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With Kurdish Genocide a Real Danger, How Ethical Was Mattis’ Resignation?

By Ivan Strenski

…. But at what costs do we maintain a revered institution like the military code of honor? Holocaust levels of genocide threaten the Syrian Kurds. Why isn’t the prospect of mass murder enough to make Mattis reconsider the politics of personal honor? If that grim prospect is not enough, what is? Mattis’ deferral to presidential rights, for instance, should challenge us to reconsider whether a president like FDR had an analogous “right” to have a cab…

Scottish Episcopal Church Angers Conservative Anglicans With Embrace of Same-Sex Marriage; and more in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…a a Christian nation. Also, being a “Christian nation” didn’t work out so well for Ireland. To answer my son’s question, I suspect Ireland got “so cool” with gay people about the time the failings of the Catholic Church were exposed in that country: paedophilia, abuse, forced separation of unwed mothers and their children, and burial grounds full of unidentified babies. By the time the Irish people got the chance to vote on same-sex marriage in a…

Religious Hostility to Gay Nigerians; The Pope’s Visit To Africa; Ireland’s Religious Schools Can’t Discriminate Against Gays; Orthodox Church in Georgia Leads Anti-Gay Forces; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…gy makes sexual morality rather clear.” Last Sunday’s pride parade in New Delhi celebrated LGBT community gains while demanding repeal of the reinstated colonial era law that criminalizes homosexual activity. Bermuda: Pastor supports son’s push for marriage equality, cites ‘whole Jesus concept’ Ijumo Hayward and Clarence Williams III, a gay couple, filed notice of their intention to marry, with plans to take their case to the Supreme Court. A huma…

Broadcast Officials in China Censor Gay TV Characters

By Peter Montgomery

…he reviews: ”The publication of Walking the Tightrope could not be more timely or relevant. It questions the wave of homophobic fervor currently sweeping across contemporary Africa, and the single code of heterosexuality hoisted on the flag of nationalism to score points on religious and moral superiority. Unequivocally, the voices assert, they are not a symbol of moral decadence, or a ‘choice’; rather, their sexuality, their gender is natural to…

Sacred Texting: When Religious Writ Gets Wired

By Rachel Wagner

…elevision and some radio. Reuters reported in February 2008 that Bezeq Israel Telecom launched a new “kosher” landline phone service, which will block calls to porn and other “improper” destinations for these conservative groups. The same sentiment appears to be troubling religious courts in the United Kingdom, where judges are hearing a case about whether or not church steeples can host mobile phone masts, since the masts might be used to relay p…

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Re: Creationist Tactics Pre-Dating the Exposure of ID as a Fraud

By Lauri Lebo

…ks had long been promoting critical analysis – when they weren’t busy also promoting intelligent design. As is their modus operandi, they switch between intelligent design and coded phrases like “teach the controversy” when it serves their purposes. For an example of their promotion of intelligent design in public school science class, see their 1999 booklet Intelligent Design in Public School Science Curricula: A Legal Guidebook. Also, in the cas…

Morality and Marriage Vigilantes and More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…e extremists, according to reports by the Associated Press. Organiser Danijel Kalezic urged the relatives LGBT people to support them in their fight for equality. “The majority of LGBT people are still forced to live in fear and hidden, without the support of friends, colleagues and loved ones. Many of us lack it where we most expect and need it, in our families”, he told Balkan Insight. The march was supported by diplomats from the UK, US and EU,…

‘Open Mosque’ in South Africa Receives Threats; ‘Blood Test’ for ‘Degeneratism’: Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…and its American allies, Paris Mayor Anne Hildalgo this week declared herself “delighted” that 2000 same-sex couples have been married in the city since the marriage equality law took effect in May. Australia: Independent Territory Set to Pass Marriage Equality Law Last year, Australia’s High Court struck down marriage equality legislation that had been passed by the Australian Capital Territory, saying it conflicted with federal legislation that…

Will International Criminal Court Bring Charges Against ISIS For Gender-Based Persecution?; And More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…itical activism and civil society that has been ongoing under President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. On the broader scale, the persecution of Egypt’s LGBT community is a rule out of an old playbook among Arab regimes: espouse a conservative social policy, particularly on matters of gender and sexuality, to appease Islamic sensibilities and maintain “religious” legitimacy. Much of the Arab world remains highly conservative, and as such, Islamic bodies—ran…

Oedipus Complexity: Is it Enough to Fire Men Accused of Sexual Misconduct?

By Benjamin Dueholm

…of assaulting an underage boy. The responses of the accused have varied widely as well. In a few cases—Moore’s most notably—unyielding denial has been the strategy. Those who admitted wrongdoing have done so with varying degrees of specificity and remorse. Garrison Keillor protested his innocence in a statement laden with passive-aggressive humor. These misdeeds can be sorted by type and graded by severity by anyone who wishes. Such cataloguing ma…