By framing sexual health and justice debates as battles between purity and perversion, or virtue and vice, traditional media misses the progressive religious voices that speak out for ethics, morality and faith with respect for the dignity and decisions of all families and all individuals. Full Story »
Posted by Amie Newman
Riscol manages to write a breezy tour through the "pelvic politics" of the religious right and the media's tone deaf approach to the leaders of progressive religion in America. While it does go over some fairly old ground and doesn't make much of an effort to get the perspectives from the press on their unbalanced coverage, she doesn't include a rather shocking quote from Deb Haffner which is, itself, worth the read.
