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Embryo Men — Decades of Conspiracy, Christian Nationalism, and Fear Led Us to The End of Roe v. Wade

By Carmen Celestini

…ement” of white people. The seduction of sexuality is the downfall of God, country, and family. In the social media posts of conspiracy theories, extremists, and white nationalists the morning after the ruling we saw a repeat of history: “Roe v. Wade has just been overturned. Millions of unborn White Children may now have their lives protected, protection that should have never been taken away in the first place. The pendulum that is our society i…

Chicago Synagogue Excoriated For Shift From ‘Non’ to ‘Anti’ Zionism — Maybe the Problem isn’t the ‘Anti’ But the ‘Zionism’

By Shaul Magid

…who live between the river and the sea. Because right now it seems clear that Zionism has failed in doing so. That would include a new national anthem and a new political framework for true equality for all its citizens. Israel is a highly developed country bursting with possibility. And a country stuck with an ideology that impedes equality, justice, and fairness. Maybe the true messianic move is not to defend Zionism, but to let it go. Maybe the…

A Dismayed Democrat Reads the Bible

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…American Christianity is that statistically the U.S. is the most Christian country in the world, and yet as a country we have the greatest income inequality in the world. And as a country we are uncritically committed, not simply to being the most powerful nation in the world militarily, but to being as militarily powerful as the rest of the world combined. We Christians live in a tradition that is passionate about issues of economic justice and…

Pope Mum on LGBTs in Uganda; Church Defends Anti-Marriage-Equality Efforts in Australia; Cyprus Passes Civil Partnerships; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…minalization of homosexuality Finance Minister Arun Jaitley criticized the country’s criminalization of homosexuality, saying India cannot simply “nudge off” the LGBT community. More from Joe Williams at Pink News: Arun Jaitley says that the country must reconsider the “conservative” ruling made by the Supreme Court in 2013, as it ignores the needs of “millions of people” across India. “When you have millions of people involved in this (gay sex) y…

If There’s any Retaliation at Next Month’s EuroPride Festival in Serbia it’s Likely to Have Orthodox Clerical Blessing

By Katherine Kelaidis

…European country and the first time it will be held in a majority Orthodox country (EuroPride 2020 was scheduled to take place in Thessaloniki, Greece but was canceled due to the pandemic). The position of LGBTQ+ people in Serbian society is much more tenuous than one might believe given that the country’s prime minister, Ana Brnabić, is a lesbian. LGBTQ people in Serbia face widespread discrimination and abuse. Polling data suggests that about ha…

New Report on (White) Christian Nationalism and the J6 Insurrection Shows Just ‘How Dire the Threat is’

By Chrissy Stroop

…cal for confronting Christian nationalism. According to Tyler, “we do a disservice if we focus only on the most violent and extreme forms of Christian nationalism.” She considers “the more mundane, everyday examples” to be “just as insidious and harmful.” Asked for an example, Tyler points to state legislative efforts to require the posting of “In God We Trust” in public school classrooms. “We think you make a difference in Christian nationalism c…

Finding Love—and Dogma—in Unexpected Places: Jeff Chu’s Gay Christian Odyssey

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…, vulnerable, messy selves? The church is where you dress up and wear your Sunday best. That sometimes precludes being real. Did you find any of your expectations easily confirmed? What surprised me the least is how dogmatic people can be on all points of the theological spectrum. It was disappointing, but it wasn’t surprising, to hear Fred Phelps be dogmatic. It was disappointing but not surprising to hear people in the Metropolitan Community Chu…

Christian Nationalists Didn’t Seek to Desecrate the Capitol But to Purify It

By Adam Willems

…ve at least some of its origin in this Christian Right narrative about the country. Some Christian critics who don’t agree with the beliefs and behaviors of many white evangelicals claim that those beliefs or behaviors aren’t “really” Christian. In Saving History, you argue that, when labeled extremist or inconsistent, an outsider or victim narrative further deepens. What do you think these critiques actually accomplish? I think they make the pers…

Anti-Trans Bus Tour Is Not Very Welcome In Spanish Cities; Gay Rights As A Weapon In Nationalist War On Muslims; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…m campaign by the National Evangelical Association of Belize targeting the country’s youth. We joined in order to target the Pandora’s box of gender-identity issues raised by the legalization of sodomy and the government’s revised gender policy. Already the churches’ changes to the gender policy have been approved by the government time after time. Yet every time we get the latest version back from the government, some if not all of our approved c…

There’s no Legal Reason for Churches to Receive Quarantine Exceptions

By Chrissy Stroop

…ring that a tragically dead two-year-old child will be resurrected. It’s a country in which far too many Christians prefer to address mental health via demonology rather than modern psychology and psychiatry. A country in which I experienced the heartbreak not only of watching a family friend die slowly of cancer, but also of seeing the friend’s family devastated at not receiving the miraculous healing they declared would certainly come. We should…