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Indonesia Hears Islamist Arguments For LGBT Criminalization; Zambian Churches Oppose Condom Distribution in Prisons; Lithuanian Conservative Manifesto Calls LGBTs Enemies of Freedom; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…lves to be in a same-sex marriage,” reports Nicholas Hellen, “Doubling the number threatens the fragile truce on an issue that has divided the church since same-sex marriages were allowed in England and Wales in March 2014.” Iraq: Interview with Kurdish human rights activist Ayaz Shalal, a human rights activist from the Kurdish region of northern Iraq, was interviewed by the Washington Blade during a visit to the U.S. this month. Shalal said he ex…

303 Creative Is Not a ‘Religion v. Gay Rights’ Case — But Here’s Why the Christian Right is Happy with the Media Suggesting Just That

By Heron Greenesmith

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in 303 Creative v. Elenis, the latest case to pit the Christian Right against LGBTQ people. Or is it? “Supreme Court Will Hear Latest Clash Between Faith and Gay Rights.” “Masterpiece Cakeshop, 303 Creative and the conflict between religion, gay rights.” To read major headlines on Tuesday, one might be forgiven for thinking that the 303 Creative case is about the right for conservative Christian…

Don’t Laugh at Rick Scott’s ‘Plan to Rescue America’ or Be Fooled by Reports of a ‘Backlash’ — His Only Mistake Was Revealing the Truth of Today’s GOP

By Annika Brockschmidt

On Tuesday, Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) unveiled what he modestly calls “An 11 Point Plan To Rescue America,” his policy platform proposal should the GOP retake the Senate in the November midterms. “I’ll warn you; this plan is not for the faint of heart,” Scott writes—and he’s right, in that it’s a truly terrifying document. It might not be as blatantly White Supremacist as last year’s “Anglo-Saxon” caucus, which turned out to be too racist even fo…

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

By Patricia Miller

…h to Congress, especially when coupled with his remarks at the White House Tuesday, leaned heavily progressive in at least two ways. One was the explicit message. Both days Francis chose to lead with immigration, an issue that has consumed much of the Republican Party (and not in a good way). Francis reminded those who seem to have forgotten that the United States is a nation of immigrants, and that most of its inhabitants come from immigrant fami…

“If Every Church Said, ‘We Will Take Over Our Community'”: The (Christian Right) Revolution Starts Small and Local

By Frederick Clarkson

…[Charis Bible College] we ought to take over Woodland Park.” Sunday before Tuesday As per the Christian Right modus operandi, political resources promoted by the Coalition include voter tools and voter guides for targeted school boards in 17 Colorado communities. One of these, for their home town of Woodland Park (near Colorado Springs) includes a slate of four conservative candidates in a field of nine, all vying for four open seats on a five-mem…

Egypt Goes After Gays to Silence Islamist Critics; South Africa’s ‘Open Mosque’ is Closed; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…bearded men being “married” on a boat in the Nile. From Feder’s report: On Tuesday, eight men went before an Egyptian judge in the country’s highest-profile trial over homosexuality in more than a decade. The men stand accused of appearing in a video showing two men exchanging wedding rings, and face the possibility of more than three years in prison. Police hunted down the men early this month after the video blew up on Arabic social media and ma…

Religious Leaders Condemn National Prayer Breakfast; Offer Alternative American Prayer Hour

By Sarah Posner

…e director of Truth Wins Out, which is coordinating the event. Speakers at Tuesday morning’s launch warned that the Ugandan bill would cause a genocide of LGBT people in that nation. Moses, a gay man from Uganda seeking asylum in the United States, gave a chilling account of the harassment and terror he withstood growing up there—even before the bill, which would not only call for the death penalty and life imprisonment for LGBT people but also re…

Religious Leaders Urge Obama to Condemn Ugandan Anti-Gay Bill at Prayer Breakfast

By Sarah Posner

…e director of Truth Wins Out, which is coordinating the event. Speakers at Tuesday morning’s launch warned that the Ugandan bill would cause a genocide of LGBT people in that nation. Moses, a gay man from Uganda seeking asylum in the United States, gave a chilling account of the harassment and terror he withstood growing up there—even before the bill, which would not only call for the death penalty and life imprisonment for LGBT people but also re…

Chester the (Amish) Molester

By Daniel Schultz

…, an “Old Order Amish” community that shuns such amenities as electricity, phones and cars. Pike County Sheriff Stephen Korte said Tuesday that Mast sexually assaulted four girls in Missouri and one in Wisconsin who ranged in age from 5 to 15 years old. Two of the Missouri girls were Amish and two weren’t, and the Wisconsin victim was his cousin, who is Amish, authorities said. Jim Hill of Zwingli Redivivus compares this to the more commonplace sc…

Masculine Christianity, Praying Ballplayers, & Satanist Discrimination

By Michael J. Altman

…nspired prayers by players in the Cleveland Indians vs. Texas Rangers game Tuesday night. The fan who fell and those he landed on will be okay. Controversy surrounded a sacred Italian horse race when its prize banner featuring the Virgin Mary was designed by a Muslim. Is music religion? Maybe house music is. And then there’s this report on Prince—musician and Jehovah’s Witness. The Dalai Lama turned 75 on Tuesday with a celebration full of dancing…