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Project 2025: How Trump Loyalists and Right-Wing Leaders Are Paving a Fast Road to Fascism

By Peter Montgomery

…html#loaded. [64] “Agenda 47,” Donald J. Trump for President 2024, https://www.donaldjtrump.com/agenda47. [65] Donald Trump, “Agenda47: The American Academy,” Donald J. Trump for President 2024, November 1, 2023, https://www.donaldjtrump.com/agenda47/agenda47-the-american-academy. [66] Charlie Savage, Maggie Haberman, and Jonathan Swan, “Sweeping Raids, Giant Camps and Mass Deportations: Inside Trump’s 2025 Immigration Plans,” The New York Times,…

Olympics 2008: Ignoring History

By Louis A. Ruprecht

…gs with which their Ceremonies concluded. One of the first images in these Seoul Opening ceremonies was a symbolic “east meets west” scenario, one in which Greek-toga’d westerners met the traditionally garbed representatives of this storied Asian peninsula. “East meets west”: that was the ritual key in Seoul. The Koreans boldly choreographed any number of events that lent themselves to Orientalizing stereotypes, but then, as I say, doubled back on…

Australian Prime Minister, Church Leaders Resist Marriage Push; South Korea’s Anti-Gay Christians Block Pride Parade; Morocco Arrests Men for ‘Obscene Act’ of Kissing; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…istians — wield significant social and political influence in the country. Seoul Mayor Park Won-Soon, a former liberal activist, was last year forced to dump a proposed city human rights charter, which included protections for sexual minorities, after a storm of criticism from the same Christian groups. Since then, a handful of Christian activists have become a near daily fixture in front of City Hall, singing songs and chanting slogans that label…

Pat Robertson’s Women Warriors Leading Spiritual Warfare In Zimbabwe

By Sarah Posner

…God.” Pat Robertson’s Woman Warrior in Zimbabwe Mpofu, who co-founded the WWW conference with Bourland, is the executive director of the African Centre for Law and Justice, a branch of the American Center for Law and Justice, founded by Pat Robertson in 1990 as a “Christian” answer to the American Civil Liberties Union. Although Robertson remains the organization’s president, its day-to-day operations are run by litigator, activist, and radio and…

International reax to US Marriage Ruling; Official violence at Turkey’s Pride; Marriage Advances in Mexico Over Church Objections; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…e Anti-gay Christian groups tried and failed shut down the pride parade in Seoul, which comes at the end of a three-week celebration of queer culture. We previously reported that the police had refused a permit for the pride parade, citing the application of the anti-gay groups for competing permits: Christian groups have been running a campaign for weeks to try to block the parade. In May, they camped out for a week in front of the police station…

Malta Adopts Marriage Equality Over Objections of Catholics and Evangelicals; And More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…orea: Article examines religious opposition to LGBT equality In advance of Seoul’s gay pride parade this past Saturday, AFP examined the religiously based opposition movement: Thousands of people will march through Seoul to support gay rights in this Saturday’s Pride parade, and probably just as many conservative Christians urging them to “repent” their “sins”. Religious South Koreans have been a loud fixture at the annual parade for years, holdin…

“Japan Gave Us Pokemon, God Gave Them an Earthquake”

By Anthea Butler

…s. Turn to HIM and pray. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAGYqrANnAw http://www.gamespot.com/forums/topic/27876648/could-the-japan-earthquake-be-gods-punish-for-them-killing-whales?page=0 Tinasongbird73‎ Prayers up 4 the people in japan who’ve experience great loss & heartache frm the earthquakes & Tsunami. God is trying 2tell us something! smitefulsinner‎ RT @rachydivanerd: Re: Japan: the 1st person to say that the earthquake’s an act of ‘god‘ to…

RD News Round-Up—Oct.14, 2008

By Bill Berkowitz

…Suit: The Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) (http://www.ffrf.org/), which describes itself as “an educational group working for the separation of state and church,” recently filed suit against President Bush over the federal law designating a National Day of Prayer. The suit also names White House Press Secretary Dana Perino, Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle, and National Day of Prayer Task Force Chairwoman Shirley Dobson, according…

It’s Not a Debate: The Christian Century Fails to Advance Discussion on Abortion

By Daniel Schultz

…deserve. A companion to the RNS piece by Christian Century editor [http://www.christiancentury.org/article.lasso?id=7229 John Buchanan] asks, Is it naive to hope for a civil conversation on the subject? Can we cease using language that allows for no diversity of opinion? Calling abortion “baby killing” and abortion providers “mass murderers” leaves no room for conversation. There is nothing good about this appalling killing in Kansas. But could i…

The Battle for the Meaning of Religious Freedom Day

By Frederick Clarkson

…ad Trump’s proclamation: The proclamation is on the White House website at www.whitehouse.gov. At the homepage, look for a search icon on the top right corner and enter “Religious Freedom Day.” If this year’s proclamation is not posted in time for you to use it in class, consider using previous year’s proclamations found on our homepage: www.religiousfreedomday.com. While arguing over seemingly inconsequential posturing by argle-bargling politicia…