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

By John Stoehr

…l. You know who Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) is. During last week’s deep freeze in Texas, she started a fundraiser that has raised, as of publication, nearly $5 million to alleviate hunger and suffering in the Lone Star State. She was doing for Texans what you’d think Texans would do for her (and other New Yorkers). But instead of gratitude, the Texas Republican Party answered generosity with slander: “The gesture is appreciated, but it doesn’t…

A Writer’s Murder Raises Fears of Death-by-Decree

By Shalom Goldman

…Kadivar’s imprisonment for “spreading false information about the Islamic Republic and helping the enemies of the Islamic Revolution.” Kadivar was sentenced to 18 months in prison and served his sentence in Tehran’s notorious Evin prison. After his release Kadivar returned to teaching—but was barred from the university in which he had received his PhD. Eventually, after years of living under political restrictions he made his way to the United St…

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…

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

By Peter Montgomery

…ed for our Parliament to legislate complex provisions protecting religious freedom and expanding the freedom to marry.” …“Given the increasing number of children being brought up by same sex couples, it is desirable that the state take away any social stigma against same sex parents. “Given the ageing population, the state has an interest in recognising and protecting long term relationships of same sex couples who care for each other. “Given the…

The Contested Religious Powers of Baseball on Display in Cuba

By Sean O'Neil

…reat faith in what he believes this particular sporting contest represents—freedom and the American Dream. And that is why, from behind the wheel of a 1950s Chevy, one taxi driver told me something I’d heard other Cubans intimate but never say explicitly: “I love America.” Had he been there before? No, he said. “But if Obama can come here,” he told me, “then maybe I can go there.” He didn’t explain how he could love a country he’d never seen. We b…

Malta Adopts Marriage Equality Over Objections of Catholics and Evangelicals; And More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…anizations, and individuals from any attempt to curb or obstruct religious freedom or freedom of conscience which are guaranteed by international human rights laws.” Caruana said that although TEAM was aware that marriage equality will not affect religious marriage, it was still concerned about religious rights. “As Christians we believe that according to Biblical teaching, God ordained marriage as a union between one man and one woman for the rea…

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…

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…

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…

Reimagining Twentieth Century Harlem as a Jewish Mecca

By Jeffrey Gurock

…e neighborhood, the tensions that flared up between the two groups, Jewish-African American interaction in the music and theatrical scene and, of course, charts the beginnings of Jewish return to Harlem during this present-day gentrification of New York City. What’s the most important take-home message for readers? There has never been one Jewish voice or vision nor one African American voice or opinion about the textured and complicated relations…