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Puerto Rico Prays for Truth: Reporter David Begnaud’s Sacred Mission

By Spencer Dew

…CBS reporter who, for his ceaseless and reliable reporting from post-storm Puerto Rico has become such a saint, especially to those Boricuas desperate for any news of their island. Since the storm made landfall, Saint David of Begnaud has brought news. He was at the San Juan airport, reporting on the humanitarian crisis there, the frustration and thirst; he was in Ponce, interviewing a local police officer about the lack of FEMA distribution in th…

‘Almost Like Praying’: The Religious Work of ‘Hamilton’ Creator Lin-Manuel Miranda

By Spencer Dew

…cry and rebuke. But most importantly, it’s a vision of community rooted in Puerto Rico and the Puerto Rican people. An invocation of place, its lyrics primarily consist of the names of the 78 towns of Puerto Rico, the words laid down over a beat established by the trill of the coquí—the iconic and ubiquitous Puerto Rican frog. Sung, screamed out, spit in rap stanza, this recitation becomes hypnotic, an insistent reiteration of an idea, Puerto Rico…

Russian Attack on LGBTs at UN Rejected; Gay Cake Controversy Rages in N. Ireland; Bishop Calls for Marriage Referendum in Puerto Rico; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva is more than a mere PR exercise.” Puerto Rico: Religious, political leaders slam government for ending defense of marriage ban Last Friday, Justice Secretary Cesar Miranda announced that the Puerto Rican government would no longer defend a ban on marriage by same sex couples against federal court challenges of the law’s constitutionality. Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla, a Democrat and a defendant in the…

Marriage Vote ‘Transforms’ Not-So-Catholic Ireland; Activist to Malaysian PM – ‘Love Is Not Terrorism’; LGBTs Find Growing Acceptance in Colombia, Not At World Meeting of Families; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…inching the country closer against Chancellor Angela Merkel’s objections. Puerto Rico: U.S. Conservatives gripe about media coverage of marriage equality An American right-wing media monitoring group, the Media Research Council, complained this week about media coverage of the mass gay wedding and related celebrations that took place in Puerto Rico after the U.S. Supreme Court’s marriage equality ruling. MRC said on Monday that Univision’s covera…

Founder of Liberal Mosque in Germany Under Guard After Death Threats; And More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…and 1986. Legislation has also been introduced to expunge the convictions. Puerto Rico: Governor creates LGBT advisory board Gov. Ricardo Rossello announced the creation of an advisory board to promote and protect the rights of LGBT Puerto Ricans. According to the Associated Press, “He is a leader of a party known for being socially conservative.” Puerto Rico is a commonwealth of the United States; in June, after statehood status was endorsed by 9…

Istanbul ‘Haven of Sorts’ For LGBT Syrians and Iraqis; Cayman Islands Affirm Marriage Ban with ‘Holy Bible Evidence’; No Room for LGBTs in Malaysia’s ‘Islam-Based’ Human Rights Policy; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…isdiction is subject to being an overseas territory of the United Kingdom. Puerto Rico: At mass wedding, couples celebrate marriage equality, Church does not More than 60 same-sex couples took part in a mass wedding on Sunday, including couples from Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Cuba, and Venezuela. More from Associated Press: The ceremony was criticized by the Roman Catholic bishop of Arecibo, Monsignor Daniel Fernandez Torres. Citing the church…

Pope’s ‘Joy of Love’ Brings Little Joy To LGBT Catholics; Gay Atheist Malaysian Granted Refugee Status In Canada; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…changed” and “made into women” through what is known as “corrective rape”. Puerto Rico: Appeals Court Rebukes Judge Who Tried to Block Marriage Equality A U.S. federal appeals court ruled on Thursday that the Supreme Court’s marriage equality decision makes Puerto Rico’s ban on marriage for same-sex couples unconstitutional. BuzzFeed’s Chris Geidner reports that the Court rejected rulings by U.S. District Court Judge Juan Pérez-Giménez who upheld…

Pricey Tickets, Cranky Citizens, and Priests Behind Bars as Philadelphia Prepares For Papal Visit

By Anthea Butler

…to continue to shrink into the insularity and disorganization that caused the Philadelphia Archdiocese to decline so precipitously? It remains to be seen. Meanwhile, faithful Catholics and others who want to see the Pope may be losing heart. 10,000 tickets for the Pope’s Speech at Independence Mall sold out in two minutes on Tuesday, with 394k people trying their best to get a few. Tickets are already being scalped at $100 and up on craigslist. I…

The Myth of the ‘Lone Wolf’ Shooter Blinds Us to the Reality of White Supremacy

By Ivan Strenski

…so-called “lone wolves” under the law requires us to grasp the reality of the criminal activities of these virtual communities and to see them for what they are: “wolf packs.” As G. Robert Blakey, who wrote the RICO statute, told the Washington Post‘s Katie Mettler, using RICO to investigate white extremist groups without violating the First Amendment wouldn’t be “easy,” but there’s “no excuse” not to try….

Mile-High Identity Politics: What We Can Learn From the Same-Sex Seating Controversy

By Eboo Patel

…, not the fourth century … You’re not free to practice your religion in my airline seat.’ ‘This is male entitlement .. the height of male arrogance.’ One comment referred to this as a ‘back of the bus’ issue; as in, women being asked to move in such circumstances was tantamount to assigning them a lesser status as citizens and lower dignity as human beings. Other readers proposed that airlines set aside special seating for men requiring such accom…