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LGBT’s, Opponents Prep for Vatican Synod; UN Rights Council Adopts LGBT Resolution; Brazil’s Evangelicals Eye Presidency; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…’s first legal recognition of homosexual couples.” Opening the discussions Tuesday, Socialist Party (PS) Sen. Fulvio Rossi described the occasion as “a highly important day for Chilean democracy, for human rights and for a group that has been permanently discriminated against.” Nevertheless, the vote continues to drag its heels due to the insistence of right-wing Independent Democratic Union senators that each of the 46 articles contained within t…

Black Pastor Who Introduced SBC Resolution Against Alt-Right Assumed It Would Be a “Slam Dunk”

By Sunnivie Brydum

…n as “messengers,” were ultimately called back to the convention hall late Tuesday night, where they were told they’d have an opportunity to vote on a new resolution that condemned white supremacy, according to the Dallas Morning News. McKissic was not consulted in the drafting of the new resolution, which notably lacks much of the pointed Biblical critique of white supremacy and anti-Black racism that made McKissic’s resolution powerful. The fina…

Russian Attack on LGBTs at UN Rejected; Gay Cake Controversy Rages in N. Ireland; Bishop Calls for Marriage Referendum in Puerto Rico; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…rue meaning of marriage is continuing,” he wrote in June last year. Yet on Tuesday he confirmed that in November he attended his daughter Trish’s marriage to partner Christy in New Zealand, where same sex marriage was made legal in 2013. He said his daughter’s wedding had his blessing . “She always has my blessing in everything she does.” Asked on Tuesday if he still supported the NCC’s opposition on same sex marriage he said: “Of course I do.” Sa…

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

…nist was expelled after a pro-gay protest, officials said on Thursday.” On Tuesday authorities arrested two French members of the controversial feminist campaign Femen after they protested topless in front of a Rabat landmark against Morocco’s treatment of gays. The women, one of whom had the slogan “in gay we trust” written in black on her torso, were expelled Tuesday evening. The men arrested for “an obscene act” had reportedly kissed at the sit…

LGBT Human Rights in UN Sustainable Development Negotiation; Swiss Bishop Says Speaking of ‘Family Diversity’ is ‘Attack on the Creator’; Canadian Food Bank’s Anti-Gay Dogma; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…most hostile places to homosexuality.” Jamaican gay rights activists said Tuesday the peaceful events are a clear sign that tolerance for LGBT people is expanding on the island even though stigma is common and longstanding laws criminalizing gay sex between men remain on the books. “I think we will look back on this and see it as a turning point because many persons thought that it would never actually happen,” said Latoya Nugent of the Jamaica F…

Catholic Bishops Meeting For Family Synod; South Africa’s Dutch Reformed Church OKs Gay Weddings, Ordination; Court in Malaysia Deals Setback To Transgender Advocates; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…porters: “I can only say that here we help the priests become healthy”. On Tuesday, Vatican spokesperson Father Thomas Rosica said there is a need for new, non-exclusionary language, saying gay persons “our sons and daughters and brothers and sisters.” Rosica’s comments echo those made by Pope Francis at Tuesday’s Mass, in which he stressed the need for mercy and flexibility. “Where the Lord is, there is mercy,” the pontiff said. “Where his minist…

Big Ecumenical Gathering Marks Multi-Faith Presence at Paris Climate Talks

By Donna Schaper

…t on it. Yet. The secular activists are much less pragmatic. They gathered Tuesday to plan an action at the Louvre, regarding its receipt of fossil-fuel-fueled donations. I went to their planning meeting Tuesday for the Wednesday action. They spent 45 minutes imitating Occupy’s open style of meeting, with once again the white men doing more talking than the white women. The question was whether the gorgeous umbrellas with messages on them should b…

Clinton vs. Sanders isn’t About Policy, it’s About Power

By Marcia Pally

…and less likely to support the policies you want. A Buzzfeed post on Super Tuesday summed it up quite colorfully: Hillary Clinton – The presumptive favourite, the establishment choice, determined to avenge her 2008 defeat by Barack Obama. Eighty-nine per cent likely to be Illuminati. Bernie Sanders – The eccentric uncle in a film about a group of kids who have to put on a show to save their community centre from being shut down by property develop…

Rubio’s Failure Reveals Dearth of Moderates in GOP

By Patricia Miller

…an politics. With Marco Rubio’s withdrawal from the GOP nomination race on Tuesday, we lost the last Catholic in what had been an unprecedented bumper crop of a Republican presidential hopefuls (Chris Christie, Paul Ryan, Marco Rubio, Bobby Jindal, Jeb Bush & Rick Santorum) and the last chance for the first Catholic GOP nominee. The moment seemed perfect for a strong Evangelical Catholic like Rubio who could move comfortably among the major faith…

Ordination of Women: Keep it Irregular

By Donna Schaper

The year before I was ordained, 1973, I spent every Tuesday night reading Beyond God the Father by Mary Daly with five nuns and a Presbyterian laywoman. We read a dozen or so pages each Tuesday. We also drank a lot of wine and ate a lot of cheese. We were part of the great feminist religious underground—(otherwise known as “The Holy Grail,” h/t Dan Brown). Quarterly, we went on a retreat. We stayed together as a women’s group for many years and e…