Mike Pence Refuses to Defend Women Pastors in Southern Baptist Churches
Chuck Burton/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Former Vice President Mike Pence said on “Meet the Press” Sunday that “Women pastors have had a big impact” on his family—but refused to say any more in their defense as Southern Baptist churches have recently moved…
The Missionary Positions of Nikki Haley’s Idol: Pastor John Hagee
Mother Jones illustration; John Hagee Ministries; KOINCH Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.John Hagee’s been around. And around. And around. The pastor has been a prominent figure in GOP presidential races for years, with his support sought after by candidates from the Bushes (H.…
Meet the Religious Crusaders Fighting for Abortion Rights
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The Torah tells its followers to “be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth,” so that’s what Lisa Sobel, a devout Jewish woman from Louisville, Kentucky, set out to do. It wasn’t easy. First, she endured three years of…
The Real Reason House Republicans Kicked Ilhan Omar off the Foreign Affairs Committee
Rep. Ilhan Omar leaves her office on February 2, 2023.Kevin Dietsch/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.House Republicans removed Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) from the Foreign Affairs Committee on Thursday because she is a Black, Muslim woman. Officially, that’s not the reason. But the…
Being Gay Shouldn’t Be a Crime, Pope Says
Andrew Medichini/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In an interview with the Associated Press, Pope Francis has become the first Roman Catholic pontiff to denounce laws that criminalize homosexuality. “Being homosexual isn’t a crime,” the 86-year-old pontiff told the AP on Tuesday. Laws that criminalize…
Before Roe, a Baptist Preacher Performed Abortions in Secret. Now He’s Helping Texans.
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The first thing Dr. Curtis Boyd did when he arrived at work one cloudy Monday morning in January was turn on his radio. It was 1973, and Boyd, an ordained Baptist minister, had been providing underground abortions for five…