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White Supremacy, Mental Illness, or Society: What’s to Blame for Religious Violence?

By Michael Schulson

…ully explains violence. Plenty of virulent white supremacists and violence-promoting Islamists and privileged men never come close to killing anyone. Others direct their blame toward forces that emerge from within the individual. Mental illness is frequently blamed for acts of violence, especially by those who share ideological affiliations with the perpetrator. According to this logic, violent acts are committed by crazed persons who just so happ…

Australian Prime Minister, Church Leaders Resist Marriage Push; South Korea’s Anti-Gay Christians Block Pride Parade; Morocco Arrests Men for ‘Obscene Act’ of Kissing; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…-sex marriage. According to Lambda Legal, same-sex couples will be able to apply for a marriage license in the US territory starting on Monday morning. As we have previously reported, Guam’s Catholic Governor Eddie Calvo has been stalling in spite of clear rulings from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, under whose jurisdiction Guam falls. This week USA Today reported that Calvo had said he would abide by a ruling of the US Supreme Court. He has…

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

By Peter Montgomery

…ied to the “sensibilities” of a country’s population (or part thereof), as applied in other cases this may place minorities’ free expression in a precarious position: subservient to majoritarian prejudices. Taiwan: Human Rights Day concert promotes marriage equality The China Post reports that up to 250,000 people (police said 75,000) joined a Human Rights Day concert on Saturday held in support of marriage equality, which is being promoted by Pre…

Did the Duggars’ Fundamentalism Cause Sexual Abuse? Not So Fast

By Sarah Morice-Brubaker

…To the contrary, it’s a vital question. Yet it’s also an easy question to approach in an unhelpful way. Precisely because sexual abuse is appallingly common, compassionate people look for patterns to explain why it happened in this instance and not that one. And that’s a good thing: abuse prevention means recognizing common patterns and then looking for interventions that are likely to keep abuse from happening. But our pattern-seeking human brai…

Pope Praises ‘Complementarity’ & Resists Gay Ambassador; Irish Religious Leaders Spar Over Marriage; Colombian Atty Gen Cites ‘Bogus’ Study Opposing Adoption; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

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Why Body Cameras Won’t Solve Police Brutality

By Stephanie Gaskill

…from the release of Santana’s video is that the public should “give us the appropriate time to investigate, find out exactly what happened, and… act accordingly.” In other words, the North Charleston Police Department can be trusted to act in the face of clear-cut, objective evidence, and body cameras will ensure that officials will have access to such evidence in the future. Unlike Santana’s video recording—an act of guerilla oversight of police…

What This All-Star Christian Movie Gets Wrong About Christianity

By Sarah Morice-Brubaker

…al safety as he lies dying on the ground—is an enemy of Christianity. (And apparently there are a lot of those around, because the EMT in question finds himself in court over “proselytization under the cover of authority.” Whether these are meant to be criminal or civil charges isn’t entirely clear in the context of the movie. I have not been able to find reference to them in the criminal or civil code of Illinois, where the movie is set. I did le…

Peru’s Civil Unions Bill Killed as Bishop Calls Sponsor ‘Faggot’; Germany Fines Men For Trying To Force Gay Muslim Teen Into Hetero Marriage; LGBT Global Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ments “reflect the hate that is typical of homophobia,” and said he was disappointed a representative of the Catholic Church, “apparently lacking arguments, now resorts to insults.” … “We have defended the natural family, as enshrined and recognized in our Peruvian Constitution,” said Congressman Julio Rosas, of the opposition, right-wing Fuerza Popular party. As we have noted, anti-gay American evangelicals, including Liberty Counsel’s Mat Staver…

‘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…

What Fidel Castro’s Death Means for LGBT Rights in Cuba and More, in This Week’s Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ng to burn and send you to hell, where you all belong.” Ireland: New group promotes LGBT inclusion in Presbyterian Church The Belfast Telegraph reports on a retired lawyer’s efforts to create a group that would promote inclusion of LGBT people in the Presbyterian Church, an effort “to emulate the success of existing grups such as Changing Ireland and Accepting Sexuality, which have been operating within the Church of Ireland and the Irish Methodis…