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...family in mind as I wrote back to the doctor and thanked him for his email. The next day, I had the language on my website changed to state in clear but simple terms my pro-choice position. And that night, before I went to bed, I said a prayer of my own - that I might extend the same presumption of good faith to others that the doctor had extended...
Today, white evangelical Christians (along with conservative Catholics) are the heart and soul of the Republican Party's grassroots base - a core following continually mobilized by a network of pulpits and media outlets that technology has only amplified. It is their issues - abortion, gay marriage, prayer in schools, intelligent design, Terri Schiavo, the posting of the Ten Commandments in the courthouse, home schooling, voucher plans, and the makeup of the Supreme Court - that often dominate the headlines and serve as one of the major fault lines in American politics. The single biggest gap in party affiliation among white Americans...
...assert themselves politically to achieve these aims, liberals get nervous. Those of us in public office may try to avoid the conversation about religious values altogether, fearful of offending anyone and claiming that - regardless of our personal beliefs - constitutional principles tie our hands on issues like abortion or school prayer. Such strategies of avoidance may work for progressives when the opponent is Alan Keyes. But over the long haul, I think we make a mistake when we fail to acknowledge the power of faith in the lives of the American people, and so avoid joining a serious debate about...
...finest musicians and performers, along with national talent, performing his diverse works for a full and enthusiastic audience. On the anniversary of Bernstein’s death, this was a chance to celebrate his brilliance and the legacy he left here at Harvard.The concert opened with a Hebrew prayer, “Y’varech’cha,” sung by John D. Kapusta ’09. The singers and musicians emerged out of the darkness onstage and the focus moved from the mainstage up to the catwalk above where Arlo D. Hill...
...even take classes that explicitly address the topic in their course titles to acquire perspective about its applicable significance. It is hard to imagine how one could take a class on American government and fail to struggle with religiously-charged political issues such as stem cell research and school prayer or how one could take a class on European history without grappling with clashes of religion in the Crusades or the Reformation. The case could be made that undergrads need to experience a more catholic variety of religious issues outside the Eurocentric tradition, but even with a faith-based requirement...