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All Beliefs Welcome, Unless They are Forced on Others
I am on record as not objecting to any candidate's religious views. But I object strongly when anyone (and especially anyone with political power) tries to take their theology out in public, to inflict those private religious (or sexual) views on other people.
By Wendy Doniger | September 9, 2008; 07:24 AM ET | Comments (979)
A Chaplain for Every Soul
Sure I’d vote for a Pagan (I think I probably already have, quite often), but I don’t think there should be a Pagan chaplain. There are two different issues here, complicated by the fact that there are two very different...
By Wendy Doniger | July 9, 2007; 08:10 AM ET | Comments (55)
The Great Pumpkin Goes to Washington
Candidates can worship the Great Pumpkin, for all I care, as long as they don’t say the Great Pumpkin told them to do things such as invade Iraq.
By Wendy Doniger | January 30, 2007; 10:25 AM ET | Comments (149)
Respect For Women Yes, Worship of Goddesses No
Goddess feminists are whistling in the dark when they argue that everyone used to worship goddesses and that this was a Good Thing for women-the assumption being that women are more compassionate than men.
By Wendy Doniger | January 18, 2007; 10:07 AM ET | Comments (152)
