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Jerusalem Honors Right-Wing Mogul Sheldon Adelson

By Diane Winston

…llions of dollars to causes in Israel, the United States and Asia, Adelson—who has been there and done that—was nonetheless sufficiently emotional, when presented with a sculpture of Jerusalem, to wipe a tear from his eye. And speaking of tears, the best case scenario for Israeli news consumers: Adelson only spoke to American reporters so they had an alternative to the Jerusalem Post’s puff piece. Worst-case scenario? The Israeli press doesn’t dee…

Morality and Marriage Vigilantes and More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…e calls himself “Timur Bulatov (Isaev), social activist”. …Mr Bulatov told Russian news website Tayga.info that he had “rescued” Russian children from 65 “immoral” teachers. Zambia: Report on emotional trauma and suicide among gay men Prudence Phiri at Global Press Journal writes that suicide is “a common end” for gay men in Zambia, where homosexuality is criminalized. It’s a crime to be a homosexual here. Many people in Zambia’s lesbian, gay, bis…

Scott Lively’s Crimes Against Humanity Aren’t Conservative Christian Outliers

By Sunnivie Brydum

…They do.” The case may have been complicated but what it exposes about the American religious right is not. Crucially, this narrow victory is already being claimed as a powerful turning point in the “culture wars” by the likes of Liberty Counsel, which represented Lively. As a refresher, Liberty Counsel is the far-right legal nonprofit founded by Mat Staver (the former Dean of Liberty University School of Law), which is perhaps best remembered for…

Obama Missing Islam Opportunity with Religious Freedom Ambassador

By Anthea Butler

…er wrote about here for RD. I wrote on Cook previously, citing her lack of international policy experience. Now more than ever, this post needs someone who has a handle on Islam, foreign policy, and other religious traditions. The people’s uprising in Egypt is a prime example why this ambassadorship needs someone who is more knowledgeable about religious traditions, diplomacy, and foreign policy experience. President Obama’s insistence on Cook may…

As Trial Approaches, Accused in IHOP Murder Case Challenges Evidence

By Sarah Posner

…“resurrected saints” who will “possess supernatural abilities.” When Jesus rules as “King over all dominions and spheres of society,” these resurrected saints will rule with him, “as kings and priests.” Bickle is a major figure in what is known as charismatic Christianity, a sprawling movement with no clear organizational structure or hierarchy, led by magnetic and often authoritarian figures who proclaim themselves to be modern-day prophets and a…

Pastafarian Rights, Israeli Rosa Parks, Orthodox
Jewish P.I.

By Michael J. Altman

…is Pastafarianism. The Church of England may sell its $6 million share in the scandalized News Corp. Controversy continues to surround a south Indian temple and its billions in hidden treasure. In the U.S., second-generation Indian Americans are working to Americanize Hinduism. The Hill Cumorah Pageant wraps up this weekend in New York. The festival takes place on the site where Mormon founder Joseph Smith discovered the golden plates that became…

A Pair of Ex-Gay Leaders Make About Face

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…esser degree the softening of Alan Chambers of Exodus International), the truth is, very little is likely to change unless they put their weight behind the existing movements for equality. Smid, who showed up on Hardball recently, admits that homosexuality ”cannot be repented of! People are, or they are not, homosexual… One cannot repent of something that is unchangeable.” Although Chambers’ change of heart isn’t quite as compelling as Smid’s he w…

Did The “Taliban Dan” Ad “Backfire?”

By Sarah Posner

…ng the supposedly (but not really) secular arm of Gothard’s institute, the International Association of Character Cities. As I noted there, even Christianity Today, the flagship magazine of the evangelical world, has expressed dismay over the “alarming” nature of Gothard’s teachings on authority, and allegations of physical and emotional abuse in his programs. (For the most comprehensive treatment of the IACC, see Silja J.A. Talvi’s 2006 piece in…

Participant Discredits the Original Ex-Gay Study

By Warren Throckmorton

…rs of homosexuality and were rated a Kinsey 0. Even if the study could be trusted, only 1% of the original 300 cases were reported as categorical shifts from gay to straight. For these and other reasons, the study was open to criticism even before Bussee’s disclosure. However, based on the experience of Bussee and Cooper, there is even more reason to question the study—as well as the objective of sexual reorientation in general. ________________…

The “Shrinking Influence” of Social Conservatives at the United Nations

By Sarah Posner

…rfeit marriage, homosexuals in the military, the indoctrination of school children, the rest of the homosexual rights agenda, and the lottery for trial lawyers.”) When someone like Franks — who supports trumped-up “investigations” of American Muslims — makes common cause with Muslims to stifle the rights of LGBT people worldwide, it must means he’s running out of allies here at home….