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Gay, Black, and Quaker: History Catches Up with Bayard Rustin

By Leigh Eason

…rumors that King and Rustin were having an affair in order to get King to cancel a planned protest at the 1960 Democratic convention. Rustin resigned from the leadership of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to protect the movement, but shortly thereafter was counted on to work under A. Philip Randolph to organize the March on Washington. King’s niece, Alveda, is an anti-gay activist who recently tried to rewrite history by claiming tha…

Satanists Want You to Respond to the Pandemic with Compassion. And Reason.

By Joseph Laycock

…igious landscape as social distancing forces most religious communities to cancel in-person services and invent new online forms of worship. One might assume that Satanists would be unaffected by social distancing or even take a misanthropic delight in it. In 2017, Fox News’ Tucker Carlson advised Satanic Temple co-founder Lucian Greaves to “crawl back into your hole.” So now that people of all faiths are hunkering in their respective holes, how i…

The White Nationalist Fringe Just Took a Giant Step Closer to the Center of the GOP

By Annika Brockschmidt

…of freedom of speech—in line with her greeting of Fuentes’ AFPAC crowd as “canceled Americans.” In a statement, she not only defended her appearance at AFPAC, claiming not to know about Fuentes’ extremist beliefs, but she also lashed out at the party secure in the understanding that as long as she has the support of the base she isn’t likely to face any serious repercussions: “The Pharisees in the Republican Party may attack me for being willing t…

No Turkey for Me: Confessions of an Indian Militant

By Johnny P. Flynn

…lists, and radicals bent on destroying America. In fact, those names—which cancel each other out in any logical mind—have been applied in recent months to another tribal man, Luo of Kenya, who occupies the Oval Office at the moment. As an Indian militant I am discouraged, but not surprised, that the mainstream media has so far failed to recognize the stomp-down amazing fact that we not only have the first African American president, but the first…

God and Gays at the APA: A Flawed Debate

By Michelle Wolkomir

Last month, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) was forced to cancel a workshop examining the intersection of homosexuality, religion, and therapy when Bishop Gene Robinson, a key panelist, withdrew in response to gay groups’ protests over his appearance with advocates of reparative therapy. This cancellation, while unfortunate, is hardly surprising given that pro- and anti-gay groups are locked into a continual struggle over the authority…

Archbishop Boots LGBT Catholics from Philly Church

By Patricia Miller

…Perspectives” scheduled for September 25 which reportedly caused Chaput to cancel the group’s permission to use the space. “Unfortunately, this is yet another instance of the kind of exclusion LGBT Catholics and supporters have endured for decades. Bishops have refused to allow us to meet in our own Churches, retreat centers and colleges,” Equally Blessed said in a statement. “There is a lack of information in the Catholic Church about gender iden…

Let The Sun Shine In: Marriage Equality Comes to Broadway

By Paul Gorrell

…so committed to lesbian and gay rights that it persuaded its producers to cancel its performance on October 11 so the cast will be able attend a national gay rights march, organized in response to Proposition 8 in California. The famous New York Times reviewer Clive Barnes had noted that the 1967 production of Hair included tolerance of homosexuality. Today’s production moves beyond tolerance to a full-blown celebration of same-sex love and exper…

North America Has a Hindu Nationalist Problem, and Scholars are On the Frontlines of These Right-Wing Attacks

By Manan Ahmed, Rohit Chopra, and Audrey Truschke

…ars have been primary targets of US-based Hindu Right groups with calls to cancel classes, conferences, books, and teaching contracts. Academics who research South Asia may seem like an unlikely target for political opposition. We’re a significant minority within the United States academy, which is dominated by the study of Western traditions and world areas. Many of us spend our days reading languages considered obscure by most Americans (like Pe…

A Recent Local Controversy Reveals the Theocratic Heart of ‘Project Blitz’

By Frederick Clarkson

…hat is patently false,” and that it would be “prudent” for the Society “to cancel Prof. Green’s presentation or, better yet, allow us as Christian legislators in Minnesota, to debate this issue with Prof. Green.” (Green later recounted the episode in Church & State magazine, noting that “the Caucus objected to my upcoming lectures, calling my book biased and one-sided—though admitting they had not read it.”) Minnesota Historical Society Director K…

Why Hillary Clinton is Truly Unelectable

By Louis A. Ruprecht

…been obvious. The current president Bush brought into his inner circle any number of central figures from his father’s previous tenure as president. Dick Cheney, Secretary of Defense under the first Bush, became Vice President. Former Secretary of State James Baker helped him win his case essentially to cancel a re-count and thus be declared the winner against Al Gore; he has served repeatedly to put a sober face on policies and strategic decision…