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How the Catholic Church Changed the Movies

By Patricia Miller

…llywood Censored. The code they designed became the Motion Picture Conduct Code, popularly know as the Hays Code after it was adopted by William Hays, a Presbyterian elder who was hired by the major studios to help clean up the industry’s image after it was rocked by a series of scandals. The code, says Black, “was a fascinating combination of Catholic theology, conservative politics and pop psychology—an amalgam that would control the content of…

The Intellectual Source Code For National Conservatism Can Be Found at This Niche Catholic Publication

By Peter Schwartz

…cultural conservatism in the United States. The foundation of this source code (the motherlode of the code, as it were) is Catholic natural law moral philosophy. Natural law is the 800-year-old Thomist tradition that absorbs (from revelation and scripture) and communicates (into public discourse and legal practice) a quite specific understanding of the human individual as the summit of God’s creation. First Things has hosted some of the most impo…

Hungarian Mayor Wants to Import White Christians, Ban Muslims & LGBT People; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…no one to turn to. Nepal: Activists call for changes in civil and criminal code Pahichan reports from Kathmandu that local human rights activists have submitted a memo to Speaker Onsari Gharti calling for changes to provisions of the civil and criminal code that violate the rights of women and gender and sexual minorities. Albania: Activists seek to build on LGBT progress with partnership recognition Kristi Pinderin, head of PRO LGBT, announced th…

American Indians Irate over Bin Laden Code Name “Geronimo”

By Johnny P. Flynn

…og that he felt that Custer or Columbus would have been a more appropriate code name for bin Laden, and that the use of Geronimo was just another example of how “We’ve been reduced to caricatures as mascots and entertainment in sports and media.” In fact, the Senate Indian Affairs Committee held hearings recently on American Indians and racist stereotypes, and one of the first items of business was a discussion of why this particular code name wa…

Promise Keepers 2.0: Women and Jews Invited

By J. Terry Todd

…n between the rich and poor didn’t play prominently, either in the event’s promos or at the stadium rally itself. PK did offer a “pay what you can afford” program to woo low-income rally-goers, and it also urged attendees to bring food donations for the Denver Rescue Mission. At the rally itself, there was no sustained talk about the spiritual or political effects of the global financial crisis, but there was a call to support something called the…

Trump Order A ‘Death Sentence’ For Some LGBT Refugees? Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…It reports that LGBT people face high levels of legal and social violence. Hungary: Registered same-sex couples win equal tax, inheritance treatment The National Tax and Customs Administration announced that it would stop discriminating against registered same-sex partners in matters of taxation and inheritance. Partners will receive the same treatment as married spouses except for explicit exceptions named in the partnership law, such as parentin…

With This Largely Overlooked Shakeup is the Russian Orthodox Church Looking to Westernize? Yes and No

By Katherine Kelaidis

…nteresting choice indeed considering Russia’s increasing friendliness with Hungary’s far-right leader, Viktor Orban. While on one hand it’s easy to understand the move as an attempt on the part of the Russian Patriarch to exile a powerful and ambitious rival (this is clearly a demotion, make no mistake about it), it’s also noteworthy that he’s being cast out into the court of an important ally. Orban is, after all, arguably Russia’s main ally with…

Closed-Door Conference in Poland Shows How US Conservative Christian Networks Export ‘Conversion Therapy’

By Antonia Gross and Rina Nikolaeva

…tics like the PiS party in Poland, or Viktor Orbán and the Fidesz party in Hungary. Here, it’s relatively easy for the conservative Christian IFTCC to find spaces into which they can channel these mostly US-rooted ideas and ideologies without strong headwinds. While the organization is active at their base in London and elsewhere in the UK (where they hold protests and launch online campaigns), the conferences in Eastern Europe are their mainstay….

Trump Considers Pulling USA Out Of Human Rights Council; Indonesian President Blames Democracy For Rise of Militant Islamism; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…s. India: Materials targeting adolescents challenge gender stereotypes and promote respect The Health Secretary published materials designed to be used by adolescent peer educators on health issues. The materials aim to dispel gender stereotypes and promote relationships based on respect, reports Abantika Ghosh in The Indian Express: The legality of homosexuality may still be an open question for the judiciary and the Government is yet to change t…

ISIS Claims Responsibility for Orlando Massacre; Legal Gray Area in Jordan Amid Rising Fundamentalism; Push and Pull on LGBT Human Rights at UN; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…s, Buddhists, Reform Jews, Methodists, and others failed to clear the bar. Hungary’s own Constitutional Court reinstated many of the groups. Orban, however, had made his implicit point: Hungary is a Christian nation. Jordan: Article examines situation for LGBT people in time of rising fundamentalism Suryatapa Mukherjee writes about the situation for LGBT people in Jordan, where homosexuality is not illegal, but where earlier this year a Lebanese r…