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Spiritual Envy: Michael Krasny’s Agnostic Quest

By Lisa Webster

…with breaking away from what I was anchored in, and trying to find my own code. But it was a code that was birthed from parents who were strong believers in a higher set of ways of living your life. And that’s what they bequeathed to me. So precious. Do you think that some people are just better at religion than others? Christopher Isherwood talks about the idea of the “religious genius.” Do you think that’s possible? Why not? It makes sense. I t…

In This Week’s LGBT Recap: Are Gay Priests Overdue for a Stonewall Moment?

By Peter Montgomery

…ion. Instead, they should focus on the crucial work necessary to develop a new criminal code that can help ensure all Indonesians have access to justice. Voice of America reported that incidents of “brazen homphobia” are on the rise. LDS Church: Report on plans for a ‘Mormon WikiLeaks’ The Salt Lake Tribune reports on Ryan McKnight, a former Mormon planned to launch a website “where anonymous tipsters – including those who work for The Church of J…

Republicans Claim Shari’ah Law Threatens Constitution

By Sarah Posner

…an threat of “radical Islam” and shari’ah law. King lashed out against the New York Times this week over the paper’s recent editorial, which called King’s “sweeping slur on Muslim citizens” “unacceptable.” “I have more contempt for The New York Times than anything or anyone I can think of,” King said this week. (Remember, the Republicans love the Constitution! Especially the First Amendment!) But while King’s planned hearings on the “radicalizati…

An Untold Tale: American Fiction vs. The Religious Right

By Christopher Douglas

…ous mystery thriller, The Da Vinci Code. Sagan has a reputation as a proto-New Atheist, but his novel suggests he was intensely sympathetic to religious experience and authority. By the end of his novel he has his scientist protagonist embark on a career of “experimental theology” after she has discovers the “signature” of God in the very structure of the universe. At the same time, Sagan was not impressed by the creationism of Christian fundament…

Men Without Guns: A Tribute to Larry McMurtry

By Amy Laura Hall

…9 to look at the body of a man dismembered alive, and he made sure Ennis knew why. Ennis and Jack each marry women not only out of economic survival, but out of mere survival, and their fathers, each one, raised their boy by a code that included being respectful of animals and that, on threat of brutal torture and death, precluded homosexuality. Proulx’s story ends with a reality that McMurtry and Ossana thread through the screenplay: “There was…

Police Violence is Baked in: Academy Training Encourages Racial Profiling and Emphasizes the Use of Violence

By Samantha J. Simon

…mic and tactical training, until graduation, when cadets officially become new police officers. At these academies, cadets were encouraged to adopt a warrior approach to their new jobs. Instructors warned cadets to be wary of others, constantly prepared for violence, and especially suspicious of certain kinds of people. New cadets were told that police officers were in more danger now than ever before, and that bad guys wanting to hurt and kill th…

‘Open Mosque’ in South Africa Receives Threats; ‘Blood Test’ for ‘Degeneratism’: Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…upcoming Synod of Bishops on the family. Elisabetta Povoledo wrote in the New York Times that “in Francis’s new, more forgiving church, these otherwise familiar domestic arrangements were not considered an impediment.” No same-sex couples were included. Vatican watchers said the public marriages, the first by a pope since 2000, were meant to send a message, something Francis has done previously to soften the church’s image on social issues. Durin…

Burma’s Spirit Festival, and More in This Week’s Global LGBT Roundup

By Peter Montgomery

…ist says Catholic-fundamentalist coalition opposing LGBT equality Gay Star News interviews LGBTI activist Pamela Troya about progress—civil unions in 2009 and a new gender identity law last year—and continued resistance to marriage equality. An excerpt: ‘Ecuadorian society is macho, homophobic and violent. Six out of 10 women suffer violence from their male partners, and 40% of children are exposed to corporal punishment in their homes,’ says Troy…

Hipsters v. Hasidim Over Brooklyn Bike Lane

By Nathan Schneider

…orhood, one Hasidic man who wouldn’t give his name said that blaming dress code for the removal of the bikes lane “is just bullshit.” He is disappointed with how his people have been portrayed in news reports about this issue and insists that safety was a genuine concern. That’s what nearly everybody walking up and down Hasidic Bedford in daytime says as well. When asked directly about it, they concede that they believe many cyclists to be inappro…

Will International Criminal Court Bring Charges Against ISIS For Gender-Based Persecution?; And More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…a is not directly responsible for this proliferation of laws outlawing the promotion of homosexuality, or for the renewed zeal for using existing morality laws against LGBT people, such as in Egypt. But Russia has positioned itself as the champion of traditional values, both domestically and internationally. … “Traditional values” is the staple language of Russia’s alliance with countries from the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) and the A…