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Rage or Courage?: YouTube Terrorism Take Two

By Bruce B. Lawrence

…gle’s actions raises fundamental questions about the control that Internet companies have over online expression. Should companies themselves decide what standards govern what is seen on the Internet? How consistently should these policies be applied? Under YouTube’s terms of service, hate speech must be directed against individuals, not groups. Because the video mocks Islam but not Muslim people, it has been allowed to stay on the site in most of…

Mormons Prepare to March in LGBT Pride Parades Nationwide

By Joanna Brooks

…you. We are so happy you’re here.” I was overwhelmed with a feeling of welcome from that community. Organizers within the LGBT community have been very supportive of our simple message of love and not going political and not dealing with the issue of marriage equality. And a group called OutReach—an organization that serves gay teenagers in northern Utah, including gay Mormon teenagers—those teenagers offered to march as volunteers to interact wi…

Global LGBT Recap: Nigeria Jails Gays, Russian Orthodox Spox Calls for Criminalization Referendum

By Peter Montgomery

…and seized property whose return GALZ is seeking. “The property included computers, DVDs, pamphlets, compact discs and various documents. In raiding and confiscating the GALZ property, the police justified its actions on a search warrant in which the law enforcement agents claimed that the organisation was in “possession of pamphlets and fliers with information that promotes homosexuality for distribution.” But High Court Judge Justice Priscilla…

From Licking Floors to Praying for an Inept Government, Churches React to C-19

By Daniel Schultz

…t their behavior in worship because they weren’t “pansies.” https://twitter.com/RightWingWatch/status/1239267305730736130 Others are willing to go some lengths to show they just don’t believe in this whole coronavirus thing: In Arkansas, the Rev. Josh King met with the pastors of five other churches on Thursday to decide whether to continue holding service. Their religious beliefs told them that meeting in person to worship each Sunday remained an…

Is Pro-Life Cause Célèbre Chen Guangcheng Actually Pro-Life?

By Lindsay Beyerstein

…abortions which he believes to have violated women’s rights.” LifeSiteNews.com, a nonprofit anti-abortion news service, has championed Chen’s cause, publishing numerous stories and opinion pieces about the case over the years. “[…] Chen is not the kind of activist that American authorities would have wanted to help,” claimed Julio Severo a blogger for LifeSite, “Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are shamelessly pro-abortion, while Chen is pro-life…

“Guerilla Warrior of Judeo-Christian Political Commentary” Stars in Anti-Newt Video in Iowa

By Sarah Posner

…ore background on Molotov: @sarahposner Molotov also made anti-choice terrorist movie bit.ly/j3zQlw & backed Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Bill youtube.com/watch?v=EmWdEx… — Brian Tashman (@briantashman) December8, 2011…

US Offers Help For Investigation of Bangladesh Killings

By Peter Montgomery

…foreign groups to force abortion and gay rights on the country. From Acento.com, with English via Google translate: The Christian Action Group, the Biblical Foundation Church, and about 200 pastors and churches in Santo Domingo, said the Dominican nation is experiencing moral decay and social product of influence of countries of the European Community and the United States, which they want to impose “the new Moral Agenda” which promotes abortion,…

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

…ormal.” Zambia: Churches oppose condom distribution in prisons At AllAfrica.com, Patrick Maboshe writes about efforts to reduce HIV prevalence among prisoners. “The challenge we are faced with as prisons administrators is that we do not know to what extent it [homosexuality] exists or whether it is a forced sexual practice or consensual sexual practice,” said Prison Commissioner Percy Chato. “Therefore, the issue of men having sex with men in pris…

Does Record Number of Religious “Nones” Mean Decline of Religiosity?

By Elizabeth Drescher

…ng community in which multiple points of view and diverse practices are welcomed is a commonly-reported desire. Among the Nones I’ve interviewed, “I don’t want to feel like I have to edit myself” is a frequent expression of a desire to find spiritual community not shaped primarily by assent to particular beliefs and values. My hunch is that questions about “belonging to a community of people who share your beliefs and values” confuses the idea of…

Holey Holey Holey: The Problem with a New Study Valuing Religion at $1.2 Trillion Per Year

By Michael Schulson

…ion-based companies,” $279 billion of which comes solely from Walmart. The company is a behemoth. The company also does not mention religion at all in a brief overview of its history, its corporate ethics page, or the company values posted on its website. To count 100% of the company’s revenue as “faith-inspired” seems pretty misleading. When I brought this issue up with Brian Grim, he said that he and Melissa chose companies “that were identified…