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Feeding the Hungry vs. Antigay Activism: A Double Standard for Religious Freedom?

By Hollis Phelps, Ryne Beddard

…s co-conspirators face up to 60 days in jail and a $500 fine. Although the city has received much deserved criticism we also wonder why the ordinance, and Abbot’s arrest for allegedly violating it, haven’t been portrayed in terms of religious freedom. The whole situation has been labeled as silly at best and coldhearted at worst. Nicki Grossman, who runs the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau, told the Sun Sentinel that she has r…

Pope Francis meets with bishop who blessed gay couple; Proposed NGO law in Uganda threatens LGBT groups, civil society; Interfaith sexuality organizing in Indonesia; global LGBT recap

By Peter Montgomery

…exuality and faith are encouraged. Unlike other groups working in a single city or region, YIFOS has operated across the country since 2011. For Catholic communities, the organisation has visited centres where regular discussions among youth regarding sexuality were already in place. With participants already in place, all that YIFOS needs to provide are materials. YIFOS also works with Islamic youth organisations on university campuses. Before th…

Why Hipsters May Be Perfect Source for Brooklyn Occult Revival

By Joseph Laycock

…he 1960s and 1970s were also regarded as an occult renaissance in New York City and, in fact, the original Dutch settlers likely brought their own magical traditions to Manhattan. However, this is certainly the most stylish occult renaissance to date. A recent article in The Huffington Post profiles seven Brooklyn Tarot readers, each of which features lavish headshots, descriptions of ritual objects, and personal narratives of each diviner’s unfol…

The Irony in the “Religious Liberty” Argument

By Eric C. Miller

…s and reporting. When the Supreme Court sided with the government in Grove City College v. Bell, Michigan’s Hillsdale College immediately began declining all forms of federal aid. Grove City College, in western Pennsylvania, soon followed suit, and both schools continue to reject federal money to this day. Free to run their organizations as they see fit, they are also free from government dependence. Even if you disagree on the particulars, you ha…

Bill to Stone Gays to Death Introduced in Kenya

By Peter Montgomery

…utions carried out on August 6. Four prisoners were hanged publicly in the city of Shiraz (Southern Iran) today August 6. According to the official website of the Iranian Judiciary in Fars province two of the prisoners were sentenced to death charged with sodomy. These prisoners were identified as “Abdollah Gh. Ch.” and “Soleiman Gh. Ch.” . Since there was no mention of rape in the report there is possibility that these men were sentenced to death…

Will This Relic Change Our Whole View of Early American History?

By Ed Simon

…John Winthrop declared the American errand into the wilderness as being a “city upon a hill,” to current debates, Protestantism is a central feature in most conceptions of America. The recent archeological discovery at Jamestown Virginia would seem to complicate that popular view. Archer, along with several others whose bodies were recently recovered, were among the first English settlers who came to America during an era the poet John Donne descr…

African Religious leaders complain about Obama advocacy for LGBT rights; Ultra-Orthodox Man Stabs Jerusalem Pride Parade Marchers, Again; Struggles over sexuality in Islam, Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican Churches; Global LGBT recap

By Peter Montgomery

…newspaper based in Geneva, Switzerland. Monday night, in [Ulyanovsk] this city 560 miles west of Moscow, the faithful gathered and started to boo the metropolitan Bishop Anastasius before he could even begin his sermon. Newly appointed at the city’s church, Anastasius has been haunted by a scandal since 2013, in which he allegedly harassed homosexuals at the Kazan Theological Seminary. As Anastasius approached the entrance, 50 people who were wai…

West Virginia Mayor Enlists Churches To Pray Away Drugs and Crime

By Sarah Posner

…on of law enforcement officers, and even for drug dealers. Huntington is a city of about 350,000 that sits near the state’s borders with Ohio and Kentucky. The local news coverage of Williams’ effort is notable for the absence of any discussion of the constitutional concerns raised by a mayor’s enlistment of explicitly Christian prayer as a “silver bullet” for a grave and challenging public safety and health problem. Williams, a Democrat, tells lo…

Is the State a Religious Actor in Deeming Teen’s Crotch-Rubbing of Jesus Statue Illegal?

By Joseph Laycock

…orny phallus) atop a pedestal that formerly featured a statue of Columbus. City workers removed Satan, breaking a leg off in the process. However, a petition to return Satan to his original place has already gathered 1,000 signatures. In Everett, Pennsylvania, a teenager is facing up to two years in juvenile prison for grinding his crotch into the face of a kneeling statue of Jesus. Police discovered images of this obscene performance on the teena…

The Politics of Anti-Gay Persecution: Gambia, Egypt, Jamaica, Russia, with a Helping Hand from US Religious Conservatives; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…perform or enter into a same-sex marriage. South Korea: Protesters occupy city hall after nondiscrimination charter dropped LGBT protesters occupied City Hall in Seoul this week after the government dropped plans to enact a human rights charter that would have banned anti-gay discrimination. According to Pink News, the charter was to have been enacted on Human Rights Day – December 10 – but “after it picked up flack from church groups and conserv…