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Who Could Possibly Take Issue With ‘Human Dignity’? Beware of Trojan Horses

By Peter Schwartz

…d Johnson as the “historian of human dignity.” Another recent piece in the Washington Post by Justin Dyer—executive director of the conservative Civitas Institute at the University of Texas—emphasized that the American nation’s founders believed that “concepts of fundamental human dignity and moral equality are rooted, ultimately, in the book of Genesis.” We might contrast the vaguely narcotic, soporific impact of these recent mentions of human di…

DREAMing of Faith

By Sarah Posner

…than the rather obvious statements of well-known religious leaders? A new Washington Post poll finds that 70% of white evangelicals support open service by gays and lesbians in the military (although this poll shows a wide differential from a Pew poll which found only 43% of white evangelicals support open service). Still, though, there are plenty of religious people and religious leaders who support repealing DADT. You could make just as strong…

The Irony of Moral Panic over Surplus Men

By Patricia Miller

…icked about what to do with these surplus women, as the New York Times and Washington Post warned of a generation of spinsters. Male authorities, predictably, said the problem was too much education for women. “Girls are being prepared daily, by ‘superior education’ to engage, not in childbearing and housework, but in clerkships, telegraphy, newspaper-writing, school-teaching etc.,” complained Nathan Allen in the Journal of Psychological Medicine….

Hate Crimes Update—Killing “Liberal Vermin” in Tennessee

By Mark Hulsether

…a Political Protest.” Here he returns to a sweeping attack on Democrats in Washington, including “liberal Supreme Court Justices” and “Osama Hussein Obama”—a “radical leftist” who “looks like Curious George.” Finally, “This was a Symbolic Killing.” Adkisson states that “I wanted to kill every Democrat in the Senate” and other such places, as well as “everyone in the Mainstream Media”—but since “I couldn’t get to the generals and high ranking offic…

Komen, Planned Parenthood, and Conspiracy Theories

By Sarah Posner

…ness and prevention with a diocesan-wide ‘Run’ or ‘Walk for Prevention.’ A number of cancer-related educational and advocacy organizations donate money to Planned Parenthood, or otherwise support abortion or immoral embryonic stem cell research. So it’s best to support organizations that do not.” As with Republican efforts to eliminate federal funding for Planned Parenthood’s family planning services, the right’s crusade against the Komen Foundati…

Greek Orthodox Bishop Says Spit on Inhuman Gay Scum: This Week’s LGBT Global Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…igious freedom and expanding the freedom to marry.” …“Given the increasing number of children being brought up by same sex couples, it is desirable that the state take away any social stigma against same sex parents. “Given the ageing population, the state has an interest in recognising and protecting long term relationships of same sex couples who care for each other. “Given the harmful effects of homophobia, the state has an interest in encourag…

Obama’s Religion Problem, Marriage Equality, and a Bush Executive Order

By Sarah Posner

Washington Blade editor Kevin Naff asks in a column today why President Obama won’t just come right out and endorse marriage equality, arguing that there is no electoral downside: There’s no point in waiting for a re-election victory to announce support for marriage equality. The people who would vote against Obama for his views on marriage rights aren’t going to support him anyway. A slight majority of the country now supports marriage equality,…

Don’t Write Obit for Liberal Zionism Just Yet: A Conversation With Israeli MK Merav Michaeli

By Sarah Posner

…over victimization.” In an hour-long interview conducted while she was in Washington last month for the Saban Forum—an annual, mostly off-the-record confab of politicians and policymakers—Michaeli was insistent that the will exists to make peace with the Palestinians. The result might not be a two-state solution, she maintained, but “anything Israelis and Palestinians can agree on is a good agreement.” Our conversation took place just days before…

Gambian Voters Reject Anti-Gay Strongman Jammeh; Activists Ponder Trump Impact on LGBT Human Rights; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…tical-cum-cultural challenge. The classic case is the variety of laws in a number of countries derived from the colonial era which still criminalize same-sex sexual conduct, even when and where the colonizing power discarded such laws a long time ago. On another front, while care, kindness and consideration are at the heart of religions in their common humanity and linkage with human rights , various interlocutors misconstrue or resort to less tha…

US Catholic Bishops Don’t Support Detainee Medical Care?

By Kate Childs Graham

…e series of articles on medical care in detention centers published in the Washington Post. The faith community working for immigrant rights has generally supported this bill. A sign-on letter from the Interfaith Immigration Coalition was sent to members of Congress asking for support of H.R. 5950. Over twenty organizations representing many different faiths signed on to this letter. However, one signature was missing: The US Conference of Catholi…