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More Bleak Times For Indonesian LGBTs; South Africa Bans Extremist Anti-Gay US Pastor; Mexican Marriage Struggle Heats Up; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…aditional values against the decadent heresies, notably liberal democracy, promoted by the United States and what they frequently call “Gayropa.” “The church has become an instrument of the Russian state. It is used to extend and legitimize the interests of the Kremlin,” said Sergei Chapnin, who is the former editor of the official journal of the Moscow Patriarchate, the seat of the Russian Orthodox Church and affiliated churches outside Russia. Q…

Australian Church Nixes Straight Couple’s Wedding Over Their Marriage Equality Support; and More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…eting gay men. Romania: Legislators Move Toward Referendum on Marriage Ban Promoted by Orthodox Church Legislators reportedly plan to take steps toward a referendum on a constitutional ban on same-sex couples getting married, an effort that “emerged on the initiative of the Coalition for the Family (a group of associations supported by the Orthodox Church).” Canada: Government Forming Advisory Council on Apology for Anti-LGBT Actions The Canadian…

International Protest of Anti-Gay Persecution in Chechnya Grows; more in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ted Press, “and charged them with ‘belong to a gang of unlawful society.’” Philippines: President declares marriage between a man and a woman Strongman President Rodrigo Duterte spoke in Bahrain earlier this month, where he again insisted that marriage is between a man and a woman. Czech Republic: Marriage equality campaign launched by NGOs Five NGOs have launched a campaign to promote marriage equality, where same-sex couples have been able to re…

U.S. Religious Right Groups Support Move Toward ‘Illiberalism’ of Hungary and Poland; and More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…, and could face a life sentence in an Egyptian prison if found guilty of “promoting sexual deviancy” and other charges tied to her alleged crime: waving a rainbow flag at a concert. The 28-year-old denies waving the flag but is one of 57 people arrested so far in Egypt’s widest anti-gay crackdown yet, a swift zero-tolerance response to a rare show of public support for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights in the conservative Musli…

Goodbye to Amy Winehouse, Living Celebrity Dead

By Mathew Schmalz

…o the Goddess Kali in Jaipur at which a special offering was presented. My Indian host family told me to not come home without the offering, sweatmeat, available in stalls near the temple. As I ascended the stairs to Kali’s image, I observed the devotees ahead of me. Tenderly addressing Kali as “mother,” they were not bringing sweatmeats as I was. Instead, they were carrying expensive bottles of foreign scotch. My host family in India would be qui…

Mormons Declare Same-Sex Marriage Apostasy, Deny Baptism to Children of Same-Sex Couples; Colombian Court OKs Adoption Over Church Objections; Franklin Graham Praises Putin’s Anti-Gay Policies; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…News. This is not the first time the Indian government has voiced its consternation at LGBT content in the media, going so far as to ban Dragon Age Inquisition, a video game that featured a prominent gay character, from release in the country. India made the shock move to recriminalise gay sex in a shock ruling two years ago. Despite the government’s ruling, there is still support for gay people in the country with India’s biggest political party…

Civil Unions Battle Heats Up in Italy; Church Leaders in Malawi Defend Criminalization of Homosexuality; Report on LGBT Student Group Sparks Backlash in Indonesia; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…is in various ways, such as through exemptions in the law,” said Dr. Chow. India: Supreme Court Will Reconsider Sodomy Law Ruling BuzzFeed’s Lester Feder reported this week that a panel of judges on India’s Supreme Court will revisit the 2013 ruling that re-instated the country’s colonial-era sodomy law years after it had been overturned in a lower court. Canada: Alberta Conservatives Push to Drop Marriage Opposition From Party Platform The Conser…

Australians Vote Overwhelmingly For Marriage Equality; and More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…le to live their life the way they want to,” he said. AP reminds us of the Indian legal context: Indian law makes gay sex punishable by up to 10 years in prison. Matiyani said the law is often used by the police and community members to threaten people or extort money from them. In 2009, the New Delhi High Court declared the law unconstitutional. But that was overturned four years later when India’s Supreme Court decided it should be a decision fo…

Among the Problems with Trump’s Proposed Ban: Who is a Muslim?

By Michael Schulson

…the British came into South Asia, they came in with an understanding that Indians or South Asians are primarily a religious people, meaning they assumed that the first and foremost identity that any Indian would have would be a religious one,” said Peter Gottschalk, a professor of religion at Wesleyan University and the author of Religion, Science, and Empire: Classifying Hindus and Muslims in British India. Colonial authorities wanted to build r…

Despite Reversal on Hillary and Hellen Keller, ‘Christian Americanist’ Bias Remains in Texas Curriculum

By David R. Brockman

…jor political, religious/philosophical, and cultural influences of Persia, India, China, Israel, Greece, and Rome, including the development of monotheism, Judaism, and Christianity” (emphasis mine). The work groups found the italicized phrase redundant and deleted it. Apart from the fact that monotheism, Judaism, and Christianity had little bearing on Persia, India, and China during that period, any reasonably thorough discussion of religious/phi…