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LGBT Human Rights in UN Sustainable Development Negotiation; Swiss Bishop Says Speaking of ‘Family Diversity’ is ‘Attack on the Creator’; Canadian Food Bank’s Anti-Gay Dogma; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ies for city’s first-ever LGBT pride celebration last weekend, telling the Washington Blade, ““I come from the point of view that I, as mayor, have a responsibility to all the individuals of Kingston.” Homosexual conduct is still illegal in Jamaica, and, as we have reported, conservative religious figures from the U.S. have lobbied against efforts to do away with the colonial-era sodomy law. Notes the Blade’s Michael Lavers: Liberty Counsel Chair…

Want to End a Political Career? Be Nice to a Muslim

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…Ibrahim Hooper, spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a Washington-based civil rights advocacy group. “That’s a very disturbing situation.” What’s disturbing is that other people of faith have not stepped up in defense of Islam for fear of being accused of “palling around with terrorists.” Certainly, there is a faction within Islam that is extreme and advocates violence and war in the name of Allah, just as there is a faction wi…

False Saviors: Trump, Cruz, and the Gospel of the Quick Fix

By Marcia Pally

…nted for 60% of employment in 1979 accounted for only 46% by 2012; and the number of persons not in the labor force is growing. While some are getting richer, the numbers tell us, middle income earners are hobbled by shrinking purchasing power, disappearing job opportunities, and increasingly out-of-reach education. This is problem enough for the many who work hard and can’t figure out why they’re “losing ground,” as Pew wrote. Add to that fears o…

Tutu’s Daughter Marries Woman & Loses Anglican Priest License; Romanian Anti-Marriage Activists Get 3 Million Signatures; Australian State Apologizes For Harmful Sodomy Laws; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…African Anglican Church because she married another woman in December. The Washington Post’s Max Bearak reports: South Africa’s Anglican church, where Tutu-Van Furth until recently practiced as a priest, isn’t ready to accept those with alternative sexualities as members of its clergy. Tutu-Van Furth was ordained at the Historic Christ Church in Alexandria, Va., and since the Episcopal Church, the U.S.-based branch of the Anglican Communion, accep…

Christian Voter Guide: Jesus is Wrong on the Issues and Wrong for America

By Daniel Schultz

…eferences below. 0% 0% 0% 100% 100% Founding Fathers: John Hancock, George Washington, John Adams, John Jay… 100% (A+) 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% Breaking down Jesus’ scores: Is a Christian who fears God;—Jesus isn’t afraid of God at all; in fact, he consistently refers to him as “my Father.” Also? Not a Christian. On other measures that Andrew rates, such abortion, homosexuality, and transgender individuals, Jesus has consistently refused to take…

LGBTQ Methodists on Whether the United Methodist Church Will Ever Affirm LGBTQ People

By Tris Mamone

…ethodists] understand our love and to be loving to them,” she wrote in the Washington Post, “despite the pain they caused us. The votes showed we didn’t reach them, or enough of them.” To many LGBTQ Methodists and ex-Methodists, the General Conference vote is par for the course considering the UMC’s history of division when it comes to social issues. “Part of this is because of our history,” says Methodist seminary student Rebecca. “We are a churc…

Can a Submissive Wife be President? Michele Bachmann says Yes

By Julie Ingersoll

The crowd booed at last night’s debate when the Washington Examiner’s Byron York asked Michele Bachmann whether “as president she would submit to her husband.” They booed loudly and long enough to give her a minute or so to come up with a way to dodge the views she has expressly embraced in the past: views shared by the religious right voters she is courting in Iowa. The question has been called sexist and even anti-Christian. Bachmann defenders…

Op-Ed: “Religion As A Wedge”: The Rick Warren Debacle

By Anthea Butler

…this point. I plan on watching the inauguration, but any theological content will come either from Rev. James Lowery’s benediction or from Aretha Franklin’s singing. As for prayer, if you want to hear some real prayers in Washington DC, go to any Watch Night Service the night before the inauguration. I guarantee you, you’ll hear some folks with real pain and troubles calling out for help, rather than prayers coming from whitewashed tombs….

Did Billy Graham Really Tell Romney He’d ‘Help’?

By Evan Derkacz

…ras were allowed in to take the evening’s iconic photo. Following that, as Washington Post blogger Ed O’Keefe puts it: Graham, Franklin Graham and Romney then prayed and as the meeting ended, campaign aides said that Graham told Romney: “I’ll do all I can to help you. And you can quote me on that.” Got that? Romney’s campaign aides are the source of the quote. Yahoo News’ Holly Bailey attributes the quote to Romney’s senior adviser Mark DeMoss, wh…

Trump’s ‘God Bless the USA Bible’ is No Joke

By Cavan Concannon

…st Greenwood’s endorsement, but the publisher canceled the project after a number of its Christian authors protested. The latest iteration of the GBUSA still includes Greenwood’s endorsement, but in addition it now has the dubious honor of being “the only Bible endorsed by President Trump!” While neither the former president nor any of his various corporate entities actually produced the GBUSA, his endorsement seems to have come with a price. His…