleFor Mormons, a Contested Legacy on Capital Punishment
Over the past century and a half, numerous authors, from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to Jon Krakauer, have been fascinated—and horrified—by the nineteenth-century Mormon teaching of “blood atonement.”...
View ArticleLet’s Reform Our Broken Criminal Justice System
Never Murder. –Exodus 20:13 (God’s Word Translation) As an African American woman who identifies with the Hebraic roots of the Christian faith and who has found a theological home in womanist...
View ArticleThe United States Should Abolish the Death Penalty, as Pope Francis Implores
In his recent address before Congress, Pope Francis gave his support and encouragement to the call to abolish the death penalty in the United States. In offering papal support to end capital punishment...
View ArticleCapital Crime Calls for Capital Punishment
It is one of those recurring issues, at least in the American context, that refuses to leave us alone. The increasingly pointless face of crime, coupled with a growing sense of exasperation over...
View ArticleLet’s Recognize the Human Dignity of All People
It’s the sound of splashing that still, six years later, haunts me. I was in Budapest as part of a trip to Europe and touring the infamous “House of Terror” Museum. The building had been a headquarters...
View ArticleWe Must Engage with Shared Values in the Abortion Debate
In the abortion debate, we often focus on whose beliefs are right or wrong. We use this approach to persuade politicians to legislate and judges to rule based on their alignment with one side of this...
View ArticleThe Abortion Conversation Needs New Language
In this moment of crushing political polarization, looking for common ground in the abortion debate can feel to both sides like abandoning their most cherished values. For pro-choice leaders, the other...
View ArticleWe Should Be Peacemakers in the Abortion Wars
Where can opposing sides of the abortion debate find common ground? This is a good question but only one of many. What do we mean by “common ground” and who wants it? Who doesn’t? What would it look...
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