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Nuns on the Bus: 2700 Miles, Nine States, and a Rock Star DC Welcome

By Mary E. Hunt

…onal Church to back it up, the Fortnight (whose idea was that for a catchy American word?) seems to have fizzled. One event in Boston, for example, featured a large stage, dozens of bleachers, and eight speakers lined up to address the crowd. The audience numbered about 30. Even Timothy Dolan at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City, on the kickoff day of the Fortnight, only gathered 250 people. The nuns got that many in small towns across the…

Seventh-Day Adventists & Gay ‘Cures’; Legal Victory for Kenyan LGBTs; Political, Religious Leaders Spar on LGBT Issues in UK; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…Rick Estridge, the vice president for overseas finance for Catholic Relief Services, is gay and married. “It is increasingly difficult to take CRS seriously as a Catholic organization,” Lepanto Institute president Michael Hichborn said in a press release. Hichborn may be the organization’s only member; no other names are listed on the institute’s website, and posts to the organization’s Facebook page are written in the first person. Tom Price, the…

“Joseph Smith Himself Viewed Women as Priesthood Holders”

By Joanna Brooks

…aunch ordainwomen.org? Because women in the church give countless hours of service and still we are severely underutilized. The LDS Church is run by a lay clergy—all men over the age of twelve are eligible for ordination; women are not. In seeking ordination, we seek a greater role in service to our faith. Our movement is an act of faith in the Mormon Church—our leaders, our community—that the institution can be more inclusive. Tell me about the w…

John McCain: No God But Country

By Kathryn Lofton

…try, who believes he would serve it well, who believes that he is the best American for the job. And since all Americans are assumed to be, at base, Judeo-Christian, then it is no lie at all to say that he is, at base, a good Christian man. And so he is. A good Christian man. He says it, and we have to believe him. We, the scholars. You, the voters. We believe him against the evidence because it feels better to believe that his life—his survival,…

Catholics for Choice Blasts New Proposed Contraception Coverage Rule

By Sarah Posner

…est for exemption, exempt organizations can now include schools and social service organizations, operated by churches, that nonetheless employ and serve people of other faiths. Organizations that do not qualify for the exemption will likely include institutions of higher education, large social services organizations, and Catholic hospitals, said Hutchinson. The new proposed rule permits these organizations, she said, to self-certify that they ar…

Bishop Says Gay Couples Cannot Be Part of Parish Life; Does Rising Evangelical Political Power in Brazil Contribute to Anti-LGBT Violence?; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…away from countries such as France, Germany, United Kingdom and many Latin American nations, exposing the fact that New Delhi’s loud proclamations about being an international player didn’t extend to the human rights arena. But India voted in favour of at least two amendments that restricted the scope of the watchdog, betraying what the country’s intention was. Devirupa Mitra at the Wire has more on India backing the amendments moved by the “Islam…

Broadcast Officials in China Censor Gay TV Characters

By Peter Montgomery

…he issue was about “providing equality in the way that the public receives services from the state” and civil marriage was not a matter for churches. “I have my own beliefs as a member of a church, as to how the church role fits in,” he said. “But in terms of civil society, the services which are provided, I don’t believe that it is for those of us who are in the heterosexual majority to tell people who are in the homosexual minority that they’re…

Conservative Christians Struggle With Christianity

By Lauri Lebo

…of their faith in exchange for reinforcing Holy War notions against fellow Americans? *** Back in Philadelphia, a city founded on the concept of brotherly love, Witold “Vic” Walczak, the ACLU-PA’s legal director who oversaw Frankel’s memorial service, closed with a message urging action rather than judgment. Perhaps he missed Beck’s admonishment. Or perhaps he doesn’t care much what Beck has to say. Sniffling back tears, Walczak asked those gather…

Obama Quietly Declares June “LGBT Pride Month”

By Nick Street

…ud of,” Peter LaBarbera told One News Now, the online news division of the American Family Association. “The fact is people have left the lifestyle,” said LaBarbera, president of Americans for Truth About Homosexuality. “People have overcome homosexuality—I think that’s something to be proud of.” “President Obama has committed his administration to support for the activist homosexual agenda,” was the lede at Life Site News, for a story that was pi…

“Under God…It’s a Great Thing”: Trump Delivers for His Christian Base

By Diane Winston

…his 2009 bestseller, The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power. I don’t know if Donald Trump is part of this group. But I do know that his speech to the prayer breakfast was unlike any other and that, in its own peculiarly bombastic way, it was one step closer to Vereide’s vision of a Christian nation. That’s because the heart of Trump’s speech was a defense of “religious liberty” that sounded a lot like protecting Chris…