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LGBT’s, Opponents Prep for Vatican Synod; UN Rights Council Adopts LGBT Resolution; Brazil’s Evangelicals Eye Presidency; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…bates: …One of the things people say is: “All this about LGBT people is a decadent Western value and we should defend ourselves against it.” But the people they are defending themselves against are not decadent westerners, but their own brothers and sisters, Ugandans, Nigerians, Iranians, Russians, Saudis, Jamaicans. These are our sisters and brothers who have discovered something true about themselves, and about their capacity for love, and know…

Bill to Stone Gays to Death Introduced in Kenya

By Peter Montgomery

…isha, director of Sexual Minorities Uganda during an event at the National Academy of Sciences. After the summit, Rep. Karen Bass met with LGBT African American activists to discuss the best ways that African American LGBTs can support LGBT people in Africa. According to Frontiers LA’s Karen Ocamb, the question that dominated the discussion was asked by Pastor Kevin Sauls: “How do we as activists—as people of faith—respond to this so it’s in the l…

Mormons Fight Marriage Equality in Mexico; Is Catholic Church Italy’s Anti-Gay NRA?; Nigerian Anglicans Cut Ties With UK Diocese; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…TQ peoples in Nigeria and of the violence against them. In other news, the BBC reports that, in response to a request from Nigerian authorities, the reality show about Caitlyn Jenner will no longer be shown anywhere in Africa. Republic of Georgia: Vegan café attacked by far-right, perhaps over LGBT clientele Tbilisi, which recently played host to the vehemently anti-LGBT and anti-West summit of the World Congress of Families, was the site of a str…

Civil Unions Battle Heats Up in Italy; Church Leaders in Malawi Defend Criminalization of Homosexuality; Report on LGBT Student Group Sparks Backlash in Indonesia; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ert Murdoch while in New York, possibly to plot his attempted political comeback. (Abbott was removed by members of his own party last year.) In his address, Abbott stated, “Policy makers shouldn’t be judgmental about people’s personal choices, but we can’t be indifferent to the erosion of the family given its consequences for the wider community.” Abbott referred to one of his sisters’ same-sex partner, saying he doubted that marriage equality wo…

How Evangelical Adoption Went Viral

By Sarah Posner

…On my bloggingheads show, I spoke with RD contributor Kathryn Joyce about her riveting new book, The Child Catchers: Rescue, Trafficking, and the New Gospel of Adoption. You can watch the whole thing here. In the clip below, we discuss how the evangelical adoption movement went viral, in part in reaction to criticism of anti-abortion politics, but also as a salvation story:…

Texas’ Anti-LGBT Adoption Bill Is Unconstitutional and Unnecessary, Say Texas Law Professors

By Sunnivie Brydum

…proved a controversial “religious freedom” bill that would allow state-funded adoption agencies to discriminate against prospective parents who are LGBT, single or not Christian. RD obtained an exclusive copy of the legal memo signed by scholars currently teaching at some of Texas’ most prestigious institutions, including the University of Texas, Texas A&M, the University of Houston and Southern Methodist University. While it’s not unheard of for…

Pope Backs Anti-Gay Referendum; Islamic State Executions Include Gay Syrian; ‘Conscience Clause’ Debated in Northern Ireland; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…aders Wednesday in hopes of fostering dialogue in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo massacre in Paris, said he will consult with borough mayor Réal Ménard about the plan. But Montreal’s mayor said he rejects Mr. Chaoui’s rigid views on democracy and homosexuality, and his suggestion that democracy and Islam are antithetical. “That is not the message of the Qur’an.” Originally from Morocco, Mr. Chaoui studied electrical engineering at Université Laval,…

“Project Blitz” Seeks to Do for Christian Nationalism What ALEC Does for Big Business

By Frederick Clarkson

…lly in light of its electoral advances in state governments over the past decade. To that end, Project Blitz has also been organizing state legislative “Prayer Caucuses” since its inception. There are currently 29 such groups, modeled on the Congressional Prayer Caucus (which comprises about a hundred sitting U.S. Senators and Representatives.) They range from very small in terms of publicly named members, to remarkably large; Iowa boasts 65 membe…

Global LGBT Recap: “Lavender Fascism,” Rage in India, Pope Francis Ousts Culture Warrior

By Peter Montgomery

…rs in the country. Moscow’s largest gay club, which has been repeatedly attacked since the anti-gay propaganda law went into effect, was set upon by a group of people who dismantled its roof. A popular actor, Ivan Okhlobystin, who resumed his career after becoming an Orthodox priest, announced that he would like to burn all Russian gays alive: “I myself would shove all live gays into furnace. This is Sodom and Gomorrah, I as a beliver in God can n…

Marriage equality and ‘the end of Catholic Ireland’; Gambian Prez vows to slit gays’ throats; Colombian govt affirms support for marriage and adoption; global LGBT recap

By Peter Montgomery

…. Hong Kong: British woman asks for spousal immigration status In what the BBC’s Juliana Liu calls a “landmark trial,” a British woman challenged discriminatory treatment by the Immigration Department. She and her partner entered a civil partnership in the UK when they moved to Hong Kong in 2011, following her partner’s job. But she was denied a dependant visa, normally granted to spouses of expats working in Hong Kong. But government officials ha…