Intolerance in Indonesia Extends to Religious Minorities; Lutheran Church in Norway OK’s Same-Sex Marriage, But Not in Finland; Catholic Church Warns Australian CEOs to Back Off Marriage Equality Support; Global LGBT Recap
…rta. Among the reasons for the rise in intolerance Jones cites: close ties between law enforcement and hardliners; the inflammation of anti-foreigner sentiment by conservative nationalists who portray LGBT equality as an attack by outsiders on Indonesian values; and a “concerted push by many Islamist organizations for the government to play a greater role in setting standards for both morality and religious orthodoxy.” Norway: Lutheran Church Appr…
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