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Global LGBT Recap: World Vision Caves, World Congress of Families Vamps, God Weeps

By Peter Montgomery

…allow legally married gay men and lesbians to work there. But, as noted by Elizabeth Drescher here on RD, it reversed its decision two days later after a ferocious backlash from anti-gay conservatives. When announcing the initial change, World Vision President Richard Stearns told Christianity Today that the “very narrow” policy change was meant to keep the organization OUT of the debate over same-sex marriage by acknowledging that some churches a…

Global LGBT Recap: Homogeopolitics; Dalai Lama Says Gay is OK; Pope Says Civil Unions May Be

By Peter Montgomery

…red by him. Antonious is head of an NGO named United for Life, which is widely believed to be funded by American Evangelicals in contravention of Ethiopian laws restricting foreign finance on policy advocacy activities. Lebanon: Court Rules Against Anti-Gay Law The Daily Star of Lebanon reported this week on a legal ruling it said “rubbishes anti-gay law” in the country. The latest edition of The Legal Agenda, a quarterly magazine published by the…

Will IRS Crack Down on Church Politicking?

By Sarah Posner

…groups tried to claim that they, too, were targeted by the IRS for their religious beliefs. IRS movement on the audit procedures will likely trigger more complaints from conservative legal and religious groups that the agency is attempt to stifle their free speech. Through efforts such as Pulpit Freedom Sunday, pastors openly flout the law. Enforcement of the rule, and the revocation of a partipating church’s tax-exempt status, though, could trig…

In Russia It Is Now a Crime to Insult Someone’s Religious Feelings

By Chrissy Stroop

…rd demonstrating why a legislative initiative to increase protections for religious believers’ feelings, introduced in September 2012, could get off the ground. This immediate cause for my atheist acquaintance’s concern about the equal protection of her own feelings is probably a good deal less familiar to Western readers than the Pussy Riot trial itself, which caused a sensation in the Western media. (In my opinion, the most nuanced coverage of t…

Televangelist Watchdog May Be Forced to Close Its Doors

By Sarah Posner

…ds. Trinity, a Christian group, has committed itself to fighting fraud in televangelism because of its “stain on the cause of Christ.” Its investigations and indefatigable research have led to some of the most notorious exposés of televangelism fraud, including major investigations of Robert Tilton, Benny Hinn, Kenneth Copeland, and the behemoth Trinity Broadcasting Network, among others. The Dallas-based group, which marks its 40th anniversary th…

Mitt’s Jesus, Barack’s Jesus, and Why Christ’s Color Matters

By Joanna Brooks

…images in art, across the internet, and elsewhere), and there has been as well a self-conscious repudiation of “white Jesus.” And yet Jesus often remains, as we argue in the text, “white without words,” meaning the legacy of the image and all it represents and symbolizes about racialized and class divides remains with us still. Ed Blum: At times, the uses of racial Christ imagery is quite intention. Madison Grant (the spokesman for “Nordic white…

Do Not Attack the Writer

By Peter Montgomery

…also religion in general. My dismay turned to laughter when I saw immediately below Winters’ screed the code of conduct for comments on National Catholic Reporter. His post is a primer on violating NCR’s own rules for respectful conversation. Maybe someone at NCR can give him a much-needed tutorial. NCR Comment code: Be respectful. Do not attack the writer. Take on the idea, not the messenger. Use appropriate language. Avoid vulgarities and slurs…

Will Religion Solve the Obesity Crisis?

By Andrew Aghapour

…enceDaily reports that brain imaging studies have recently been able to model self-control in action, and that it tends to happen in two major places. The anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) is associated with recognizing situations where self-control is needed. (“There’s salad and lasagna and chocolate cake at this all-you-can-eat buffet, and one of these has been causing me problems!”). The dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) seems to manage self…

UPDATED: Oklahoma Personhood Bill Not Dead…

By Sarah Morice-Brubaker

…forced a floor vote over the objections of the Speaker and Floor Leader. Well, how well do you think that endeared the bill’s supporters to the party leadership? I suppose one has to consider the possibility that Speaker Steele and Floor Leader Dewitt are superhuman in their charity. Perhaps Speaker Steele was utterly unmoved by being insulted in a press release. Perhaps the Republican leadership didn’t so much care that lobbyists were trying to…

“Symbolic” Personhood Bill Could Kill

By Sarah Morice-Brubaker

…ative pro-life state—we are proud to stand up for what we know is right.” Well, yes, it feels very good to be proud of things, doesn’t it? Might I suggest that not everything one is proud of needs to be enshrined in a badly-worded and vague law which, if enforced, could kill someone? Accordingly, as a resident of Oklahoma, an Oklahoma voter, and a Tulsan who likes my city a lot, I have a few questions for the bill’s supporters: 1. I would like to…