A month ago, Christi Parsons and James Oliphant wrote a story for The Los Angeles Times headlined:
A study in contrasts
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Rush Limbaugh (hearts) Elton John
If you have read GetReligion for more than a week or two, you probably have noticed that we live in the age of the simplistic label. If you noticed that fact, then you also must have noticed that your GetReligionistas are not fond of labels — especially in religion coverage.
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What? Nikki Haley's faith evolving?
OK, sports fans, I am still watching the coverage of Nikki Haley deep down there in South Carolina and, of course, her unique religious background.
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Getting off on the wrong foot
The San Francisco Chronicle had a story out of its Washington bureau that shows the importance of checking information you get from a press conference. Apparently the progressive Center for American Progress had an event about the fight for gay rights in Uganda. The event featured New Hampshire Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson and a former Anglican bishop of Uganda named Christopher Senyonjo. (In years past, his name was frequently spelled Ssenyonjo.)
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Abortion pills by video
A few months ago, we looked at stories about Angie Jackson, the woman who video taped herself having an abortion. Now we have stories coming out of Iowa about Planned Parenthood’s initiative to dispense an abortion drug after a video conference.
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Catholic canon fodder
The story of a Catholic woman religious who was disciplined for authorizing an abortion has been percolating for a few weeks. It’s a very sad story and my heart goes out to all involved.
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Inventing homophobic bogeymen
A couple of weeks ago, The Observer (U.K.) ran a brief editorial arguing that the Anglican Church “must not be complicit in gay persecution in Africa.” The editorial began with the doctrinal statement “Homosexuality is not a sin or a crime.” Normally we don’t concern ourselves too much with the house editorials but this one is different.
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Jefferts Schori (quietly) goes Pentecostal
What can one say about the Pentecostal slap-fest that is currently going on between Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams and his counterpart here in the United States (his counterpart in every form of Anglican power that is meaningful, these days) Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori?
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Still just a clump of cells?
This story that ran in the New York Times late last month is headlined “In Ultrasound, Abortion Fight Has New Front.” The inclusion of the word “fight” made me think the story might include perspectives from those who support abortion as well as those who don’t. And I guess, technically, the story did. To get that other perspective, it helps to not blink while you’re reading toward the end of the piece. But all of the drama, the meat and personal stories come from one side.
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