Robin L. West (Georgetown): Freedom of the Church and Our Endangered Civil Rights: Exiting the Social Contract. Marco Rubio: If we don’t stop gay rights, soon the teachings of the Catholic Church will be “hate speech”. Pope Francis makes Tea Party heads explode: Why Steve King and Louie Gohmert have it in for the pontiff. Ben Schreckinger on how Pope’s pronouncements making trouble for GOP Catholics. Extremists get more press coverage than blander types, and some Catholic bloggers have suggested that the pope is not truly Catholic; they are right to be in a panic — they are not used to having a pope who is a Christian. Alana Massey on the white Protestant roots of American racism. How capitalism and Christianity aligned in modern America: Elizabeth Stoker Bruenig reviews The New Prophets of Capital by Nicole Aschoff and One Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian America by Kevin Kruse. Quiverfull of Shit: Jennifer C. Martin on a guide to the Duggars’ scary brand of Christianity. Ashley Feinberg on Advanced Training Institute, the creepy fundamentalist homeschool cult that trained the Duggars. The Duggars were always creepy, so why did so many Republicans love them anyway? Amanda Marcotte investigates. The deterioration of the Christian Right is imminent. Is Christianity in America doomed? Damon Linker investigates. Jeffrey Aaron Snyder on why America will never move beyond the culture wars.
