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The #US’ new top #health diplomat, #BethanyKozma, has strong opinions on #abortion & #gender
The job she took on this week—leading #HHS’ Office of Global Affairs—does not have a high profile. And Kozma is not a familiar name in the world of #PublicHealth.
But it’s a position with power—& Kozma has a record of public statements & activism on health issues, equating abortion with "murder" & campaigning against #GenderAffirmingCare.
#law #ReproductiveRights #TransRights
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"Without women, gaps in this social network make the church less 'sticky' for other believers."
The enthusiasm of mainstream media for the unsubstantiated meme of religious revival under Trump and after Charie Kirk's murder, and the claim that young men are spearheading this, has to be viewed within the frame of the media's servitude to Republicans and Trump — and to the "masculinity" movement.
#Trump #ChristianNationalism #MAGA #churches #gender #ReligiousRevival #media
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"In fact, women’s withdrawal is one of the most important indicators for the church’s future. Traditionally, American Christian women are more religious than men. In most churches, even where women are not allowed to lead, they make up the backbone of church communities, offering free labor to maintain the sanctuary, teach, lead youth, serve children in church and other families in times of illness and difficulty."
#Trump #ChristianNationalism #MAGA #churches #gender #ReligiousRevival #media
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"Last week, Pew Research Center released a report, noting Pew’s polls and no 'other high-quality surveys' Pew analyzed show clear evidence of a religious resurgence. Young adults, on average, are much less religious than older Americans. People in every age cohort (young and old) are getting less religious as they age."
#Trump #ChristianNationalism #MAGA #churches #gender #ReligiousRevival #media
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"Recent reports claim surging interest in church with anecdotal stories of more young men attending. Christian Broadcasting Network reported churches 'overflowing' after Charlie Kirk’s assassination. Talk of enthusiasm bred hope of revival. ...
But, broadly, it’s just not true."
~ Sarah Stankorb
#Trump #ChristianNationalism #MAGA #churches #gender #ReligiousRevival
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"David Brooks, who wrote in the NYT last month, 'The Epstein Story? Count Me Out' is... in the latest Epstein photo dump published by @oversightdemocrats.house.gov.
He should absolutely be fired by NYT for this. Major conflict of interest that he didn't disclose."
~ Parker Molloy
#Epstein #Trump #CoverUp #EconomicElites #gender #power #class #media #DavidBrooks #NewYorkTimes
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"The New York Times’s David Brooks ... wrote that the Epstein Files were 'overblown' and we should 'move on.'"
~ Rebecca Schoenkopf
Would this be the same David Brooks who uses his New York Times platform to lecture the rest of us about virtue, civility, and "traditional" values
#Epstein #Trump #CoverUp #EconomicElites #gender #power #class #media #DavidBrooks #NewYorkTimes
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Wajahat Ali says,
"What we see [in the Epstein story] is a big club. And we ain't in it. And this big club is a very wealthy, powerful man who believe the world and its girls are their oysters. "
Then:
"I'm saying this since the summer now, that this is the biggest cover up in modern history."
#Epstein #Trump #CoverUp #EconomicElites #gender #power #class #media
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Donald Trump Most Likely Raped Girls With Pedophile Jeffrey Epstein
The Trump Administration is clearly engaged in an active cover-up concerning the Epstein Files and Donald Trump's close connections to the most notorious pedophile in modern history.Mary L Trump (The Left Hook with Wajahat Ali)
"The establishment doesn’t want to think about Epstein because they don’t want to think about how he got away with all of it, at such a scale, and for so long.
This is one reason—perhaps the main reason—why Epstein matters. ...
So, yes, a real reckoning with Epstein would mean a real re-thinking of questions of gender, wealth, and power."
~ William Kristol
#Epstein #Trump #CoverUp #EconomicElites #gender #power #class #media
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"Given this latest decision by the Study Commission (and the long standing data linking decisions like this one to disaffiliation), I predict that many more Catholics will look for wisdom and spiritual care well beyond the confines of the Magisterium until the Pope and bishops are left talking to themselves while the work of ministry goes on without them."
"Imagine someone in law or medicine trying to argue in 2025 that fully qualified women, often the best and brightest students, cannot practice their chosen professions because of their gender. …
Today, barely a quarter of U.S. Catholics attend mass on a regular basis. Many have long since taken their leave for greener spiritual pastures."
Mary E. Hunt writes,
"In 2025, Catholic theology still requires a penis for full personhood. …
There’s something blatantly wrong with the thinking that cements women’s secondary status in the Catholic Church. These are matters that theologians debated 50 years ago. Today, the prejudices have been so thoroughly debunked that there’s nothing left to argue."
"Are Christians saved by maleness or by the Word of God, enfleshed in Jesus, human and divine? Jesus' maleness is irrelevant to our salvation. Framed more positively we need to understand 'Christ as representative of all humanity, not of biological maleness,' to quote Mary Grey."
"'To alter this reality would not be a simple adjustment of ministry but a rupture of the nuptial meaning of salvation.'
The gist of course is that women are not men and therefore they cannot be ordained.
This line of thinking echoes the same problematic theology that appears in other church documents denying ordination to women."
Christine Schenk writes:
"The statement published Dec. 4 is rife with dubious theology, not only about women deacons but about the nature of salvation through Jesus Christ. Consider this proposition:
'The masculinity of Christ, and therefore the masculinity of those who receive Holy Orders, is not accidental, but is an integral part of sacramental identity, preserving the divine order of salvation in Christ.'"
This long thread will not be to everyone's taste — and that's understandable. But for those who follow discussions of what influential religious groups are doing — are doing with effects on all of us — it may be of interest. The thread focuses on a recent Vatican statement closing the door, yet again, to ordination of women as deacons, a decision that has ramifications for how women are treated in society in general, given the influence of the Catholic church.