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‘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…

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

By Spencer Dew

…mpse into this catastrophic event that is upon the people of the Island of Puerto Rico.” One Puerto Rican on the mainland articulates a widespread sense: “You are our source for truthful information.” Begnaud stands in the face of a storm of hot air and fake news masking inaction, political calculation, and active unconcern. On September 20, Hurricane Maria tore into Puerto Rico. Six days later, President Trump held a Situation Room meeting to dis…

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

…at the event all lead religious bodies that are miniscule in comparison to Puerto Rico’s leading religious traditions. The stance on this matter of far more significant Puerto Rican Catholic, Evangelical and Pentecostal leaders was totally ignored. For example, Univision ignored the perspective of the leaders of Puerto Rico’s majority Catholic population. Among them, Arecibo Bishop Daniel Fernández called the day marking the onset of mass gay wedd…

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…

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…

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…

The Key to Understanding the Federalist Society Isn’t Originalism — It’s This 800-Year Old Tradition

By Peter Schwartz

…notions of “human dignity” and “human flourishing,” Catholic natural law—an 800-year-old tradition dating back to Thomas Aquinas—is a lens that offers utter clarity to conservative Catholic jurists, activists, policymakers, and scholars as they observe, describe, and engage the world. The power and sharpness of this lens allow them to confidently snap every human movement—every human desire and motive and act—into its divinely appointed and proper…

More Bleak Times For Indonesian LGBTs; South Africa Bans Extremist Anti-Gay US Pastor; Mexican Marriage Struggle Heats Up; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…cited in the article was “an offensive op-ed” written by archbishop of La Plata Héctor Aguer: Aguer, writing in the La Plata newspaper El Día, wrote that “there is fornication ‘against nature,’ now endorsed by the iniquitous laws which have destroyed the natural reality of marriage and are based on the negation of the concept of nature and the notion of natural law,” going on to condemn homosexuality as “unnatural.” China: Report examines gender…

Atheist Nazis? The Pope’s Cheap Atonement

By Susannah Heschel

Adam Clayton Powell called it “cheap grace,” but we might call it “cheap atonement”: the effort by sinners to select which sins to acknowledge and repent. Pope Benedict XVI ended his heavily protested visit to England with a heartfelt apology for German bombings of England during the Battle of Britain; though he refused to accept Christian responsibility for the Holocaust, blaming it instead on pagans and atheists. Given that Cardinal Walter Kasp…

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

…same-sex marriages are “contrary to natural law.” “Today is a sad day for Puerto Rican society,” Fernandez said in a statement. Puerto Rico until recently prohibited same-sex marriage and the recognition of such marriages, but the government struck down those laws after the Supreme Court decision. Officials also now allow gay couples to adopt children. In recent days, Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla also signed two executive orders that allow trans…