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"I hope you get in an automobile accident & the gasoline spills out & catches on fire & you burn alive & end up in hell." Sally Quinn, who wrote for WaPo, told of this comment from a self-described evangelical. "Most all the negative comments came from Christians," she said.

This made me grin. 🐶

Pro-life, really?

"Evil is a shape-shifter. Recognizing it with the benefit of hindsight is not so hard. The trick is seeing it when it’s there in front of you & finding a way to confront it at the time." This column from 19 yrs ago came to mind. More applicable than ever. gfmarchives.com/menorahs-light…

Pro-Life, really? "Women living in abortion-ban states are nearly 2x as likely to die during pregnancy, childbirth or soon after giving birth..." & "Maternal mortality rose 56% in Texas in the first full year of the state's abortion ban." (from summer print issue of Ms. Magazine)

Evangelicals really are different. And they want to make the rest of us like them. These two graphs about clergy explain so much, not only about evangelicals but about what's going on in the country.

"A Court that cannot be trusted to protect rights should not be empowered to undermine them." - Duncan Hosie Great analysis here on why progressive lawyers should refrain from channeling long-shot cases to unsympathetic courts. ⬇️ theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

From Baptistland, by Christa Brown

NEW: In first public account, Kilmar Abrego Garcia details weeks in Salvadoran prison CECOT. Says he was subjected to 'severe beatings,' psychological torture & soiled himself. Also says jailers confirmed his tattoos have no gang meaning. w/Kyle Cheney politico.com/news/2025/07/0…

They lynched us and went to church the next day

“A faith built on "certainty" will never be able to survive the starless night. A "faith" built on the belief in hope cannot survive the place where there appears to be no hope.” This week’s Subst@ck 👇

"Every single argument against this law boiled down to certain people wanting to preserve an unethical religious tradition even at the expense of stopping child sexual abuse.... They’re more interested in preserving a ritual than protecting children." - Hemant Mehta

In new study, 100% of clergy sex abuse survivors experienced some form of institutional betrayal. Just sit with that. 100%. Thanks to Elisabeth Ingram for this important research surveying 115 survivors. #ChurchToo

A new mural in France depicting Lady Liberty covering her face in shame was unveiled the day before America's Independence Day.

Motherhood was what helped reporter Eileen Flynn see clergy sex abuse through new eyes. Me too. A July 4th column of a different kind. ⬇️ May #ChurchToo survivors everywhere find independence from authoritarian religion & the tyranny of shame. eileenflynn.wordpress.com/2009/07/05/chr…