On both sides of the Atlantic, a drama set in a bakery has pitted freedom of religion against LGBT civil rights and Exhibit A has been a wedding cake — or as it's been colloquially dubbed here, a gay cake.
After the weeks of intense drama focused on Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh, the nation's highest court was ready to get back to business, full bench or not.
A new poll conducted by the Public Religion Research Institute and The Atlantic shows that when it comes to politics, white evangelical Christians stand apart from every other religious group.
Distinctly Catholic: The forthcoming Supreme Court confirmation process will be largely dominated by discussions of abortion. But analyses wrongly assume a static political environment.
Distinctly Catholic: I do not see how a constitutional originalist can object to being asked any particular question, and none that would amount to a "religious test."
Ex-members who criticize People of Praise as authoritarian want Amy Coney Barrett to address her involvement in the group, which grew out of the 1970s Catholic charismatic revival.
Michael Sean Winters rounds up political news and commentary: Sr. Norma Pimentel's profile rises; a slate of Supreme Court news; civics for conspiracy theorists; "Trump City" in the '80s.
