Religion & Politics

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) said over the weekend that she does not "anticipate" new laws that will encourage people to turn in women who have illegal abortions.

During an interview on Face the Nation, host Margaret Brennan noted that Noem's state has a so-called trigger law that banned abortions the moment the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

Guests on an NBC panel laughed out loud at conservative columnist Peggy Noonan after she suggested that Republicans should use the "victory" over abortion rights to become a "party that helps women."

During a discussion on Meet the Press, host Chuck Todd noted that there is Republican infighting about whether rape and incest victims should have a right to abortion.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) falsely suggested on Sunday that right-wing activists were never violent in their quest to end abortion rights for women.

During an appearance on Fox News, Graham whitewashed the right's history of clinic bombings, murder and violence over abortions.

Fox News host Rachel Campos-Duffy accused View co-host Ana Navarro of being a "eugenicist" because she supports abortion rights.

During a discussion on Fox News, co-host Will Cain noted that Navarro spoke in defense of the special needs community following the Supreme Court's decision to overturn federal abortion rights.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) warned on Wednesday that women could "burn down" the Supreme Court over reproductive rights.

During an interview on Real America's Voice, host David Brody asked Greene about attacks on "pro-life pregnancy centers" in the lead-up to the Supreme Court's likely decision to overturn federal abortion rights.

Fox News host Rachel Campos-Duffy suggested on Sunday that now is the wrong time to deal with "luxury issues" like women's rights or school shootings.

During a discussion on Fox & Friends, co-host Will Cain predicted that Democratic leaders will focus on gun control and the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Pride month has generated a giant controversy in the Christian literature world after posting a "Books to Read for Pride Month" guide.

"Eerdmans Publishing Company, founded in 1911, has been a leading publisher of academic and faith titles over the last century, including ones by William Lane Craig, Mark Noll, Richard Muow and N.T. Wright. Its commentaries are found on pastoral bookshelves across the world. But the publisher this month endorsed Pride Month," Christian Headlines reported Tuesday. "Several Christian leaders this week spoke out about the publisher’s stance on Pride Month."

Former Attorney General Eric Holder warned on Monday that the United States is "slipping into" a "political apartheid system" because conservatives have greater influence than their numbers would suggest.

During an interview with Washington Post Live, Holder said he was concerned that gerrymandering allows politicians to pick their voters instead of voters making the choice.

In an interview with CNN, a prominent pastor who heads up one of the nation's largest megachurches in suburban Atlanta warned that the Evangelical movement in the U.S. is in a "state of emergency" for multiple reasons, principal among them is the "politicization" of the church by some pastors which as led to polarization among church attendees.

Andy Stanley, author of "Not In It To Win It: Why Choosing Sides Sidelines the Church" and head of North Point Community Church in Georgia is sounding the the alarm that the evangelical movement needs to get back to its roots and leave politics outside the churchhouse door.

Pastor Jack Hibbs of Calvary Chapel Chino Hills on Sunday blamed the teaching of evolution for a mass school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.

During an interview on Newsmax, Hibbs argued that policymakers should focus on promoting Christianity instead of gun safety laws.

In an interview with The Pillar, Bishop Daniel Flores of Brownsville, Texas, elaborated on a tweet he made following the horrific mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas and admonished gun-owning Catholics -- and all Americans -- that there is no "divine right" argument to be made about owning a weapon.

Following the shooting that claimed the lives of 19 children and two adults, Flores tweeted. "Don’t tell me that guns aren’t the problem, people are. I’m sick of hearing it. The darkness first takes our children who then kill our children, using the guns that are easier to obtain than aspirin. We sacralize death’s instruments and then are surprised that death uses them."

Mark Sherwood, a Republican candidate for governor in Oklahoma, asserted that he is against all exceptions for abortion because he believes life begins "before" conception.

"No life, even conceived in the most heinous or even less-than-ideal circumstances is a mistake," Sherwood told Real America's Voice host David Brody after revealing that his mother was likely a victim of rape. "As I sit here and talk to you, I can tell you unequivocally, even the people who are pro-choice are not mistakes. Everybody has a purpose."

Reacting to an explosive report that accuses leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) of grossly mishandling claims of sexual abuse, and intimidated victims while resisting any suggestions for reform measures for over 20 years, a columnist for Christianity Today labeled it the beginning of the "Southern Baptist Apocalypse" and admitted he was taken aback by the depth of treachery within the church.

According to the devastating report from Guidepost Solutions, "Survivors and others who reported abuse were ignored, disbelieved, or met with the constant refrain that the SBC could take no action, even if it meant that convicted molesters continued in ministry with no notice or warning to their current church or congregation."