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Catholic ‘Soul-Searching’ as Ireland Votes on Marriage; Churches, American Activists Join Kenyan Anti-Gay Group’s ‘Family’ Confab; Indian Mom Seeks Spouse For Gay Son; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…he ad — ‘2 Iyers, two Muslims and a couple of others. Let’s see!’” France: United Protestant Church OK’s blessings for same-sex marriages The United Protestant Church in France voted to allow its pastors to bless same-sex marriages, leaving it up to individual pastors and parishes to decide, reports Euronews.com, which says Protestants make up about two percent of the population most of them evangelicals opposed to same-sex marriage. Northern Irel…

Global LGBT Recap: Mandela and Equality; Elton John Defies Russian Ban; Fake-Healing of AIDS

By Peter Montgomery

…esday, December 10, International Human Rights Day, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power met with an international group of LGBT rights activists at the U.S. Mission to the U.N. The gathering was described as a “roundtable strategy session on ways U.S.foreign policy can align more powerfully with LGBT communities globally to ensure LGBT rights are properly recognized and vigorously protected.” It was sponsored by the Internation…

Global Precap: 5 Religion and LGBT Stories to Look For in 2015

By Peter Montgomery

…e family had also included similar language, calling it unacceptable “that international bodies make financial aid dependent on the introduction of regulations inspired by gender ideology.” Marriage Equality In the United States, marriage equality spread to 35 states and the District of Columbia during 2014, and it looks as if same-sex couples in at least some parts of Florida will be able to marry early in January. It also seems that 2015 could b…

John Yoo and Jay Bybee Dodge Disciplinary Action but Recall Nuremberg

By Bruce Ledewitz

…as the “Nuremberg Defense.” Principle VI of the guidelines created by the International Law Commission of the United Nations for determining what constitutes a war crime for purposes of the Nuremberg Trials included “ill-treatment of prisoners of war.” Under Principle VII, complicity in the commission of a war crime is also a crime under international law. And, most important for our purposes here, Principle II declared that “[t]he fact that inte…

Gay Men Detained and Killed in Chechnya, and More in the Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…k City. March 31 was also International Transgender Day of Visibility. The international anti-trans bus tour and media campaign being backed by CitizenGo and the International Organization for the Family continued to draw protests in the U.S. More than 300 people from 35 countries attended a conference last week on bolstering LGBT political engagement in Latin America and the Caribbean The gathering, covered by the Washington Blade’s Michael Laver…

Religious Hostility to Gay Nigerians; The Pope’s Visit To Africa; Ireland’s Religious Schools Can’t Discriminate Against Gays; Orthodox Church in Georgia Leads Anti-Gay Forces; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ns the imposition of Western values on women’s sexual health in return for international aid packages. Africa is set to become an increasing force within Catholicism. Pope Francis missed the chance to underscore the breadth of the message of love, mercy and inclusion it needs to embrace to become an accepted member of the universal church. Conservative Catholic commentator Phil Lawler cited Vallely’s column as “Exhibit A” of gay rights as a “weste…

Russian Politician Wants to Ban Apple CEO Who Says Being Gay is God’s Gift; Violence After Preachers Blame Liberian Gays for Ebola; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…of the opposition. “Taiwanese are really tolerant,” said Ms. Poore of the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission. “It’s not the kind of place where gays and lesbians have to worry about violence if they are affectionate in public.” European Union: Conference on Anti-LGBTI Discrimination Draws Conservative Protests The European Union’s Fundamental Rights Agency held a conference on discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation a…

Catholic Leaders Offer Criticism, Support to Boxer Pacquiao After Anti-Gay Comments…

By Peter Montgomery

…ssault on people’s basic freedoms, with many governments brazenly breaking international law and deliberately undermining institutions meant to protect people’s rights.” The report said that 2015 brought evidence that “the system of international protection of human rights itself needs to be protected.” The report documents human rights abuses country-by-country and regionally, including persecution and criminalization of people who are, or are pe…

Conservative French Catholics a ‘Rightwing Patriarchal Bunch’?; Indonesian Prez Decries Anti-LGBT Discrimination; Romanian Prez Warns Against ‘Religious Fanaticism’; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…Christian leans toward fanaticism…it sends a wrong signal.” South Africa: International gathering of queer Muslims The Inner Circle, a queer Muslim organization, held its 14th annual international retreat in Cape Town this past week. A preview story in Mamba Onilne said that about 80 percent of the delegates were from other countries: “Some of the tracks being covered this year will focus on transgender health and education which will look specif…

Bill to Stone Gays to Death Introduced in Kenya

By Peter Montgomery

…ugust 1]. Cambodia: UN Country Report Discusses Buddhism and Sexuality The United Nations Development Programme, the US Agency for International Development, and the Office of the UN High Commission for Human Rights have published a “Country Report” on Cambodia as part of the “Being Gay in Asia” initiative. The report provides an overview of LGBT human rights in Cambodian law and culture. This is the section on “Buddhist Perceptions of Sexuality a…