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Duterte Cites Catholic Heritage in Opposing Marriage Equality, and More in the Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ans bus tour in Spain that we reported on earlier this month is part of an international strategy. The Spanish bus was sponsored by HazteOir, a Spain-based group that mobilizes Catholic conservatives and their allies in Spain and Europe. A billboard with the same visuals and messaging showed up in Guatemala, branded as a project of CitizenGo, with which HazteOir is affiliated. Then, this past week, the National Organization for Marriage brought th…

At the UN, Conservative Christian Agenda Cloaked in Human Rights Language

By Austin Dacey

…and public health policies that include condom use. Slater’s Family Watch International (FWI) has been deeply involved in promoting abstinence-and fidelity-only initiatives in Uganda and has praised Nigeria—where same-sex couples can face up to 14 years in prison or stoning at the hands of Sharia courts—as “a strong role model” for other regional governments “on how to hold on to their family values despite intense international pressure.” The Hu…

Rage Against the New Age Machine: Three Days at the Osho International Meditation Resort

By Diane Winston

…s at the rural Ananda retreat and alighted at Osho with the rest. The Osho International Meditation Resort is an urban oasis: an integrated mix of dark, sleek geometric buildings and greenery. The eating patio opens onto a huge swimming pool landscaped to resemble a small lake. The lush environs promise harmony, peace and tranquility. Unfortunately none of that was available on arrival. Coralling and cajoling students, even grownup ones, requires…

What Does the ‘Traditional Family’ Have To Do with Pussy Riot?

By Gillian Kane

…cil by Prof. Vladimir Kartashkin of the Russian Federation, must supersede international human rights law. If there were any ambiguity about Russia’s intention, it was clarified by Natalia Narochnitskaya, a former Russian diplomat to the UN in New York, during a 2011 UN seminar dedicated to the traditional values resolution. According to coverage by the International Service for Human Rights, Narochnitskaya argued that “human rights are generally…

RDBook: Sex, Power, and the Future of the World: An Interview with Michelle Goldberg

By Mandy Van Deven

…nections between some of the seemingly abstract debates that happen at the international level and the experiences of women on the ground. Through the international feminist movement, women working at the grassroots can sometimes leverage the privilege of their allies in rich countries. Alex De Waal described how this process works in his fascinating book AIDS and Power: Blocked from direct routes of access, African activists meet with their Weste…

“Mass Graves, Child Soldiers” and a Crusading Army of International Evangelists

By Rosalind I. J. Hackett and Randal L. Hepner

…ritical of what one vicar termed the “false hopes” being delivered by this international crusade team. CfAN claims to take the Gospel into some of the world’s most remote and dangerous places, and Gulu town does not fail in that regard. As Kolenda wrote in a blog post on Day One of the crusade: “Mass graves, child soldiers, mutilations, rape, murder, and genocide are words that come to mind when one thinks of this place.” There was a corresponding…

Why the Obama/Hillary Clinton Approach to Middle East Peace is Doomed to Failure

By Rabbi Michael Lerner

…estinians a state. The only viable alternative is for Obama to call for an international conference of the European Union, Israel, and the Arab States, the permanent members of the UN Security Council—and yes, Iran and India as well—and allow that international conference to impose a solution that provides security and justice to both sides. Only an imposed settlement has the slightest chance of being just to Palestinians—the precondition for a la…

Christian Schools International v. University of California

By Lauri Lebo

…ase of ACSI v. Stearns. In Aug. 2005, the Association of Christian Schools International, the Calvary Chapel Christian School in Murrieta, Calif., along with some of its students, filed suit against the University of California, basically arguing that students from its private Christian high schools were being discriminated because the university system, in its review of applicants, did not give college preparatory credit for some of their courses…

State Department Finds Religion, But Whose?

By Melani McAlister

…ts diplomats, and publishes an impressive journal, the Review of Faith and International Affairs. Under his leadership, IGE has also led a series of international delegations to places like Laos, China, and Vietnam. It has also sponsored a series of visits to Pakistan’s Peshawar region, where it created a group called “Faith Friends” to promote “tolerance” and interfaith cooperation. In part, IGE can do things like this because, unlike the many ri…

Must We Burn Something to Get Attention?: 50 Years After the Catonsville Nine

By Jason C. Bivins

…rty Law Center as a hate group) are affiliated with the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, when Robert Jeffress is the poisonous voice sanctifying the American embassy’s relocation in Israel, when the Vice President of the United States understands Christianity as a “get out of jail free” card used to freely exercise open bigotry, it can seem pretty conclusive that power has prevailed over justice. But consider some other words of…