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Clergy May Soon Find Taxes Soaring As Result of an Under-the-Radar Ruling

By Patrick Hornbeck

…r non-religious counterparts. “I do not doubt that many ministers are paid significantly less than what their commitment and skill level would suggest. This is an unfortunate truth that applies to many devoted and talented employees in service professions,” Crabb wrote. “However, the manner in which Congress alleviated a financial burden on a group of religious persons was neither required by the free exercise clause nor prohibited by the establis…

‘Anti-Romeo’ Vigilante Squads Target Men Suspected Of Being Gay; More in the Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…l Justice Reform “has lambasted the Aceh administration’s Islamic criminal code bylaw, or Qanun Jinayat, saying it could potentially provoke discrimination and over-criminalization of LGBT communities and other vulnerable groups.” The Aceh province is governed by the conservative Islamist legal code. Notes the Jakarta Post: Qanun Jinayat imposes criminal sanctions on both Muslims and non-Muslims found to have consumed liquor, dated in public or ca…

Intolerance in Indonesia Extends to Religious Minorities; Lutheran Church in Norway OK’s Same-Sex Marriage, But Not in Finland; Catholic Church Warns Australian CEOs to Back Off Marriage Equality Support; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ersecutors of minorities were seldom brought to justice. Cabinet ministers signed a decree in 2008 ordering the Ahmadiyah community to “stop spreading interpretations and activities which deviate from the principal teachings of Islam.” In 2011, the then-religious affairs minister, Suryadharma Ali, repeatedly urged the cabinet to issue an outright ban on the Ahmadiyah and delivered a keynote speech at FPI’s congress in 2013 praising the hardline gr…

United Methodists Elect 1st Gay Bishop; Canadian Anglicans OK Same-Sex Marriage

By Peter Montgomery

…States, is divided over the issue of homosexuality. “This election raises significant concerns and questions of church polity and unity,” Bruce R. Ough, president of the Church’s Council of Bishops, said in a statement after the vote. And some comment from the United Methodist Church’s news service: Ough clarified that the Council of Bishops does not have constitutional authority to intervene in the election, but “is monitoring this situation ver…

Australia’s Harsh Refugee Policies Stirring Backlash; Malawi Court Sides With Pastors To Lift Moratorium on Sodomy Prosecutions; Uzbek President Says God Has Taken Gays’ Reason Away; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…and stifling them with bureaucracy. Now it’s starting to shut them down.” Kenya: Man faces 14 years in prison for ‘sexting’ A Kenyan man, Godfrey Mburu, faces 14 years in prison after “sexting” a male journalist, reports Joe Williams at Pink News: The reporter – who has not been named – said he gave his number to Mr Mburu after the pair met at a road show. However, he later contacted police claiming that Mr Mburu had sent him a series of messages…

Conservative Bishops Unhappy At Synod, But Ignore Walkout Call; Australian Religious Leaders Step Up Marriage Equality Opposition; Italy Debates Civil Unions; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…Kenya: President Says LGBT Rights Not on Country’s Agenda President Uhuru Kenyatta told CNN’s Fareed Zakaria that the Kenyan people have “more pressing issues” to address than LGBT rights. Argentina: Prominent Transgender Advocate Killed Diana Sacayán, a prominent transgender rights advocate, was stabbed to death in her Buenos Aires apartment, making her the third trans woman killed in the country in recent weeks. China: Report on “Gay Cure” Ther…

Norwegian Catholic Church May Stop Civil Marriages; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ncluding LGBT community in the event.” The report says that LGBT flags and signs were part of the parade contingent of Unifor, a Candadian private-sector union. According to Pall Singh Beesla, who was the in-charge for floats that participated in the parade under the aegis of Khalsa Diwan Society, the oldest Sikh religious body in Canada, this was the first time that LGBT community not only joined the Baisakhi parade, but got an opportunity to par…

What Was Your Sign?, Pro-War MLK, & Benched for a Headscarf

By Michael J. Altman

…a relationship written in the stars but it’s not working out? Your zodiac sign may be wrong. It turns out the calender is off by about a month. Pope John Paul II will be beatified on May 1st. In England, three former Anglican priests were ordained as Catholic priests on Saturday. The priests recognize the Pope as their leader but their parishes keep Anglican rites. During a commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy, a Pentagon lawyer argue…

Exvangelical TikTokkers Aren’t a Sign of the End Times, But Here’s What Evangelicals Need to Understand About ‘The Falling Away’

By Blake Chastain

…ears, called Exvangelical. I coined the #exvangelical hashtag initially to promote it and I’ve devoted a great deal of thought to what the term “exvangelical” means. I’ve even written a separate essay on the topic, which boils down to 4 main points: It helps to know you aren’t alone. It is a clear repudiation of evangelicalism. It acknowledges personal autonomy. It does not require all of you. Incredibly, the resonance of #exvangelical as a monike…

Church=State in Putin’s Orthodox Empire?; Evangelical-Orthodox Anti-Gay Alliance; Malaysian Court Protects Transwomen; Catholicism (Still) Declining in Latin America; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…. But who is to decide what constitutes a “vice against nature”? The Portuguese legislators had been too coy to mention gay sex explicitly, and so a meaningless clause entered the statute books, which no court could act upon. This year, the Penal Code was rewritten. The new Penal Code sweeps away a great deal of the musty colonial legacy, including the mention of “vices against nature”. Now not even the most contorted of arguments could claim that…