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We Don’t Doubt, We Don’t Take Direction: Whiteness, Religion, and the 2012 US Election

Posted on November 13, 2012 by Donovan Schaefer

By Donovan Schaefer The 2012 election campaign made an open contest of religion much less than anyone would have predicted in 2008.  Aside from the occasional outburst during the Republican primaries, Governor Mitt Romney’s Mormonism was nearly a non-issue, even … Continue reading →

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“Legitimate Rape”: God’s Justice and the Republican Party

Posted on August 22, 2012 by Donovan Schaefer

Republican Congressman and US Senate Candidate Todd Akin, of Missouri, said in an interview Sunday, in a line now infamous, “It seems to me, from what I understand from doctors, that’s really rare.  If it’s a legitimate rape, the female … Continue reading →

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