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Can Eurovision’s Rainbow Arch Undermine Ukraine’s Orthodox Value System? This and More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…their same-sex partners are entitled to the same rights and benefits as man-and-woman married couples. Bermuda: Government will not appeal marriage equality ruling; cruise lines anticipate wedding boom The government announced that it will not appeal a Supreme Court ruling earlier this month in favor of marriage equality. The Royal Gazette reports that the ruling is also “expected to impact the numerous cruise lines that fly the Bermuda flag, incl…

Sovereign Grace Sexual Abuse Lawsuit Just Got More Complicated

By T.F. Charlton

…ving Mahaney a “free-pass [for] his alleged role in the largest sex scandal-cover-up in recorded evangelical history.” In response to the May 14 amended suit, Lumpkins has proposed a “Resolution on Sexual Abuse of Children,” urging Southern Baptist churches to strengthen their policies on sexual abuse and cut ties with any leader or organization who is or has been involved in criminal or civil litigation “for neglecting moral or lgal obligations t…

“One of Us”: Rick Santorum and the Politics of (Very Big) Family

By Kathryn Joyce

…ders almost without comment, a self-contained punchline after the month-and-a-half-long assault on reproductive rights that Democrats have named “The War on Women.” But Genig’s words could have been taken directly out of the books that launched the Quiverfull movement. Taken together with Southern Baptist Mike Huckabee’s declaration that, in the wake of the contraception debate, “We’re all Catholic now,” Genig’s argument underscores how far the ro…

Marriage Equality Coming To Taiwan In Spite of Religious Objectors?; Anti-Gay Ruling Sought By Indonesian Islamists Threatens Women & Poor Couples; LDS Church Launches New ‘Mormon and Gay’ Site; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…groups The Australian Family Association is reportedly distributing an anti-marriage-equality pamphlet published by US anti-gay group MassResistance, which recently announced that it has been providing materials to anti-equality groups in Mexico. Bosnia-Herzegovina: LGBT people challenged by ‘patriarchal and homophobic culture’ Maya Shwayder reports for DW that, while Bosnia-Herzegovina moves toward joining the EU, many LGBT people are “living in…

Less for Moore? If Russell Moore Left the SBC Due to Conscience and Convictions His Next Move Is a Curious One

By Chrissy Stroop

…osted by Mahaney as recently as April. Thus, Moore’s acceptance of a pastor-in-residence position at Immanuel Church in Nashville, given its leadership’s chumminess with Mahaney, has caught the eye of evangelical and exvangelical abuse survivor advocates, who are calling the move out as hypocritical. One of those advocates is Emily Joy Allison, a poet who launched the #ChurchToo hashtag and more recently published the book #ChurchToo: How Purity C…

Indonesian Court Rejects Religious Conservatives’ Bid To Criminalize Gay Sex; More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…d all sex outside marriage to be illegal. More from Associated Press: The 5-to-4 decision by the nine-judge panel of the Constitutional Court rejected the arguments of a conservative group, the Family Love Alliance, which believes Indonesia is being swamped by immoral behavior, fueled by the internet and social media. Members of the group wept as it became clear the court would not side with them. Rights advocates had feared judges would criminali…

A Queer Atheist In the Heart of Mormon Country

By Chris Stedman

…inue to. But as was evident at this year’s Utah Pride, there is also a fast-growing number of Mormons who are working for change. They may be less visible—after all, our society, and the media in particular, privilege polarizing perspectives—but these Mormons are there, doing difficult but important work. Among them is Joanna Brooks, who served as the Mormon panelist at the conference. She has been an advocate for LGBTQ equality and acceptance amo…

Death With Dignity: Combatting Religious Opposition to Physician-Assisted Suicide

By Krista Kapralos

…gion and culture at Oregon State University, and an expert on faith and end-of-life issues. The Catholic position on physician-assisted death contradicts its support of such pain management, known as palliative sedation, he said. “If the religious tradition had towed the line firmly and said that death can’t be hastened under any circumstances, it wouldn’t have allowed palliative sedation death to occur,” he said. That may be a sign that even the…

The Man Who Hoarded 17,000 Bottles of Sanitizer Did Nothing Wrong ― And That’s the Problem

By Daniel Schultz

…ats, and at least one angry home visit from a stranger. He also got a cease-and-desist order from the state of Tennessee, all of which may have eventually caused him to donate his horde to a local church for distribution around the state. Colvin’s entrepreneurship was unseemly, to say the least. There’s nothing quite like a hard case of the profit motive in a time of need to convince people you’re a complete monster. That’s even more the case thes…

A Victory for Conservatives in Revised AP History Curriculum

By Peter Laarman

…eptionalism has anything to do with concealing from the losers in a winner-take-all economy the grim reality of their situation. To me it’s plausible that, just as it was useful during America’s rise to discern God’s providential hand guiding the violent conquest of a vast continent, so now during a time of American decline it may likewise be quite useful to keep Americans thinking that God still loves us best despite the daily evi…