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Gambian Leaders Portray Anti-Gay Law as Defense of Islam, Ugandan Politicians as ‘Christmas Gift’; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…. We will also continue to depend on and worship only the Almighty Allah.” Uganda: Will Anti-Gay Law be Christmas ‘Gift’ to the Nation? We have reported on efforts by anti-gay Ugandan lawmakers to draft a new bill to replace the Anti-Homosexuality Act that was thrown out by courts based on a procedural issue. Now a lawmaker on the committee drafting the new bill says it is ready and to pass to that the entire country can “celebrate it as a Christm…

Morality Police, Jihadists, Religious Competition, Grindr, & Americans Abroad: Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…s of a Quaker congregation in Olympia, Washington, says it has worked with Ugandan partners to help more than 450 LGBT Ugandans leave the country, with 130 escaping to places like South Africa, Europe, and the United States. Fewer than 100 Ugandan LGBT refugees are known to other human rights and refugee organizations in the area, and those trying to resettle in the West can spend months or years waiting for their visas. Ugandan human rights worke…

Egyptian Da Vinci Code Author Angers Coptic Christians

By Joseph Mayton

…ene, as the Egyptian authorities did in 2007 when they banned The Da Vinci Code. The Coptic community—which accounts for roughly 10 percent of the nation’s 80 million citizens—had raised alarm and demanded that both the book and movie be banned. Now, three years on, Zeidan’s bestselling novel is is prompting angry demands from that same community. In early May a group of Coptic lawyers demanded that the government imprison the author for five year…

The Biblical Money Code!

By Gordon Haber

…we find an investment advisor named Sean Hyman pushing “The Biblical Money Code,” which claims that advice “woven” into Scripture has helped him go from earning $15,000 to giving away up to $50,000 a year. Unlike Hovind, Hyman is giving away his system for free. All you have to do is sit through an hour-long video, during which Hyman explains how “to unlock vast amounts of wealth safely and ethically.” Fancy explanations are provided, but it’s act…

Capricology: Tattoos, Blood, Cyber-Dating

By Anthea Butler

…ke away that free will, except for those who have the capacity to hack the code and reprogram the car. We normally think of robots as almost pure code, yet the scene last week when Graystone orders the Zoebot to rip off her arm raises some interesting stakes in this. It seems to me that people may be treating the Cylons differently depending on what mix of code and law they believe governs their behavior. And of course, those of you who study reli…

Pope Backs Anti-Gay Referendum; Islamic State Executions Include Gay Syrian; ‘Conscience Clause’ Debated in Northern Ireland; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…mately come from secular authorities, rather than religious organizations. Uganda: Foreign Minister says anti-gay law no hindrance at UN Last week Uganda’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Sam Kutesa, who was elected president of the United Nations General Assembly last year over the objections of gay-rights activists, mocked his opponents during remarks with journalists. “No matter how much noise the frogs make, they cannot stop a cow from drinking wa…

What Fidel Castro’s Death Means for LGBT Rights in Cuba and More, in This Week’s Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…rls who face up to three years in prison for allegedly kissing each other. Uganda: First queer film festival planned in December Organizers announced that “the first queer film festival to be held in Uganda,” the Queer Kampala International Film Festival, will be held December 9-11. Its stated objective: It is a well known fact that Uganda is one of the worst places for queer people and our primary goal is to increase awareness and tolerance of se…

Global LGBT Recap: World Vision Caves, World Congress of Families Vamps, God Weeps

By Peter Montgomery

…ta Cedeño was forced to withdraw proposed changes to the country’s “Family Code” which would have “championed ‘traditional Catholic family models’” in legislation. “The bill drew withering criticism from left and right with newspaper 7 Dias calling it “a Trojan horse launched by the most extreme wing of conservative Dominican ideology.” The paper said the proposed language championed heterosexual marriages above all mentioning single parent househ…

A Roundup of Conspiracies and Bad Ideas That Caught on or Gained Momentum in 2023

By Carmen Celestini and Amarnath Amarasingam

…the exact nature of new or evolving conspiracy theories that may emerge in 2024, it’s likely that the pervasive conspiracy theories of 2023 will continue to influence the political landscape, particularly in the context of the 2024 election. In any event, belief in conspiracy theories, often rooted in fear, perceptions of injustice, distrust in societal institutions, and feelings of disenfranchisement, is unlikely to fade away. Issues like immigr…

Dispelling the Zombie Myth of White Evangelical Support for Trump

By Robert P. Jones

…t 44% of White evangelical Protestant Republicans preferred Trump to be the 2024 nominee for president, compared to 23% who preferred DeSantis and 5% who preferred Haley. Against this backdrop of White evangelical support for Trump, a broad, unsupported hypothesis has re-emerged that Trump’s stalwart continued support among White evangelicals can be explained by his strength among what I’ll abbreviate as WEINO’s, or “White evangelicals in name onl…