Christian Pattavina
@pattavina.bsky.social
Religion scholar in the City of Angels
Among numerous signs that there is something seriously wrong with the world we live in, I’m horrified by the fact that AOC cracking a joke about short men is more outrageous, and inspires more ‘political’ engagement, than anything the present administration says about stripping away women’s rights.
October 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Among numerous signs that there is something seriously wrong with the world we live in, I’m horrified by the fact that AOC cracking a joke about short men is more outrageous, and inspires more ‘political’ engagement, than anything the present administration says about stripping away women’s rights.
Breaking: Secretary Hegseth has issued a statement that an earlier announcement contained a typo: it should have read that the DoD will be renamed the “Department of Bar,” not “War.”
Mr. Kegsbreath assures us that changing “DoB” signage at military bases will cost taxpayers a modest $160 million.
Mr. Kegsbreath assures us that changing “DoB” signage at military bases will cost taxpayers a modest $160 million.
September 6, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Breaking: Secretary Hegseth has issued a statement that an earlier announcement contained a typo: it should have read that the DoD will be renamed the “Department of Bar,” not “War.”
Mr. Kegsbreath assures us that changing “DoB” signage at military bases will cost taxpayers a modest $160 million.
Mr. Kegsbreath assures us that changing “DoB” signage at military bases will cost taxpayers a modest $160 million.
Read what I wrote about an upcoming Supreme Court case on an egregious violation of religious freedom, and how Christian nationalists want to hijack it to advance their insidious agenda:
religiondispatches.org/landor-in-ba...
religiondispatches.org/landor-in-ba...
Landor in Babylon — How a Rastafari's Case against Prison Injustice Could Be Used to Weaponize 'Religious Liberty'
Last month, the Supreme Court agreed to hear Landor v. Louisiana Department of Corrections and Public Safety, a case brought by Damon Landor after officers at the Raymond Laborde Correctional Center f...
religiondispatches.org
July 21, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Read what I wrote about an upcoming Supreme Court case on an egregious violation of religious freedom, and how Christian nationalists want to hijack it to advance their insidious agenda:
religiondispatches.org/landor-in-ba...
religiondispatches.org/landor-in-ba...
Activist Republican SCOTUS: Down with Chevron deference! Government agencies don’t have the latitude to interpret laws independently of Congress or the courts!
Trump’s DOGE-ified IRS: Churches can endorse candidates from the pulpit in spite of the Johnson amendment
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/u...
Trump’s DOGE-ified IRS: Churches can endorse candidates from the pulpit in spite of the Johnson amendment
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/u...
I.R.S. Says Churches Can Endorse Candidates From the Pulpit
www.nytimes.com
July 8, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Activist Republican SCOTUS: Down with Chevron deference! Government agencies don’t have the latitude to interpret laws independently of Congress or the courts!
Trump’s DOGE-ified IRS: Churches can endorse candidates from the pulpit in spite of the Johnson amendment
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/u...
Trump’s DOGE-ified IRS: Churches can endorse candidates from the pulpit in spite of the Johnson amendment
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/u...
jimmy swaggart must be furiously shoving a camel through the eye of a needle right now
July 2, 2025 at 3:03 PM
jimmy swaggart must be furiously shoving a camel through the eye of a needle right now
Pope Francis literally met JD Vance and decided it wasn’t worth hanging on anymore
April 21, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Pope Francis literally met JD Vance and decided it wasn’t worth hanging on anymore
emotional maturity is realizing you would die first in squid game
January 20, 2025 at 1:53 AM
emotional maturity is realizing you would die first in squid game