Contraception in Islam

Religious views on contraception vary from being completely prohibited to being allowed under certain circumstances. While Judaism displays more tolerance for contraceptive methods when the health of the pregnant woman is threatened, traditional Catholic views are much more stringent because procreation is viewed as the one and only goal of marital sex. Therefore, it follows […]

Dolly Parton and Sexuality

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Interlocked / Interfaithed

“I believe in recognizing every human being as a human being — neither white, black, brown, or red; and when you are dealing with humanity as a family there’s no question of integration or intermarriage. It’s just one human being marrying another human being or one human being living around and with another human being.” […]

Opinion: Religions Have a Lot of Respect to Gain for Women

The inspiration for the project was a passion of mine for years. The fact that every religion seems to demonize women, and yearn to control their bodies in any way possible is infuriating to me. In addition, most religions have some sort of predisposition against homosexuals, representing another subgroup that is discriminated against in the […]