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On the Ethics of the Tibetan Self-Immolations

By José Cabezón

…ht out of a sense of despair as they are proactively trying to bring about change. The Tibetans who have chosen this path have given no single, unanimous reason or motive for their actions. But most of the individuals who have left behind written statements or “testaments” (khachem) tell us that they have given up their lives to unite the Tibetan people, for the return of the Dalai Lama, and for the preservation of Tibetan culture, which they see…

Who Would the Buddha Bomb?

By Danny Fisher

…us to critique it, and also be prepared that our lives and privileges will change as it transforms. Though this particular conversation is not over, it is merely the latest in a series of such debates across the American Buddhist landscape about the Dharma, pacifism, and militarism. At this point, some readers might be asking exactly the same thing that Foreign Policy did not long ago: “Isn’t Buddhism a religion that places respect for life and th…

Exodus Declares Opposition to Criminalization of Homosexuality

By Warren Throckmorton

…of journalists, and in response to a question about whether Jamaica should change laws against homosexual conduct, Jernigan seemed to support keeping homosexuality illegal. In his blog post on the meeting, Jernigan wrote: In a boardroom with about 30 editorial staff members and reporters, I discovered that the Prime Minister of Jamaica was receiving pressure from our president and the prime minister of Great Britain to change the anti-sodomy laws…

Can Eurovision’s Rainbow Arch Undermine Ukraine’s Orthodox Value System? This and More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…that protect LGBT people in prejudice,” he said, “which is not annulled or changed by laws, but must be made through a cultural change.” Canada: Stamp marks marriage equality as milestone in country’s history A postage stamp commemorating marriage equality is one of ten being released to celebrate the country’s 150th birthday. The series honors “10 milestones that together have helped shape the story of Canada.” On another front, Gortnacul House p…

LGBT Editor In Bangladesh Murdered by Islamists—and More, In this Week’s Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…onies for the time being. The Maghreb: Activists challenge asylum-limiting policy in Germany Human rights activists are opposing German government proposals to declare Morocco, Tunisia, and Algeria as “safe countries of origin” with regard to asylum seekers, reports Tunisia Live. Amnesty International argues that the criminalization of homosexuality in all three countries means that German officials should more carefully consider individual asylum…

U.S. Religious Right Groups Support Move Toward ‘Illiberalism’ of Hungary and Poland; and More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…e to interpret its opposition to a death penalty resolution to a change in policy.” Indonesia: Anti-LGBT Crackdown Continues With Mass Arrest Police announced the arrest of more than 50 men in a raid that one news report calls “the latest sign of a backlash against homosexuals in the Muslim-majority country.” The arrests follow an ongoing wave of anti-gay rhetoric and action from religious and political officials. Reuters reports: The arrests are…

After All the Handwringing We’re Now Seeing Exactly Why Conservative Christians Supported Trump

By Hollis Phelps and L. Benjamin Rolsky

…vatives were provided with new tools and resources for enacting wide-scale change in American society. While racial justice largely defined social justice at the time, reproductive rights would soon gain prominence in the public eye as a form of social justice–and also become the target of conservative backlash, as seen in the mobilization against abortion. Although numerous other factors contributed to his rise to the presidency, one could argue…

The Anti-Gay Highway

By Kathryn Joyce

…anted them to vote a certain way. The Africans have become a powerhouse to change the direction of the American churches. They have to depend on Africa to bring change at home. You will have a situation where an American might not say something, but Archbishop Akinola is free to say whatever he wants to say against LGBT persons in America, so he becomes a spokesperson. [US conservatives] say it’s not me saying it, it’s him. This is the same thing…

What’s Islamophobia, and Do I Have It?

By Haroon Moghul

…t always knows best. Indeed, the West may know best because the West can change. Islam, on the other hand, is frozen, stuck in what Dipesh Chakrabarty called the “waiting room of history.” This is not, by the way, an exclusively French dynamic—the simple and inaccurate binary of a dynamic West and a static Islam, mired in the seventh century or a “medieval mindset” is stunningly common. And equally inaccurate. Conclusions: The Islamophobe likes…

Rejecting the Binary: Why Left v. Right Doesn’t Work

By Eric C. Miller

…f candidates were given the same amount of money for campaigning, it would change the dynamic because the need to raise funds would be off the table. It would also give us more “full time” politicians, rather than fundraisers. At the local level, persons who disagree need to get together and see each other as rational human beings. The First Amendment Center tries to settle local disputes through mediating discussions between people who radically…