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Quitting Religion, But Not the Practice of Prayer

By Elizabeth Drescher

…eighteen practices as “having spiritual significance in your life,” and an open-ended “other” response was available. Respondents were also asked to indicate how often they engaged in these activities “as a conscious part of your spiritual life.” It is worth noting that the survey was conducted to test research questions, and to identify potential interview subjects. The high response rate was something of a surprise. Results should be considered…

The Agenda in Making John Paul an Insta-Saint

By Patricia Miller

…send them through the diplomatic pouch because we got “Protocol number such-and-such received,” but no answer, no reply to the content of my information. Nothing at all. NARRATOR: Not only did the Vatican not respond to the letter, but Pope John Paul led massive celebrations to mark both the 50th and the 60th anniversaries of Father Maciel’s priestly ordination. JASON BERRY: The Vatican did nothing. John Paul continued to praise Maciel despite the…

Anti-Gay Campaign In Indonesia Leads to Arrests; Mexico’s Religious Right Wars Against Secular State & LGBT Equality; Muslim Preacher Sparks Controversy in UK Re Death Penalty For Gays; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…idential initiative on marriage equality, a proposal that sparked huge anti-equality protests in September. Members of the group also met with legislators. According to Blanca Juarez at La Jornada, a spokesman for the group said it “will enter a period of reflection” to discuss how best to organize against the “union of the extreme rights: churches, political parties and entrepreneurs.” United Kingdom: Controversy Over Preaching About Islamic De…

As Catholic Bishops Punish Dissent, Rosemary Radford Ruether’s Life and Legacy Show the Way Forward

By Lauren Barbato

…hoice.” Feminist theologian Margaret Farley, novelist Mary Gordon, and then-New York Gov. Mario Cuomo were among the signers. More than two dozen ordained persons also endorsed the statement: 24 nuns (including Farley, member of Sisters of Mercy), three brothers, and moral theologian Father Charles Curran as the lone Catholic priest. Although the statement was not unequivocal in its stance on abortion, it was deliberate in its challenge of the tea…

Why Antisemitism is an Insufficient (and Risky) Explanation for Hamas’s October 7 Attack on Israel

By Shane Burley

…oth antisemitic and Islamophobic attacks, such as the shocking murder a six-year-old Palestinian boy in Illinois and the shooting of three Palestinian students in Vermont. But it’s critical that we separate the question as to whether or not Hamas’ attack was motivated by antisemitism from larger concerns about whether the rest of the world is indifferent to Jewish suffering. By flattening the entire story, by creating a singular narrative for how…

Peru’s Civil Unions Bill Killed as Bishop Calls Sponsor ‘Faggot’; Germany Fines Men For Trying To Force Gay Muslim Teen Into Hetero Marriage; LGBT Global Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…Bambarén Gastelumendi reportedly called Bruce a “faggot” (“maricón”). Anti-equality religious leaders celebrated. The Washington Blade’s Michael Lavers reports: Piura Archbishop José Antonio Eguren Anselmi applauded lawmakers for rejecting the civil unions bill. “The bill contained legal elements of marriage,” he said, according to El Comercio, a Peruvian newspaper. “It pretended to equivocate the civil union to marriage and therefore the tabled…

May 21 Rapture Scheduled for 6 p.m.

By Lauri Lebo

…matical formula 5+10+17=Armageddon. But more importantly, the article also answers many practical questions for party planners. As one of Camping’s followers explained, the Rapture won’t begin until 6 p.m. Now, I know you’re probably thinking, “Is that in Eastern or Pacific Standard Time?” Well, because God created time zones — just as he apparently created US international borders — the Rapture will begin at 6 p.m. in each time zone. Also, you’ll…

The Battle Beneath the Battle: Do Gay People Exist?

By Jay Michaelson

…noticed that the reluctant allies, semi-supportive family members, and more-or-less-convinceable moderates come to pro-gay conclusions for the reasons Lady Gaga identified: because gay people are born that way. So it does matter, politically at least, whether sexuality is a trait or not. And here is where it gets weird. Because if that’s true, then what’s really at issue in our public debates about equality is my own subjectivity. I am telling my…

Layoffs on the Religious Right

By Bill Berkowitz

…Within this grouping, 61% voted for McCain and 38% went with Obama. In non-born-again categories, a higher proportion of voters identify themselves as either Democrats (44%) or independents (24%), and one-quarter of the non-born- again group (27%) as Republicans. Non-Christians overwhelmingly voted Obama/Biden—62% to 36%—numbers that surpassed the group’s 20-point margin for John Kerry in 2004 and the 15-point margin for Al Gore in 2000. Other fi…

“Who Was Muhammad, Was He Violent?”: Teaching Islam Ten Years
after 9/11

By Abbas Barzegar

…They are equipped with either their Dante-like prejudgments or their Deepak-like pluralist commitments looking for answers that will further their already hardened positions. For a swath in the middle the jury is still out and they look to me to answer, to level the playing field, to tell the truth: Who was Muhammad, was he violent? What is Jihad? and Why the scarves? It is precisely at this moment that all 150 of them turn on me… because, that is…