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In Russia It Is Now a Crime to Insult Someone’s Religious Feelings

By Chrissy Stroop

…ording to the just passed redaction of article 148 of the Russian Criminal Code, “public acts expressing manifest disrespect for society and carried out with the goal of insulting the feelings of religious believers” could bring fines of up to 300,000 rubles (over $9000) or up to a year of imprisonment, or fines of up to 500,000 rubles (over $15,000)—or up to three years in prison if the act is carried out in a place of worship or a place otherwis…

UPDATED: Oklahoma Personhood Bill Not Dead…

By Sarah Morice-Brubaker

…icked off some Republicans in the process. But being conciliatory in the next go-round (i.e. being more open to amendments, say, in whatever state becomes the new personhood legislation laboratory) carries dangers. The whole selling point of the personhood position, for those who take to it, is its uncompromising nature: a fetus at any stage of development is a legal, rights-bearing person. Full stop, no exceptions. A person is a person, the end….

Sharbat Gula’s Experience Exemplifies the ‘White Savior’ Lens Through Which Most Americans View Afghanistan

By Sara Kamali

…Author’s note: Afghan-led organizations to follow and support include Enabled Children’s Initiative and Art Lords, and the news agencies Ariana News, EtilaatRoz, Pajhwok News Agency, Tolo News, including the women-led Sahar Speaks and Rukhshana Media. This is not an exhaustive list….

BYU Skinny Jean Controversy: Sexism, Sizeism, or Standards?

By Joanna Brooks

…uled. LDS Church-owned Brigham Young University campuses in Provo, Utah, Rexburg, Idaho, and Laie, Hawaii have long had dress codes requiring students to dress conservatively, prohibiting shorts, skin-baring cropped tops, and “form-fitting clothing.” The popularity of leggings, jeggings, and skinny jeans (even Mitt Romney has a pair) has produced new attention in LDS communities to how those dress code boundaries are enforced and who bears the bru…

Do Not Attack the Writer

By Peter Montgomery

…dismay turned to laughter when I saw immediately below Winters’ screed the code of conduct for comments on National Catholic Reporter. His post is a primer on violating NCR’s own rules for respectful conversation. Maybe someone at NCR can give him a much-needed tutorial. NCR Comment code: Be respectful. Do not attack the writer. Take on the idea, not the messenger. Use appropriate language. Avoid vulgarities and slurs. Keep to the point. Deliberat…

Religious Hostility to Gay Nigerians; The Pope’s Visit To Africa; Ireland’s Religious Schools Can’t Discriminate Against Gays; Orthodox Church in Georgia Leads Anti-Gay Forces; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…hts issues with Bruneian officials at a November 30 meeting in London. The new penal code includes a death penalty for those convicted of sodomy. Northern Ireland: Legal challenge to marriage ban moves forward Two gay couples were granted permission for a judicial review of their challenge to laws that do not permit same-sex couples to marry. Northern Ireland was the first region of the United Kingdom to recognized same-sex couples with civil part…

Contrary to Claims of Anti-Trans Muslims, LGBTQ+ Acceptance is Widespread in the History of Islam

By Ali Olomi

…mic world has more to do with 19th and 20th century European sexual values than it does the Islamic sexual ethos. Despite this, there’s a concerted effort by some conservative Muslims to portray Islamic thought on matters of sexuality as monolithic, insisting on a singular interpretation of sex and sexuality that makes no room for gay, trans, or gender nonconforming Muslims. If it were true that the Islamic world consistently and unambiguously vie…

Is Islamic Homophobia a Western Import?

By Omar Sarwar

…n Islamic civilization was relatively accepting of various forms of same-sex attraction and love. Same-sex acts might have been illegal, but they were too ubiquitous to be taken seriously and very rarely punished. In thirteenth-century Cairo, for example, Muslim jurists observed that the masses seemed more leery of indulging in socially unacceptable sins (such as public eating during Ramadan) than of engaging in sins particularly abhorrent to God…

Catholic Church Campaigns Against Gay US Ambassador; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ity because not arresting LGBT people “amounts to promotion,” reports Pink News. Homosexuality is illegal put the government has put a moratorium on enforcement of the law. Malawi’s Justice Minister, Samuel Tembenu, said it would be better for pastors to focus on pastoral care than matters of state. He said: “Let our pastors continue doing their good work of saving lost souls. However, they should let experts in human rights, constitutionalism and…

Texas Board of Education Wants to Change History

By Lauri Lebo

…become the “conservative viewpoint.” In many news accounts, including a Fox News piece by Steve Doocy and Tucker Carlson, the panel of experts is described as three conservatives and three liberals. Doocy, in characterizing the advisory panel, held up his fingers to emphasize the balance, an issue that particularly irks Texas Freedom Network’s Dan Quinn. “This is not a debate between left and right,” Quinn said. “This is a debate between radicali…