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Seeking Jobs, Beach Clean Up Workers Come From All Walks of Life

By Lauri Lebo

…n’t washed in the blood of Christ, you were going to hell. The two 28-year-olds talk about who they once were like it was a long time and a different life, even though it was only two years ago. I met Kumrits and Jones at Orange Beach, Alabama, where they have been working as clean up workers. Two weeks earlier, they had been down in Clearwater, Florida figuring out what to do with their summer when they heard about the jobs scraping oil from beac…

Virgins and Vampire Worship: The Religion of Twilight

By Linda Kay Klein

…years. Today, one out of five adults, and more than one in three 18- to 22-year-olds, are religiously unaffiliated. But “unaffiliated” doesn’t mean unbelieving. Many of these same adults are spiritual. Most believe in God. One-fifth say they pray every day. And a version of religious fervor can be found among both secular and religious fans of just about everything. Religion scholar David Chidester has famously argued that baseball, Coca-Cola, roc…

Vatican Reverses Anti-Liberation Policies in Mexico

By Ruth Chojnacki and Jennifer Scheper Hughes

…ate, an ancient institution revived by Vatican II. In 2000, 341 of Mexico’s 800 deacons served the Diocese of San Cristobal, the largest number of deacons in any Catholic diocese in the world. Vatican suspicion of Bishop Ruiz’s liberationist pastoral strategy resulted in a failed attempt to remove him in 1993. The deacon program came under particular scrutiny after the 1994 Zapatista uprising in Chiapas, with reports that Maya catechists defied th…

Bonnaroo: The Meeting Ground

By E. David Morgen

…e springing from the grass roots upward. No one breaks down barricades for tickets, abandons cars by the side of the highway, or creates spontaneous parades. Like the other events of the festival circuit (Lollapalooza, Coachella, Austin City Limits), Bonnaroo is a top-down affair staged by skilled, professional producers. In 2007, the festival revenues reportedly topped $17 million, making it the highest-grossing event of its kind in the world. Ye…

Pope Tweeted into Retirement

By Rachel Wagner

…erful, and the immensely popular online world Second Life was in its third year. MySpace had appeared the year before, and Mark Zuckerberg was feverishly writing the code that would become Facebook. YouTube was just an idea, and wouldn’t appear online in any form until 2005. John Paul did embrace social media as it existed then. He was the first pope to use SMS to send out a daily message to Catholics in 2004, after brokering a deal with Verizon—o…

From Shofars to Hammers: The Spiritual Warriors of MAGA are ‘ReAwakening’ to Political Violence

By Mark Clatterbuck

…16 US cities, drawing sold-out crowds at every stop, with regularly priced tickets ranging between $250 and $500. It is arguably the dominant brand of today’s Republican Party. For good reason, a growing number of expert observers have begun sounding the alarm. I suggest it’s time we hit the panic button. The rally featured plenty of repugnant elements—from the relentless attacks on transgender youth consistent with fascist scapegoating, to the st…

A Resurgence of “Ex-Gay Therapy” Under Trump/Pence? ABC News Report Offers a Platform to Hate Group Rep. Peter Sprigg

By Sunnivie Brydum

…y sense of place in the world, my family, and any stability in life. At age 16, I went to court to revoke my parents’ legal custody. Less than one year later, I dropped out of high school. The next decade was a struggle to survive; I was battling the disastrous damage conversion therapy caused by sending the message being LGBT means we are defective, broken, and wrong. I struggled with substance abuse, struggled to support myself, and struggled to…

Gambian Leaders Portray Anti-Gay Law as Defense of Islam, Ugandan Politicians as ‘Christmas Gift’; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…vated now (awkward translation via Bing): The next church election is next year, under municipal – and county elections in September. But mobilization on both sides are well underway. On New Year shall parish councils propose their candidates. By March 1 must be submitted proposals for lists based on these suggestions. After this, other present their own lists. This is completely new – previously there was only a single list that voters could pick…

Vatican Considers ‘Disordered’ Language; HBO Doc on LGBT Persecution in Russia; Nigerian Bishop Shifts on Anti-Gay Law; Arson at ‘Open Mosque’ in South Africa; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…lice reportedly detained the pair at a bus stop and confiscated Mr. Cole’s phone. They then used images they found on the phone as evidence to arrest and convict Mr. Cole for homosexuality. Homosexuality is a criminal offense in Morocco, and relations outside of marriage can also be punishable by law. Italy: Mayors Resisting National Govt on Registering Gay Couples Several mayors are pledging to disobey the Interior Minister’s announcement that ga…

My Value Voter ’rents go Obama

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…agine my surprise during a visit this past weekend when my step-dad, an 84-year-old retired tire salesman, asserted—completely out of the blue—that he could not support John McCain this year. “I’ve been reading a lot about him and he can’t do anything right,” my step-dad complained. “So, are you going to vote for Obama?” I asked quietly. He sighed. “I suppose I’ll have to.” Then he brightened. “Obama’s a very smart man—he knows a little bit about…