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Gambian Voters Reject Anti-Gay Strongman Jammeh; Activists Ponder Trump Impact on LGBT Human Rights; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…el also included activists from Indonesia, Thailand and Burma. The ILGA panel, held at the British embassy and supported by Stonewall U.K., was organized by APCOM, a Bangkok-based coalition of campaign groups from across the region. “Asia and the Pacific have seen recent successes, and some major steps backwards, on LGBTI rights,” said Midnight Poonkasetwattana, executive director of APCOM. “We are here to celebrate the gains and mourn the losses….

When Religion is a Refuge for Scoundrels: ‘Ryan Budget’ Edition

By Daniel C. Maguire

…edieval tapestry, right-wing Catholics shrieked in pain and fell over themselves belittling it. The epithets flew with inquisitorial venom: “incompetent babble on financial reform,” railed Nicholas Hahn; it isn’t authoritative and can be ignored, insists George Weigel, the redoubtable Catholic apostle of right-wing-think. The Vatican Joins Occupy Their pain is understandable. The document is in sync with the Occupy Wall Street movement. Cardinal P…

Does God Hate Health Care? How About Public Schools? Or Bridges?

By Joanna Brooks

…e days come from conservative groups who depict government as an enemy of religious freedom. Among American Mormons, opposition to government-funded health and social programs is often linked with an opposition to socialism—deeply held among American Mormons since the 1950s, despite the fact that happy and faithful Mormons elsewhere around the globe live in countries where governments do in fact provide health care for their citizens. The most oft…

The Awkward Silence in the Wake of Jacob Neusner’s Passing

By Laura S. Levitt

…a student would call Neusner to account. To say that Jacob Neusner was cruel to his students is to tell the truth. I call him my teacher, but in truth he never claimed me as a student. I was just one of the many awestruck undergraduates to whom he paid intense attention for a brief moment. It was that attention that mattered. And, for that, I owe him a great deal. He taught me many things as he ushered me into the world of the rigorous scholarly…

Romney Accuses Obama of Stifling Religious Liberty

By Sarah Posner

…llow conservatives. Now that he’s expected to be his party’s nominee, he feels compelled to take up its most potent religion crusade this year: the claim that religious institutions who are opposed to contraception should get a special exemption from the requirement of the Affordable Care Act that employers provide contraceptive coverage to their employees, free of co-pays. Even those religious institutions which have been, without complaint, prov…

Lindsey Graham’s Lying “Eye-ranians”

By Haroon Moghul

…e me think Steven Strauss is on to something with his eight shocking parallels between the United States and Rome, except that he stopped too soon. (#IX: New York City subway stations are early Roman urinariums; #X: Edward Gibbon prophesied the Christian Right would be the straw poll that broke the empire’s back. Etc.) Beinart, a contributing editor for The Atlantic, has given considered attention (must-read) to a trend many Muslims have experienc…

David Brat: Catholic, Calvinist, and Libertarian, Oh My!

By Julie Ingersoll

…en the responsibilities of the state and the church. The state, in this model, is severely restrained in its authority over economic activity. The best check on the depravity of individuals who make up the civil government is the decentralization of authority into the distinct spheres; the best check on the depravity of human beings in the economy is the decentralization of the market created by competition. Historian Michael McVicar has this call…

Is the Metaverse the Hero We Need to Rescue Us From Suffering and Enchant the World?

By Robert M. Geraci

…of being free to the users, it’s information about the users that’s given freely unto corporate and political rulers. Is it any wonder that Hollywood is far more likely to envision advanced VR in dystopian rather than utopian terms? But our commitment to the cause reflects the very human experience of trying to enchant the world and make it meaningful. Virtual worlds offer that opportunity…provided that Silicon Valley isn’t allowed to copyright i…

Biden’s New Domestic Terrorism Strategy Addresses Trump’s Omission of White Nationalism, But Fails to Address Targeting of Black and Brown Americans

By Sara Kamali

…un-American, under constant suspicion of violence by law enforcement and fellow citizens alike. The Strategy released by the Biden administration only makes these disparities distinct rather than ameliorating the underlying inequities. For example, when discussing the dissemination of harmful content by “malicious actors online,” the Strategy cites al-Qa’ida instead of the Oath Keepers, Proud Boys, and other white nationalist groups and individua…

Sharing Many of the Same Flaws as its Subject ‘The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill’ Podcast Puts Blame Anywhere But Where It Belongs

By Jessica Johnson

…siveness. Unfortunately, those who contributed to the podcast failed to model self-reflection and wisdom in the name of truth and repentance, and those who could have done so were glaringly absent or were represented by heavily curated audio clips or name-drops. The Gospel Coalition and Christianity Today both played vital roles in providing Driscoll the platform, celebrity, and legitimacy necessary to continually apologize before moving on to cre…