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Istanbul ‘Haven of Sorts’ For LGBT Syrians and Iraqis; Cayman Islands Affirm Marriage Ban with ‘Holy Bible Evidence’; No Room for LGBTs in Malaysia’s ‘Islam-Based’ Human Rights Policy; Global LGBT Recap

…insurgents — is seeking a closer alliance with Europe and remains keen to promote civil liberties freely enjoyed in much of the West. But homophobia remains rampant in a nation where the conservative Orthodox church wields considerable influence and nationalist far-right groups have grown more prominent. China: Student sues over textbook description of homosexuality as treatable disease A Chinese student has sued the Ministry of Education because…

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A Holiday Tradition that Just Won’t Die

…year after year? I do not know the longer history of these year-end death lists, or why media both old and new have embraced this annual practice. The lists are neither exhaustive nor comprehensive—most of them are cultural repositories of once living people who are no longer, ghosts now brought to the public eye and representing… what? Fame? Accomplishment? Impact? Tragedy? All these are relevant, no doubt. Sacred Roll Call But there is somethin…

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LGBT Justice, Meet Religion; Religion, Meet Your New Gay Friends

…r, over the years, we have seen that paradigm change. 2012 witnessed religious people and organizations at the forefront of LGBT advancement.” This from Ross Murray, at GLAAD, as part of an introduction to a list of Five LGBT Religious Advances of 2012. It’s a short list, but each item is a biggie: marriage equality, Catholic support, pro-LGBT Mormons… hey, next year we’ll get a proper Top Ten. …

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Five Things We Can Learn From Creationists

…the eugenics movement with your Origin in his hands. The Gilded Age capitalists loved you too. Hitler and Stalin thought they had your blessing when they exterminated millions. We know now that their interpretations were wrong. They saw in you what they wanted to see, not what you wrote or what the science means. Because of them, however, when William Jennings Bryan fought for creationism at “Scopes,” science wasn’t foremost on his mind. Human fr…

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Sexist, Homophobic Representatives of “The Black Church” Just Want to Make Black America Great Again

…ldn’t even bother to spell all the names of the slain black Americans they list correctly.) Then, finally, they devote the lengthiest section to religious freedom. The letter reads, “A well-financed war is now being waged by the gay and lesbian community in the US and abroad on the faith of our ancestors.” What? They go on to say that it’s insulting to the memory of black civil rights leaders to compare their movement to the one for LGBT rights, a…

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Ugandan Gay Rights Activist Murdered, US Evangelicals Must Take Responsibility

…nd lesbians, though it has yet to be made into law. Kato was included in a list of 100 homosexuals whose names, addresses, and photographs were published in a Ugandan paper called Rolling Stone. The paper urged readers to kill those on the list. A Ugandan court ruling prevented the paper from publishing more names. Hopefully, Kato’s death will serve as a wake-up call to conservative evangelicals in the U.S. who have attempted to wash their hands o…

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For Love or Threat: Pro-Life Prayer Includes Names, Photos of Abortion-Rights Advocates

…she’s remarkably generous in her assessment of PLAL’s naming her for their list. Scheidler and Marty both confirmed that their interactions have been part of a respectful ongoing dialogue when she’s researching pieces about PLAL activities, despite her disagreement with their mission and tactics. “By calling me a ‘pro-choice journalist’ I think that they were actually trying to make it understood that this wasn’t meant to be, at least towards me,…

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Purpose Driven Politics: Rick Warren’s Civil Service

…eaders Who Mattered Most in 2004,” and in 2005 the magazine had him on its list of “100 Most Influential People in the World.” Well-traveled, it sometimes seems that Warren is appearing everywhere at about the same time; from Africa to Washington, DC, from Europe to New York City, from YouTube to iTunes. Over the years, he has spoken at the United Nations, the World Economic Forum in Davos, the African Union, the Council on Foreign Relations, Harv…

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U.S. Bishops Reject Pope Francis’ Priorities

…, the bishops voted for a list of priorities that looks exactly like their list from every other recent meeting: evangelization (“a personal encounter and relationship with Jesus”), family and marriage (promotion of the “traditional” family), human life and dignity (opposition to abortion and euthanasia), vocations and ongoing formation (shoring up the rapidly declining number of priests and nuns) and, of course, religious freedom (Archbishop Carl…

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As a “Cult Leader” Disgraced Pastor Mark Driscoll Does Not Rank

…happens to play in my folk-rock band) called Driscoll’s legacy “fundamentalists in hipsters’ clothing.” Driscoll gathered thousands of converts in a highly secular city using hip, millennial delivery, but now some of Seattle’s cultural gatekeepers have looked through the disguise and seen nothing but a cult leader. Putting Driscoll on the list of Seattle’s “Predators and Prophets” might be more inflammatory than informative, but it goes to show t…

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