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Global LGBT Recap: World Vision Caves, World Congress of Families Vamps, God Weeps

By Peter Montgomery

…uct our collaboration with one another and with our partner organizations. World Congress of Families Puts Moscow Summit on Hold The World Congress of Families, which has been an enthusiastic backer of Russian President Vladimir Putin, announced that it would suspend planning for its September summit in Moscow in the wake of Russia’s invasion and annexation of Crimea. Just last month, WCF spokespeople were praising Putin as the savior of Christian…

Catholic Bishops End Family Synod With Little To Say To Gays; World Congress of Families Has Plenty To Say, None of it Good; How Same-Sex Marriage Came to a Buddhist Temple in Japan; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ickers of hope” in Pope Francis’s downplaying of dogma and focus on mercy. World Congress of Families: Global Gathering of Religious Social Conservatives The World Congress of Families met in Salt Lake City last week, the ninth of these global gatherings of social conservatives and the first held in the United States. Conference sponsors and participants included many American religious conservative groups along with their counterparts from around…

World Congress of Families Draws Anti-LGBT Activists to Budapest; More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…piled 14 IDAHOT projects from the Middle East and North Africa region. The World Congress of Families, a global network of anti-LGBT and anti-abortion activists held this year’s global summit in Budapest, Hungary, last week. Many American religious conservatives participated, along with activists from around the world. Event organizers hailed Hungary’s strongman leader Viktor Orban as a pro-family “hero.” Orban addressed participants on Thursday w…

World Congress of Families Blessed By Georgian Orthodox Patriarch and George W. Bush; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…lief also deemed immoral by most interpretations of major religious texts. World Congress of Families The World Congress of Families’ annual global summit of anti-LGBT social conservatives is being held in Tbilisi, the capital of the Republic of Georgia, this week. The event is likely to have a pro-Putin and anti-European feel, given that many WCF groups have praised the anti-gay policies of Russia under Putin. The WCF website has featured a quote…

World Congress of Families Meets, Seeks a New Dark Ages

By Gillian Kane

Last month the World Congress of Families (WCF), an international conservative network, met at the Palacio de Congresos in Madrid to share tactics in defense of the “natural family.” For its participants the natural family is a standard for social values that harkens back to a mythical era when men headed the household, women tended the kitchen and children, and sex was for procreation only. Because these ideals don’t line up with the way many pe…

Global Precap: 5 Religion and LGBT Stories to Look For in 2015

By Peter Montgomery

…to equate the marriage covenant with a force of immense supernatural evil? World Congress of Families and ‘Religious Liberty’ Anti-equality conservatives have made “religious liberty” their rallying cry as well as the centerpiece of their legal and political opposition to marriage equality. It is also the theme of the 2015 World Congress of Families summit, which will be held in Salt Lake City, the first time the gathering has been held in the U.S…

Competing Visions of Family & Freedom at UN; Methodists Try to Avoid Schism on Sexuality; Catholic Cardinal Denounces LGBT ‘Demonic Ideology’; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…hoed in Vasadze’s remarks, as described by WCF: Levan Vasadze welcomed the World Congress of Families participants and spoke of new Christian Civilization that rejects the neo-liberal ideology infecting the post-modern West, the lost virtues of Western Civilization, and transcends a bipolar paradigm to create a new East-West Christendom. He spoke of Georgia as the one to lead this effort to show the world that “Georgia Is Family!” Former U.S. Pres…

Two Former Nuns Get Civil Union in Italy; Kenyan Govt Partners with World Congress of Families; Mexican Activists Debate Outing of Priests; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…Gay Muslims Online?” Kenya: Activist criticizes government for sponsoring World Congress of Families meeting Jade Maina, deputy director of Trust Indigenous Culture and Health, published a commentary in the Daily Nation criticizing the Ministry of Labour for hosting the recent World Congress of Families regional meeting in Nairobi. From Maina’s op ed for the Daily Nation.: The WCF is an arm of the US religious-right movement focused on exporting…

In This Week’s LGBT Recap: Are Gay Priests Overdue for a Stonewall Moment?

By Peter Montgomery

…Howard Center founder Allan Carlson; Janice Shaw Crouse, who led the 2015 World Congress of Families summit in Salt Lake City; and Movieguide’s Ted Baehr. Also among the initial signers are anti-equality activists from around the world; many of them, like Nigeria’s Theresa Okafor, have participated in World Congress of Families summits. Also listed as signers are a number of religious leaders, including Foley Beach, Archbishop of the Anglican Chu…

Mexican Marriage Marches Show Struggle Between Church and Secular State; Pro-LGBT Mormon Group Grows After ‘Apostate’ Declaration; Botswana Gives Anti-Gay US Pastor the Boot; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…mbers talking about their experience. It made me feel attacked at church.” World Congress of Families: Nairobi conference draws international Religious Right support The World Congress of Families, a global network of anti-LGBT and anti-abortion groups, held a regional conference in Nairobi, Kenya this past weekend. American Religious Right figures on the schedule included Don Feder of the World Congress of Families, Sharon Slater of Family Watch…