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Anti-Gay Forces On Offense in Europe; ‘African Islam’ Challenged by Extremists; Irish Marriage Foes & ‘Sounds of Sodomy’; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…o in the halls of a Christian home? The flyer inspired widespread mockery. Dominican Republic: Gay Couple Marries in British Embassy A British man and a Dominican man were married inside the British embassy in the Dominican Republic, but the marriage will not be recognized by the Dominican government. Religious conservatives in the Dominican Republic are reportedly “furious.” Pink News reported that the chair of the Dominical Council of Evangelica…

Catholic Church Campaigns Against Gay US Ambassador; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…law to ensure that it reflects internationally recognized best practices. Dominican Republic: Religious Leaders Ramp Up Campaign Against Gay US Ambassador As we have reported previously, Cardinal Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez has been an outspoken critic of openly gay U.S. Ambassador James “Wally” Brewster. American activist David Mixner reported this week that the Cardinal is not simply making criticial statements but is waging a campaign: As…

Pricey Tickets, Cranky Citizens, and Priests Behind Bars as Philadelphia Prepares For Papal Visit

By Anthea Butler

…With each twist and turn over the long hot summer in the planning for the papal visit, Philadelphia’s citizens have become restless, and their ire has been focused on Mayor Nutter and the Secret Service. In a hastily put together meeting last week, Donna Crilley Farrell, the executive director of the World Meeting of Families (WMOF) announced that the papal events were going to be ticketed—after having already promoted the Papal visit as “free an…

Catholic Church Bans Gay Film: This Week’s Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ersal human rights on the other must be struck in favour of human rights.” Dominican Republic: Petition Seeks Removal of Openly Gay U.S. Ambassador A petition posted to the White House website calls on President Obama to remove openly gay Wally Brewster from his post as US Ambassador to the Dominican Republic, reports the Washington Blade’s Michael Lavers. The petition — which an anonymous person posted on Tuesday — accuses Brewster of promoting “…

Global LGBT Recap: Catholic Polling, Religious Violence, International Advocacy

By Peter Montgomery

…ld Congress of Families summit in Moscow this year, and accuses Yakunin of participating in massive Olympic-related corruption. Kincaid notes that the Russian Orthodox Church was criticized earlier this year for publishing a Stalin-glorifying 2014 calendar. El Salvador: Anti-Gay Constitutional Amendment Fails in Legislature Last Friday, an effort to push an anti-gay-marriage constitutional amendment through the parliament failed, with only 19 of i…

The Key to Understanding the Federalist Society Isn’t Originalism — It’s This 800-Year Old Tradition

By Peter Schwartz

…ficial positions on matters of jurisprudence and legal reasoning. It never participates in court proceedings, submits no amicus briefs and never serves as legal counsel. Which leads to the insistent claims of legal conservatives that the organization and its originalist methods are politically and substantively neutral. Of course, there’s more than a little bait-and-switch in these claims. From its inception, the official mission of the Federalist…

Mile-High Identity Politics: What We Can Learn From the Same-Sex Seating Controversy

By Eboo Patel

…pecific groups. Women-only, black-only and LGBT-only spaces are a relevant parallel. Such spaces take into account the issues related to certain social identities (the personal) and advocate for a reshaping of the public square to accommodate it (the political). This requires some sacrifice of others. At the very least it means restricting their freedom by not allowing them to enter a certain facility while it is being used by a particular identit…

‘Anti-Romeo’ Vigilante Squads Target Men Suspected Of Being Gay; More in the Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ocial Union do not and are reportedly planning a family-themed election campaign. Japan: First same-sex couple approved as foster parents A gay male couple were approved as foster parents by city officials in Osaka, reportedly a first for Japan. From the Japan Times: Traditionally, only married couples or individuals are allowed to become foster parents. Members of the LGBT community have been eligible to foster children, but only as individuals….

Shockingly Tone-Deaf GOP Has Evangelical ‘Rabbi’ Pray for Pittsburgh Victims (Updated)

By Daniel Schultz

…an opening prayer in memory of the victims of the Tree of Life massacre in Pittsburgh. Except Jacobs isn’t a rabbi, and he didn’t pray for the dead by name, as Jewish custom would dictate. He did find time to pray for several Republican candidates, though. The more I think about this story, the less sense it makes. Ordinarily, I’d follow my own advice: Don’t think about it. But you know what happens when people stop thinking. The fascists win. But…

Pope Francis meets with bishop who blessed gay couple; Proposed NGO law in Uganda threatens LGBT groups, civil society; Interfaith sexuality organizing in Indonesia; global LGBT recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ar discussions among youth regarding sexuality were already in place. With participants already in place, all that YIFOS needs to provide are materials. YIFOS also works with Islamic youth organisations on university campuses. Before the arrival of YIFOS, reflects Yulia, ‘it was quite difficult to talk about sexuality within faith groups; but also when we went to LGBT groups, they were quite reluctant to speak about God.’ By creating safe spaces w…