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Corporate Personhood Was a Radical Notion… In the 11th Century

By Austin Dacey

…ligious freedom. In the terms of section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, these corporations are called “churches,” their “integrated auxiliaries,” and “conventions or associations of churches,” where churches are defined as a “subset of IRC 501(c)(3) organizations organized and operated for religious purposes.” Necessarily, such entities are artificial or fictive persons under the law, subjects capable of claiming rights and bearing respon…

Pentecostal Prayer Gangs: New Film Documents Religion in a Brazilian Prison

By Nick Street

…and the guard introduced me to an inmate named Charlie. Our conversation happened as the guard was looking on, and I realized at that moment, that this is not the way to get the story, under the eyes of the guard. So I started to think how I could get a more insider perspective, what prison would look like without that filter. The answer was obvious: I would need to spend some time in whatever prison I was studying, eating the same food as the in…

More Mixed Signals from Pope Francis; Church of England Wrestles with Rifts; Faith Groups Lobby Pro & Con on Irish Referendum; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…cuted in the UK, he replied: “I know what persecution looks like. What is happening at the moment in England, it ain’t persecution.” Well, what is happening to gay people in Uganda plainly is persecution, and Archbishop Sentamu has been to stand side-by-side with the persecutors. If ever there was a time for exercising gracious restraint, an invitation to preach alongside Stanley Ntagali should be high on the list for anyone who opposes inequality…

‘I Don’t Buy It’: The Gospel According to Frank Underwood

By Cathleen Falsani

…l center, but perhaps he may have a twinge of phantom pain where his moral appendix used to be. Alone on the altar, Frank approaches the crucifix suspended above him. He looks up, into the eyes of Jesus, and says, “Love. That’s what you’re selling? Well, I don’t buy it.” And then he spits at Jesus’ face. The act was shocking and yes, sacrilegious. I don’t believe we ever would have seen such a display on network television where advertisers rule a…

GOP Debate Invokes Lincoln-Roosevelt Gospel, Candidates Take Turns Trampling It

By Marcia Pally

…rly Fiorina said, government taxation and regulation crush growth. Her tax code is three pages long. In some contrast, T.R. thought government promotes growth by, among other things, regulating business. Cruz proposes a flat tax 10% so, he said, a millionaire doesn’t pay less than his secretary. Yet Lincoln found that his initial flat tax burdened the lower and middle classes far more than the rich, and he made it progressive. Cruz said his flat t…

Brazilian Evangelicals Launch ‘Sin-Free’ (Read: Gay-Free) Version of Facebook

By Peter Montgomery

…traditional marriage. It was only in 2000 that the discriminatory ban on ‘promoting’ homosexuality was lifted. Since 2004, Cyprus has implemented an anti-discrimination law (Equal Treatment in Employment and Occupation Law 2004) that explicitly forbids discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation in employment. In 2013, the penal code was amended to include sexual orientation and gender identity thus criminalising all discrimination against…

Catholic Bishops Meeting For Family Synod; South Africa’s Dutch Reformed Church OKs Gay Weddings, Ordination; Court in Malaysia Deals Setback To Transgender Advocates; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…the briefing “that the working document which bishops and cardinals study ‘appears to have been written by someone apparently lacking the African point of view.’” It is a recurring complaint from African prelates taking part in the three-week synod: there is little discussion of extended families, for example, while much is said of the family units of the West, made up of a father, mother and children. Time spent discussing the problem of lonely o…

Clashing human rights visions for LGBTs at United Nations; More Mixed Messages from the Vatican as Family Synod Begins; Timeline of Worsening Homophobia by Turkey’s AKP Party; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…: Jerusalem’s chief rabbi says homosexuality is an abomination and will disappear Jerusalem’s chief rabbi Shlomo Amar condemned the murderous attacks at the city’s pride parade this summer, but said he believes homosexuality “will wane and disappear, because most of the public is disgusted by it and detest it.” Amar said, “The Torah called it an abomination and we certainly need to find more considered ways of fighting it.” Tunisia: After young ma…

Conservative Points in Pope’s Speech Include Liberal “Chasers”

By Patricia Miller

…o nonviolence and diversity; and to Thomas Merton as “a man of dialogue, a promoter of peace between people and religions.” Nary a conservative icon among them—and both Day and Merton are beloved by progressive Catholics. Even when conservatives thought they had finally gotten to their part of the program, jumping to their feet when Francis spoke of “our responsibility to protect and defend human life at every stage of its development”—which has l…

California Tribes Denounce Catholic Church’s “Fraud” and “Blatant Fabrication” on Serra Sainthood

By Peter Montgomery

…of a new documentary, The Doctrine of Discovery: Unmasking the Domination Code. Also distributed at the press conference were excerpts from A Cross of Thorns: The Enslavement of California Indians by the Spanish Missions, by Elias Castillo, which include Serra ordering whippings for Indians who fled the mission. The statement by Amah Mutsun Tribal Band chairman Lopez concluded: The Catholic Church will someday realize that canonization of Serra h…