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In a Powerful Statement Black Presidents and Deans Say: No More Stolen Black Lives!

By Pamela R. Lightsey

…Howard University School of Divinity Terri Laws, PhD, Assistant Professor, African and African American Studies, University of Michigan-Dearborn Randall C. Bailey, PhD, Distinguished Professor, Emeritus, Interdenominational Theological Center Lee H. Butler, Jr., PhD, Distinguished Service Professor of Theology and Psychology, Chicago Theological Seminary Rev. Dominique A. Robinson, DMin, Dean of Chapel & Assistant Professor of Religion, Wiley Coll…

I Booed Romney For Jesus

By Anthea Butler

…t to the NAACP “If you want a president who will make things better in the African-American community, you are looking at him. You take a look.” We’re looking at you Mitt. What we see is a man who, despite his wealth, has not spent much time outside of his social, religious, or business circles to get to know the people he wants to serve. President Obama could be criticized for not attending the NAACP convention, but he sent his right-hand man who…

Marriage Vote ‘Transforms’ Not-So-Catholic Ireland; Activist to Malaysian PM – ‘Love Is Not Terrorism’; LGBTs Find Growing Acceptance in Colombia, Not At World Meeting of Families; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…n moving forward with legislation to reflect the Supreme Court’s decision. South Africa: Call for inclusive sex education Advocates for sexuality education in South Africa are urging schools to move beyond the “when a boy loves a girl” narrative that is “totally dominant in sex education.” According to Pink News, “Despite South Africa in 2006 becoming the fifth country worldwide to legalise same-sex marriage, homosexual sex and relationships is a…

My Lowest Point

By Amina Wadud

…ace. We’d made plans to meet up in case we got separated and had exchanged phone numbers. In the middle of the tawaf, the call to prayer came. The guards stopped the tawaf. Some people complied and started to form lines. I found a spot between two women, each with their husbands, and sat down on the line. This seemed an ideal spot until a woman in black niqab squeezed in on my left just as we started the prayer. Okay then. Before we had completed…

For International Human Rights Day, a Snapshot of LGBT Rights from the Vatican to Cape Town

By Peter Montgomery

…the beating, which was captured on video, according to Human Rights Watch. South Africa: Activist Jacobus Witbooi buried Internationally known activist Jacobus Witbooi was buried on international human rights day. He died in late November after reportedly having contracted malaria while attending the African Commission meeting in the Gambia. Iranti Media posted a video tribute to the young activist and his work. India: Delhi Queer Pride organizers…

How the Catholic Church Changed the Movies

By Patricia Miller

…ad four sub-ratings, from acceptable for all to acceptable for adults with reservations), to “B” (morally objectionable in part), to “C” (condemned). This rating system, which was even more stringent than the Hays Code, “dominated film production during Hollywood’s golden era,” says Black. Movie producers lived in fear of obtaining a “condemned” rating from the Legion and adjusted their output accordingly. This month, Turner Classic Movies will ex…

What the Hail: Satanists Got Busy in 2018

By Joseph Laycock

…orney Marc Randazza to represent them pro bono. Randazza has represented a number of far-right figures including Alex Jones, Mike Cernovich, and Andrew Anglin. TST-Santa Cruz announced their adoption of a local beach. Locals described being “shocked” that Satanists would clean up a beach but were not averse to the idea. Menstruatin’ with Satan art by Tina Scott. http://christina-scott.com TST-Arizona had a falling out with the local branch of the…

Excerpt: The Christian Roots of Zionism

By Shalom Goldman

…uages, became a mainstay of Zionist polemics. The phrase was utilized in a number of ways, some more sophisticated than others. While some advocates of Zionism used it to imply that Palestine was empty of people, that suggestion was contradicted by the reports of many Western visitors. The phrase was most pointedly used to claim that the Arabs of Palestine had no distinct Palestinian identity. They were ‘‘Arabs,’’ not a cohesive national group. Th…

What if Israel Were in Germany? An Alternate History

By Haroon Moghul

…ey face a common enemy. Alternate histories are usually insightful for any number of reasons (and fun for those reasons, too), but why the author chooses to write them can be equally illuminating. What pushed you to write this, and when did you start on it? Like a lot of novelists, I started thinking about writing a 9/11 story pretty much from the moment the towers fell. I wanted to write something distinctive, though, not just a minor variation o…

When the ‘Biblical View’ for Evangelicals Was That Life Begins at Birth

By Jonathan Dudley

…health of the mother was at risk. Wayne Dehoney, a former president of the Southern Baptist Convention, later explained the reasoning: “Protestant theology generally takes Genesis 2:7 as a statement that the soul is formed at breath, not with conception.” Although Dehoney turned to Genesis 2:7, the key passage for most evangelicals was Exodus 21:22-23 (RSV): “When men strive together, and hurt a woman with child, so that there is a miscarriage, an…