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Marriage Vote ‘Transforms’ Not-So-Catholic Ireland; Activist to Malaysian PM – ‘Love Is Not Terrorism’; LGBTs Find Growing Acceptance in Colombia, Not At World Meeting of Families; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…he Gambia’s increasing status as an international pariah. Just weeks after Uganda’s Constitutional Court struck down the newly adopted Anti-Homosexuality Act in August 2014, the Gambia adopted a law closely modeled on Uganda’s which included a life sentence for “aggravated homosexuality,” defined as including cases like when someone repeatedly has same-sex intercourse, when the accused is HIV positive, or when the accused has sex with a minor. Kaz…

‘Anti-Romeo’ Vigilante Squads Target Men Suspected Of Being Gay; More in the Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…married in first month; Lutheran priests barred from officiating More than 800 same-sex couples were married in March after marriage equality went into effect on the first of the month; 770 had already been in civil partnerships. The Lutheran Evangelical Church has decreed that priests are not permitted to marry same-sex couples and some bishops warned that those who do would face “consequences.” From a March 1 story: In spite of the church rulin…

Snake-Handlers, False Messiahs, and a Few Great Souls: 14 Who Died in 2014

By Daniel Silliman

No other end-of-year list can hope to offer such profound juxtapositions: a groundbreaking female Mennonite pastor alongside an “immortalist”; the transcendent wisdom of a civil rights leader alongside one of the most hate-filled religious figures in contemporary memory. But here it is, a connect-the-dots portrait of a powerfully complicated American religious landscape, circa 2014. Vincent Gordon Harding Historian and theologian Vincent Gordon H…

Will Pope’s African Tour Change Attitudes on Divorce and LGBTQ Among African Catholics?

By Kaya Oakes

…rch short on vocations and deeply divided on social issues to do both. The number of Catholics in Africa has gone through a startling increase in recent decades. Since 1980, the number of African Catholics has grown by 238%, in contrast to Europe, where it has grown by only 6%. Some of this may be attributable to higher fertility rates in African countries, but it also reflects the church’s success in missionary efforts. And where there are a decr…

Not a Review of Would You Baptise an Extraterrestrial?

By Nick Tabor

…. “It’s sort of like asking, ‘How do you reconcile being a scientist and a Detroit Lions fan?’” The question seems to assume a fundamentalist model of religion, rather than a mystical one, and takes for granted that the two disciplines are separate in the first place. Instead, Consolmagno says he’s had revelations behind his telescopes that resemble his experiences in Mass. His faith permeates his scientific research, and his research deepens his…

What the Hail: Satanists Got Busy in 2018

By Joseph Laycock

…orney Marc Randazza to represent them pro bono. Randazza has represented a number of far-right figures including Alex Jones, Mike Cernovich, and Andrew Anglin. TST-Santa Cruz announced their adoption of a local beach. Locals described being “shocked” that Satanists would clean up a beach but were not averse to the idea. Menstruatin’ with Satan art by Tina Scott. http://christina-scott.com TST-Arizona had a falling out with the local branch of the…

How ‘Positivity’ Can Lead to Conspiratorial Thinking

By Susannah Crockford

…her attitude with those in his previous job in the automotive industry in Detroit, who were very negative. Gershon notes that perhaps automotive workers in Detroit would have been more positive if they had had secure well-paying jobs and weren’t witnessing the collapse of their industry amidst the worst economic recession in a generation. Branding, she concludes, leads to focus on personal qualities over context, as if the two were somehow separa…

The Nation of Islam at the End of the Apocalyptic Age?

By Anna Clark

…arge-scale safety efforts in, for example, the cities of Washington DC and Detroit. By being ingrained in community life, the Nation set itself up for what would be one its most inspiring and lesson-learning moments; a moment that would point to the possibilities of its next phase of evolution. In 1995, the Nation under Farrakhan’s leadership brought astonishing energy to the Washington Mall as part of the Million Man March. In unrivaled numbers,…

Global LGBT Recap: Catholic Polling, Religious Violence, International Advocacy

By Peter Montgomery

…d do not later try homosexual behavior nor do they become homosexual. Some Ugandan scientists are arguing otherwise. February 10 was a global day of action designed to encourage Museveni not to sign the legislation. Among the protests was one in Nairobi, Kenya, outside Uganda’s High Commission there. Africa: US Urges End to Anti-Gay Discrimination U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Linda Thomas-Greenfield held an online press co…

Pride Month & Prejudice; ‘Worrisome Time’ For LGBT People; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ciety,” he said. CNN traces the start of the backlash to early 2016 when a number of political leaders began making “unprompted attacks on Indonesia’s LGBT community.” It notes that conservative Islam is a growing political force, evident in the arrest and conviction of Jakarta’s Christian governor on blasphemy charges. The report says human rights activists have been disappointed by President Joko Widodo’s “lackluster” defense of LGBT people. Sal…