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US Offers Help For Investigation of Bangladesh Killings

By Peter Montgomery

…it does not require any punishment in this world. It is a sin that will accompany its committer in the life after death.” In the interview, Salman Odah stated that “even though homosexuality is considered a sin in all the Semitic holy books, it does not require any punishment in this world. It is a sin that will accompany its committer in the life after death.” “Homosexuals are not deviating from Islam. Homosexuality is a grave sin, but those who…

How Merle Haggard Saved My Soul

By Daniel Schultz

…d by Ronald Reagan. But the man knew what he spoke of. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loT_pYzi3Vw In sharp contrast to the bleakness of “Mama Tried” stands the deep hope of the greatest Christmas song ever written, “If We Make It Through December,” with its trusting assertion “I plan to be in a warmer town come summertime.” Haggard rarely name-checked the Lord in his songs, but he didn’t need to. You couldn’t listen to a line like that without kn…

Catholic Church Campaigns Against Gay US Ambassador; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…t was aware of, but could not confirm, those reports. India: International Commission of Jurists Calls For Repeal of Sodomy Law Last Friday the International Commission of Jurists released a briefing paper calling on the Supreme Court to decriminalize same-sex relations. The Court has agreed to review its 2013 decision that reinstated the colonial-era sodomy law. Newsgram published John Burbidge’s memoir of his journey of personal and sexual disco…

Why Utah Felt the Bern: Mormonism’s Forgotten Progressive Past

By Benjamin E. Park

…anchised classes, and to solve their financial burdens Smith implemented a complex and communitarian system of property redistribution called “The Law of Consecration.” “If ye are not equal in earthly things,” one of Joseph Smith’s revelations bellowed, “ye cannot be equal in obtaining heavenly things” (Doctrine and Covenants 78:6). Smith—who himself came from a family that faced immense financial troubles—chastised one of his clerks for emphasizi…

Silence of “Religious Liberty” Activists on Muslims’ Cases Not What You Think

By Elizabeth Reiner Platt

…ve health care from employers to employees or the government in order to accommodate the religious beliefs of a company’s owners, they seem unwilling to allow workers to shift even the minimal costs associated with five-minute prayer breaks to their employers. Truthfully, while the fact that those requesting the accommodation are Muslim may be more salient, the fact that they are factory workers could be the bigger motivator for the absence of con…

“Lyin’ Ted’s” Non-Endorsement: When Coherence Becomes a Vice

By Neil J. Young

…ected Cruz would build to an endorsement of Donald Trump. But Cruz did not come to Cleveland to back the man who harassed him as “Lyin’ Ted,” suggested his father had been involved in JFK’s assassination, and made disparaging comments about his wife’s looks. Instead, he staked out a thorough defense of conservatism, what Benjamin Wallace-Wells writing for The New Yorker rightly called “the most exact statement of the prevailing conservative ethos…

“We All We Got”: The Black Church As an Oasis in Baltimore’s Food Deserts

By Kasai Rex

…n’t—keep them safe. In Baltimore, symbolic gestures on the pulpit are best complemented by concrete actions in our streets. In coming years the black church’s role in the struggle for justice might be less pivotal than it may have been in earlier eras. It remains to be seen whether the engagement of black churches in issues that directly affect black people will call more people to the pews on Sundays. But if these actions are consistently success…

Pope and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Declare Shared View of Marriage & Family; Government & Muslim Officials Ramp Up Anti-LGBT Rhetoric in Indonesia; Australian Religious Leaders Ask Parliament to Act on Marriage Equality; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…from deviant sexual orientation,” she said. Reuters reports that National Commission on Human Rights commissioner Muhammad Nurkhoiron “has lambasted the KPI’s ban and said the commission should instead encourage programs that could shed light on the LGBT community.” Australia: Religious leaders call for parliamentary vote, not plebiscite, on marriage Forty religious leaders, including Catholic, Anglican, Uniting, and Buddhist leaders, urged Prime…

I’m Too Sexy for My Church: Will a Thriving Singles Scene Renew American Catholicism?

By Megan Sweas

…men and 14 men—both new and old members—say they’re seeking friendship and community. Most newcomers introduce themselves as transplants from around the country. A young man, visiting from Michigan, is checking out the church community to see if Santa Monica might be a good place to move. A group leader emphasizes that through YMA you can go out to bars and talk about God, but in casual conversation others downplay religion, stressing that members…

The Bindi Isn’t Indie

By Yesenia Vargas

…ion, that’s racism under another name. I don’t care how awakened they’ve become, if their religion depends on stripping elements off other cultures for them to coo over and feel exotic, then that’s orientalism. I can’t take time off work for Gowri Habba and Ganesh Chaturthi because my boss thinks us Hindus have too many holidays. I can’t bring in a homemade lunch without getting stares. I can’t go to a company dinner in a sari even if it’s designe…