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Mike Johnson isn’t Just Your Average Christian Right Avatar — He’s Influenced by Fringe Movements Unfamiliar to Most Political Analysts

By Annika Brockschmidt

…rter Rachel Scott said at a press conference, directed at Johnson. Elected Republican representatives gathered behind him began jeering, with North Carolina Republican Virginia Foxx shouting “Shut up!” Johnson smiled in response, serenely shaking his head, and called for the next question. The case of Mike Johnson shows that a theocratic worldview isn’t merely the province of the strident evangelist—it can just as easily hide behind a smile and a…

Greek Orthodox Bishop Says Spit on Inhuman Gay Scum: This Week’s LGBT Global Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ather than saying something, no matter our religion. Costa Rica: Activists Promote Marriage Equality Bill Opposed by Evangelical Lawmakers Equality activists are promoting new marriage equality legislation, which is backed by deputies from different parties, though one of the lawyers supporting the bill acknowledged that it might be blocked by evangelical lawmakers who have to date prevented other attempts. Tunisia: Court Jails Students on Sodomy…

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

…d and punished. This fact clearly shows the intention of the government to promote a witch hunt against homosexuals rather than its stated objective of protecting traditional ‘natural’ marriage between a man and a woman. The Same Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Act is fundamentally an attack on the civil and human rights of all Nigerians. This law goes against all provisions of the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights of which Nigeria is a signa…

When the Golden Rule is Used to Silence Dissent and Protect the Politically Powerful

By John Stoehr

…morality in this place and in this time and in the spirit of defending our republic from ghouls who have conspired, and are still conspiring, to bring it down. Moreover, a Golden Rule that’s wholly decontextualized and dehistoricized can be a gag preventing us from speaking the truth and silencing all but the most powerful. You know who Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) is. During last week’s deep freeze in Texas, she started a fundraiser that has ra…

To Get Hebdo Cartoons You Must Get Laïcité

By Stephanie Frank

…in support of monarchist politics, it is unsurprising that when the Third Republic was established in 1870, it set out against the Church. The Third Republic reinstituted several of the Revolution’s church-state reforms, rolling back Napoleon’s Concordat of 1801. Ultimately it pushed even further, instituting the 1905 Law on the Separation of the Churches and State, which ended all state financial support for religion. But the Third Republic’s le…

Goy to the World: What Does Hanukkah Have to Teach Us About Living in Empire?

By Garret Keizer

…ng the American empire. In his view there is no reforming of the corrupted Republic, only the possibility of breakaway republics. Grateful as I am that he raises the issue and uses the word (empire, I mean), his faith exceeds mine on two key points. First, I doubt the ability of a member state to extricate itself from an empire simply by achieving nominal political independence. In the same way, I question the ability of a person to extricate hers…

Forget the Pope—We Need a New Caliph!

By Haroon Moghul

…I) Wild Card Candidate: Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, Soon-Not-To-Be of the Islamic Republic of Iran The Good: Considering he’s worn the same jacket for the past eight years, resources would not be wasted on clothes and there would be no need for a stylist. Also, he is unfiltered and blunt, so there’d be no need for speechwriters. Hailing from a working-class background, the former teacher and engineer, who is the sixth President of the Islamic Republic of…

Persecution of Ugandan Bishop Continues In United States

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…ular Western mores.” Ah, yes, we gay and lesbian folks really resent those African traditionalists beliefs, which, by the way, were handed down to the Africans through colonialism and right-wing Christian missionaries who have exported their anti-gay beliefs to the continent. As Tarso Luis Ramos, executive director of Political Research Associates, has noted, “Just as the United States and other northern societies routinely dump our outlawed or ex…

Duterte Cites Catholic Heritage in Opposing Marriage Equality, and More in the Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ton Blade: The Central American Parliament, which is part of the System of Central American Integration, promotes human rights and political stability in the region. Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama and the Dominican Republic are members of the Guatemala City-based body. Honduras’ general elections are scheduled to take place on Nov. 26. Jordany told the Blade that she will “hopefully” be among the Central American Parliament ca…

Know-Nothing Christians Irate Over Obama Comments

By Louis A. Ruprecht

…past decade in Turkey is a major debate about what model of secularism the Republic should adopt. Religious parties had been banned in Turkey, but no longer. The doomsayers saw this as the first whiff of a “fundamentalist” resurgence in Turkey, though it was nothing of the sort. It was merely a re-thinking of the principles and the future of secularism. And the president, in his speech, assured his Turkish audience that he understands the differen…