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Vatican Considers ‘Disordered’ Language; HBO Doc on LGBT Persecution in Russia; Nigerian Bishop Shifts on Anti-Gay Law; Arson at ‘Open Mosque’ in South Africa; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

….S. culture warriors are working hard to stir up anti-LGBTQ sentiments and policies, it remains the basis for the criminalization of sexual minorities. Alan Chambers’ Exodus International may now be defunct, but organizations such as Exodus Global Alliance, the International Healing Foundation, and Desert Streams still pose serious threats to the welfare of LGBTQ persons in Africa…. The plea to “help gays escape” homosexuality is perhaps the most…

A Dismayed Democrat Reads the Bible

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…ed off? No. The obvious answer is because of tax, regulatory, and economic policies and so forth. And the wealthy are able to shape those policies in their own interest. How do you see the role of religion in this, especially when it is so often used to justify the attitudes of the wealthy? And what about the (bad) theological view that poor people are sinners, reasoning that if they were more moral people, they’d be rich. The scandal of American…

Sacrifice, Suffering, and Rick Santorum

By Ivan Strenski

…wonder especially how Santorum’s version of Catholicism aligns with these policies. Yes, it is one thing, once a child is born with Trisomy 18, to accept, and then care for her. Without reservation, I am in awe of those parents who do. But, why would one risk putting oneself in the position where a Trisomy 18 pregnancy would be statistically probable? Why would one choose, in effect, to take the risk of bringing a doomed child into the world? I a…

Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Red/Blue ‘National Divorce’ Looks an Awful Lot Like a Confederate Flag

By Thomas Lecaque and Joshua Call

…der of transgender individuals); and, of course, “traitorous America Last” policies, continuing the rhetoric of a “real America” via “America First,” an interesting choice given the literally fascist history of “America First,” and even its more recent history, such as its role in the January 6 insurrection. But it’s the “national divorce” part that has captured the imagination and condemnation of the country; the call for secession, on Presidents…

God’s Body, God’s Plan: The Komen Furor and Abortion as Black/Latino “Genocide”

By Sikivu Hutchinson

…progressive health care, birth control, foster care, and school discipline policies; as well as to repealing racist sentencing laws and prisoner reentry policies. Is the Coalition of Color willing to accept responsibility for the scores of poor children of women of insufficient faith? Early Black and Latino family planning and abortion rights advocates understood that reproductive justice was crucial to dismantling a racist power structure. It wa…

Distortions Aside, Clergy Support Gay Rights in Surprising Numbers

By Peter Montgomery

…do not see homosexuality as a sin and are very supportive of pro-equality policies and full inclusion of gays in church leadership—29 percent) and a base holding the opposite view (30 percent). A plurality of respondents (41 percent) fall into what they call the “Uncertain Middle.” That large middle group is ambivalent or uncertain about the nature of homosexuality, but is also generally supportive of equality-affirming public policies; much clos…

The Tense History Behind Jimmy Carter’s Liberty U. Commencement Address

By John Fea

…he longer I live the more I want to…give my political support to a person. Policies are important, but candidates lie about their policies all the time in order to get elected. The same elite establishment that Jesus condemned remains the real enemy today. Falwell Jr.’s need to make Carter acceptable to the Liberty crowd (who Carter joked was larger than Trump’s crowd the previous year) did not end there. Unlike his father, Falwell Jr. praised Car…

Obama’s Jewish Problem

By Rabbi Michael Lerner

…ut they also despair about Israel “getting it” in time to save itself from policies that further inflame hatred against it by human-rights-respecting people around the world. No matter how much these young Jews may agree that Palestinian acts of terror or Hamas shelling of Sderot are also ugly and morally inexcusable acts, they understand that the overwhelming power of the Israeli military gives Israel the obligation to take the first definitive s…

New Study of Christian Nationalism in Texas Should be a Warning for the Whole Country

By David R. Brockman

…This Become A Controversy in America?” and “Christian Heritage Yet Ungodly Policies.” In her new book, The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism, author Katherine Stewart calls Barton “the Where’s Waldo of the Christian nationalist movement.” Indeed, he was at the center of the 2009 controversy over the Texas social studies curriculum standards, serving as one of the “expert” reviewers of the standards despite his l…

Equally Blessed: Wear a Rainbow Ribbon to Mass

By Alex McNeill

…pace programs on their campuses. Diocese can implement anti-discrimination policies in hiring and employment practices. Bishop Thomas Gumbleton was once asked, “How can we get more supportive bishops like you?” He said, “tell them to find and talk to the gay and lesbian members in their own families.” He was stating a truth that this is an issue where personal conversations and personal experience can change hearts and minds. Sexuality is a vulner…