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Will Texas Really Be Able to Undermine Marriage Equality?

By Sunnivie Brydum

…in its misreading of the legal basis for nationwide marriage equality. The Washington Post‘s Dale Carpenter meticulously catalogued just “how wrong” the court was in its interpretation of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges, suggesting that landmark case dealt only with the issuance of marriage licenses to same-sex couples, and not all the attendant rights that accompany a legally recognized marriage. As such, the Texas Supreme…

Conservative Anglican Bishops Threaten To Split Communion; Malawi Opposition Leader Says Gays Should Be Killed; Anti-Marriage Effort Makes European Union Question Initiative Process; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ectuals urging the government to declare Brewster “persona non grata.” The Washington Blade reports: The letter sent to President Danilo Medina’s administration and the Dominican Ministry of Foreign Affairs specifically cites the “intent” of the White House and the U.N. “to create the right conditions to morally deprive our adolescents in school by imposing upon them sexuality classes that have as basic text a manual that invites children to begin…

Bishop Says Gay Couples Cannot Be Part of Parish Life; Does Rising Evangelical Political Power in Brazil Contribute to Anti-LGBT Violence?; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…our gay brothers and sisters, especially after what happened in Orlando.” Last month, Toronto activist Shawn Ahmed responded to the Orlando shooting by tweeting against both homophobia and Islamophobia, identifying himself as a gay Muslim. He received plenty of brutal backlash from people who said it was impossible to be a gay Muslim. He told Global News: Many Muslims, especially in Canada, especially in America, they’re saying, they’re asking fo…

The Battle for the Bible Against Christian Nationalism Seeks to Continue Historic Campaign

By Frederick Clarkson

…but one stop en route to the Mass Poor People’s Assembly & Moral March on Washington on June 20. The Campaign is a 50th anniversary continuation of the Poor People’s March launched by Martin Luther King Jr. and continued by Ralph Abernathy after King’s assassination. Freedom from Christian nationalism The day’s first panel featured two of the leading authors in the study of the religious and political Right. It’s unusual, perhaps historic, that c…

As US Reaches a 1940s Fork in the Road — Which Path Will We Choose?

By John Stoehr

…Garden to listen to blatantly fascist speeches under the banners of George Washington adorned with swastikas. In 1940, FDR gave a fresh directive to hunt down Nazis. The FBI built a secret spy headquarters inside the 30 Rock building to spy on Nazi activities worldwide, but especially in South America where they could get the raw materials a war machine needs to be effective. Without recapping the story of WWII, FDR was reelected, despite Nazi gro…

Country of Georgia Considers Constitutional Marriage Ban; Hindu Nationalist Leader Surprises India With Call to Decriminalize Homosexuality; No End to Anti-LGBT Propaganda Campaign in Indonesia; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…bitter criticism from religious conservatives. He spoke this week with the Washington Blade’s Michael Lavers about a recent petition demanding that the Obama administration remove him: More than 30,000 people have signed the petition since a group of Dominican evangelicals posted it to the White House’s website last week. A group of Catholic bishops in the Dominican Republic on Monday urged the country’s government to formally complain to the U.S….

Fresh From Horrors of Draconian Anti-Abortion Laws, Christian Right Hoosiers Consider Draconian Anti-Abortion Law

By Chrissy Stroop

…luding psychological damage. It’s also very possibly a death sentence. The Washington Post reports that in Brazil, where abortion is criminalized, children aged 10-14 who become pregnant “are five times more likely to die in childbirth than women over 20, and also have greater chances of suffering uterine ruptures, preeclampsia and anemia.” After Roe v. Wade was overturned by the illegitimate Roberts Court last month, Indiana petitioned the Suprem…

5 Most Important Quotes from Trump’s Evangelical Summit

By Stephanie Russell-Kraft

…ivorce, materialism and celebrity. But, as Sarah Posner pointed out in the Washington Post, the candidate also remains evangelicals’ best hope to carry out one of their most prized political demands: “to nominate justices who share their commitment to making abortion illegal.” On June 21, Donald Trump met with several hundred evangelical leaders in New York City for what was billed as a friendly and candid question-and-answer session about the can…

Meditation Sickness: Everyone is Talking About How Nobody is Talking About The Risks of Meditation

By Ira Helderman

…ated by the recent articles in the English-language US Buddhist press, the number of meditation teachers who vocally and stridently adopt such a posture may be rapidly decreasing. Meditation centers continue to rework their screening processes in the hopes of ensuring that their visitors are fully prepared to handle the intensity of offerings like 10-day silent retreats. And many are moving away from that format as overly emotionally strenuous; on…

The Apocalypse Is Upon Us, Ted Cruz Endorsement Edition

By Sarah Posner

…ing emptied of food, batteries, candles, shovels, ice melt, toilet paper, flashlights and nearly everything else. The public transportation system is shutting down. Widespread power outages are expected. The governor of Maryland has warned residents to have enough supplies for a week. Meanwhile, in a galaxy not very far away, the infighting in the Republican presidential primary continues to lay bare divides in the religious right. With Sarah Pali…