Spiritual Politics Archives - Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/category/opinion/columns/mark-silk/ Driving essential conversation about how religion and beliefs shape us and our world. Fri, 28 Jun 2024 18:39:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://religionnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Favicon-100x100.png Spiritual Politics Archives - Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/category/opinion/columns/mark-silk/ 32 32 Teaching the Bible in Oklahoma https://religionnews.com/2024/06/28/teaching-the-bible-in-oklahoma/ https://religionnews.com/2024/06/28/teaching-the-bible-in-oklahoma/#respond Fri, 28 Jun 2024 16:45:41 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4155484 (RNS) — Or at least, its 'historical context.'

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/06/28/teaching-the-bible-in-oklahoma/feed/ 0 Louisiana’s Ten Commandments law isn’t about American legal history https://religionnews.com/2024/06/25/louisianas-ten-commandments-law-isnt-about-american-legal-history/ https://religionnews.com/2024/06/25/louisianas-ten-commandments-law-isnt-about-american-legal-history/#respond Tue, 25 Jun 2024 16:13:52 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4154704 (RNS) — Secular arguments on its behalf are a pretext.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/06/25/louisianas-ten-commandments-law-isnt-about-american-legal-history/feed/ 0 Louisiana’s Ten Commandments mandate violates its own religious freedom heritage https://religionnews.com/2024/06/21/louisiana-mandates-the-ten-commandments/ https://religionnews.com/2024/06/21/louisiana-mandates-the-ten-commandments/#respond Fri, 21 Jun 2024 16:38:07 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4154257 (RNS) — It's a legal birthright that goes back to the French Revolution and Thomas Jefferson.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/06/21/louisiana-mandates-the-ten-commandments/feed/ 0 Roberts and Alito are polarized on polarization https://religionnews.com/2024/06/14/roberts-and-alito-are-polarized-on-polarization/ https://religionnews.com/2024/06/14/roberts-and-alito-are-polarized-on-polarization/#respond Fri, 14 Jun 2024 21:44:59 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4153175 (RNS) — That upside-down flag had special significance.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/06/14/roberts-and-alito-are-polarized-on-polarization/feed/ 0 Would Madison have been OK with posting the Ten Commandments in classrooms? https://religionnews.com/2024/05/31/would-madison-have-been-ok-with-posting-the-ten-commandments-in-classrooms/ https://religionnews.com/2024/05/31/would-madison-have-been-ok-with-posting-the-ten-commandments-in-classrooms/#respond Fri, 31 May 2024 18:57:31 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4150903 (RNS) — Nope.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/05/31/would-madison-have-been-ok-with-posting-the-ten-commandments-in-classrooms/feed/ 0 OK, GOP, let’s put that antisemitism definition into effect! https://religionnews.com/2024/05/10/ok-gop-lets-put-that-antisemitism-definition-into-effect/ https://religionnews.com/2024/05/10/ok-gop-lets-put-that-antisemitism-definition-into-effect/#respond Fri, 10 May 2024 21:31:21 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4147472 (RNS) — Maybe there's an upside to the Republican effort to codify it.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/05/10/ok-gop-lets-put-that-antisemitism-definition-into-effect/feed/ 0 Is the golden age of American Jews really ending? https://religionnews.com/2024/05/08/antisemitism-when-israel-is-on-the-march/ https://religionnews.com/2024/05/08/antisemitism-when-israel-is-on-the-march/#respond Wed, 08 May 2024 21:53:14 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4146935 (RNS) — Reports of its demise are premature.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/05/08/antisemitism-when-israel-is-on-the-march/feed/ 0 The pro-life movement in political retreat https://religionnews.com/2024/05/03/the-pro-life-movement-in-political-retreat/ https://religionnews.com/2024/05/03/the-pro-life-movement-in-political-retreat/#respond Fri, 03 May 2024 21:05:42 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4146143 (RNS) — It finds itself at serious odds with Americans' historical deference to diversity of belief.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/05/03/the-pro-life-movement-in-political-retreat/feed/ 0 A Jan. 6 antisemite is sent to prison. What do the presidential candidates say? https://religionnews.com/2024/04/25/a-january-6-antisemite-is-sent-to-prison/ https://religionnews.com/2024/04/25/a-january-6-antisemite-is-sent-to-prison/#respond Thu, 25 Apr 2024 21:55:39 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4144253 (RNS) — One condemns antisemitism. The other holds former Proud Boys up as victims.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/04/25/a-january-6-antisemite-is-sent-to-prison/feed/ 0 What happens when most of the Catholic churches in Baltimore close? https://religionnews.com/2024/04/18/whats-to-be-done-with-baltimores-shuttered-catholic-churches/ https://religionnews.com/2024/04/18/whats-to-be-done-with-baltimores-shuttered-catholic-churches/#respond Thu, 18 Apr 2024 15:14:44 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4143382 (RNS) — The loss to local communities is likely to be substantial.

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