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This World Refugee Day, Rising White Nationalism Meets the Largest Refugee Population in History — Which is No Coincidence

…ion is now mainstream. The disheartening reality is that white nationalist xenophobia and racism are not exclusive to those who identify as white nationalists. While refugees of all colors experience multi-faceted traumas, Black and brown refugees continue to be especially dehumanized because of their skin color. As the Russian invasion of Ukraine illustrates, even Black and brown Ukrainian citizens are still denied access to the very programs the…

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‘It’s Time to Defend our Children Outside of the Womb’: Pray Vote Stand Connects Anti-Abortion and Anti-Trans Messages

…for Christian Afghanis to be resettled and “assimilated” in the US—a paradoxical exception to the Right’s increasingly strident anti-immigrant and anti-refugee stance. According to Boykin, US weakness in the international arena stems from a domestic move to pursue “wokeness.” Any policy that fights climate change, enforces public health measures like vaccines, and protects LGBTQ people “disrupts” the military by reducing its numbers in both person…

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A New Book Traces the Influence of Racism and Imperialism on White Christian Feminism

…at the missionary impulse behind their “Christian Americanization” efforts betrayed its own kind of imperialism. Such groups extended the hand of friendship to racialized European immigrants and new Black neighbors from the Great Migration, but nevertheless characterized such groups as practicing “ethnic” religions that could benefit from the civilizing example of White Protestant culture. It was within this patronizing multiculturalism that White…

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Turkish Police Move Against Activists Who Defied Pride Ban; And More in Global LGBT Recap

…fter discriminatory legislation that would ban the popularization of homosexual relations and promotion of the homosexual lifestyle was proposed in 2014. “Life was easier three years ago,” says a 21-year-old gay man who regularly attends the club. “You could be on public transport and talk about LGBT stuff and nobody would notice because they did not really know what it was. But since the legislation was introduced, a lot of the population knows w…

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Publisher Withdraws History of Hinduism, Amid Protest

…e original ruling by the judge stated that satire in its own right did not promote enmity between groups. In fact, satire of religious actions and beliefs right is a long tradition in India. The 11th century Kashmiri Sanskrit poet Kshemendra, in works such as Samaya Matrika, Kalavilasa, and Narmamala, satirizes brahminical and Buddhist norms with rapier wit. (Kshemendra, by the way, also wrote serious devotional and poetic works.) My colleagues in…

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Queer Bloggers Make Homeschooler Christian College President Cranky

…tudents could possibly exist at his school:    “It’s simple, really. Homosexuals can’t exist at Patrick Henry College because the students sign an honor code,” Farris claimed. “[Homosexuals] could not sign our honor code,” Farris said, adding that he considers the actions of gay men and women “sinful.” “Part of the honor code is to be sexually pure,” he added. Baratko speaks to a couple of the bloggers, who say they were inspired by other blogs at…

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Trans Protections in India and Malta; Death-by-Stoning Law in Brunei; Church-State Divides on Marriage

…sure that an equal age of consent applies to both same-sex and different-sex sexual activity,” which could be the lead in to overturn Section 377 of the Indian Penal code that still criminalizes consensual same-sex conduct, a remnant from an 1860 British Colonial Era law that exists in many constitutions across the Commonwealth countries even today. Malta: Civil Union & Adoption Law, Trans Protections in Constitution  This week the parliament of M…

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Catholic Cardinal Slams Jesuit’s Bridge-Building Book; and More in Global LGBT Recap

…ch had gravely erred in annulling a Delhi HC verdict decriminalising gay sex between consenting adults. “Sexual orientation is an essential attribute of privacy. Discrimination against an individual on the basis of sexual orientation is deeply offensive to the dignity and self-worth of the individual. Equality demands that the sexual orientation of each individual in society must be protected on an even platform. The right to privacy and the prote…

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John McCain: No God But Country

…sy details of sectarian schism), McCain’s terse description of North Phoenix does not supply nearly enough explanation for what is a jolting swap, like trading the Jetta for a Suburban. Yet McCain supplies no wake-up call, no re-awakening of his spirit to explicate his substitution of Sunday affections. He offers no specifications of the kind of Christ that pressed him from a the Book of Common Prayer to the Baptist Faith and Message. Nor, as ment…

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