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Coulter Feasts on Gay Republicans at Homocon

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…aw in violation of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The freedom to marry has long been recognized as one of the vital personal rights essential to the orderly pursuit of happiness by free men. Marriage is one of the “basic civil rights of man,” fundamental to our very existence and survival. Skinner v. Oklahoma, 316 U.S. 535, 541 (1942). See also Maynard v. Hill, 125 U.S. 190 (1888). Coulter also perpetuated the myth that gay…

“God Created You”: Bishop Supports Gay Ugandans, Defies Death Threats

By Jocelyn Edwards

…r a cover-up by a government trying to downplay the homophobia in the East African nation. The proposal of last year’s anti-gay bill in the country’s parliament provoked a firestorm of criticism in the international community, with donors—who account for about a third of the nation’s annual budget—threatening to withhold aid if it was passed. As a result, Bishop Senyonjo is skeptical of the suspect’s all-too-convenient confession. “What was said,…

Prominent Evangelical Pundit Accuses Obama of “Abusing” Faith-Based Office

By Sarah Posner

…nical or wrong than Karl Rove trying to get more African-Americans to vote Republican by doling out cash to Eddie Long? Gerson has recently co-authored a book on religion and politics with former Bush staffer Peter Wehner, now a fellow at the conservative Ethics and Public Policy Center. On CBN, the pair was finger-wagging at Obama for screwing up how he talks to evangelicals. “Has he blown it with Christians?” asked host Jennifer Wishner. “In som…

Ghana’s LGBT Population Safe From Persecution, But Not Prosecution

By Warren Throckmorton

…m the administration of John Atta Mills concerning homosexuals in the West African nation. Recently, Western Region Minister Paul Evans Aidoo called for the arrests of those suspected to be gay in order to test Ghana’s current law against “unnatural carnal knowledge.” In response, a coalition of human rights and civil society organizations has stepped up calls for decriminalization of homosexuality. Commissioner Lamptey’s statements about homosexu…

Mosques and Welcoming LGBT People

By Hussein Rashid

…to worship, regardless of sexual orientation. To be clear, the ad did not “promote” homosexuality, advocate for churches to perform weddings for gay couples, or endorse any activity that church might find objectionable. The ad, in my reading, says that anyone who believes in God is welcome in a house of worship. As Muslims living in America, we too will be faced with a similar issue: how welcoming will we be? Like the ad, I am not advocating for a…

New Poll Shows Most Americans Don’t Care about Romney’s Mormonism

By Joanna Brooks

…didate, 24% a former marijuana user, 11% a Hispanic, 7% a woman, and 3% an African-American.) But Mormonism does not matter to 70% of Republicans overall and 72% of independents. Liberal democrats polled least likely to support a Mormon (41%). White evangelical Christians placed second, with about 34% saying they would not vote for a Mormon candidate. Why? We’ve seen our fair share of liberal anti-Mormon ugliness (Bill Maher and Lawrence O’Donnel…

Mitt Romney, Frontrunner: Deal With It

By Joanna Brooks

…onservative segment of the Party is also out to get the frontrunner: Texas Republican Dick Armey’s privatization-hawking Freedom Works is gearing up to spend big and mobilize its one million fiscal conservatives against Romney. Leading GOP donors, operatives, and the media continue to flirt with fantasy candidates, including Rick Perry and Jon Huntsman, who will announce his presidential bid June 21 at the Statue of Liberty. Just like Ronald Reaga…

Crisis in Sudan: ‘If the World Stands Idly By This Time, They Will Bring Genocide’

By Frederick Clarkson

…y were occupying in places like Katcha and Karkarai. I am still working to free up the Salara church buildings occupied for a long time by SAF troops. We need these buildings for church work. As chair of an interfaith committee, I have developed good relationships with Arabs and Muslims in some parts of the state and some Islamic extremists are not happy because of that. In addition, I am black and a Christian, which means inferior and an infidel…

God’s Chosen Tweeters?

By Elizabeth Drescher

…social networking aficionado qualities: * We floss after every meal! * We freed Egypt! * We’re grounded, and well integrated, intuitive, not too full of ourselves, yet fully realized in the fabulous glow of our authenticity. Gosh we’re swell! * We’re God’s chosen Tweeters! Finding God on Facebook Ah, God. Was there any good news for religions in the Pew report? Certainly, the report makes clear that the vast majority of believers and seekers of e…

The Battle Beneath the Battle: Do Gay People Exist?

By Jay Michaelson

…when they allow themselves to look, they see that we are people, that our love is love. Similar in some ways, different in others, not necessarily better or worse—but real. We exist. What I feel like we are still fighting for, in the places where our freedom is still contested, is neither rights nor freedoms nor any particular bundle of privileges, but some more fundamental, and fundamentally religious, human right that has only begun to be articu…