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Muslims Are Not the Only Group Endangered By Hate

By Shabana Mir

…hers, there’s not enough left for them. So one group may think it’s a good sign for their survival when another group gets branded. But the targeting of one group is merely a sign that the disease is spreading across the bodypolitic. It’s a matter of time before it reaches you. The European right-wing trend of hatred, rejection, and xenophobia threatens to sweep entire societies into its dark embrace. Non-Whites, non-Christians, and non-nationals…

Of Personhood and the Pill: What’s at Stake?

By Atlee Parks Breland

…reatment? Would you be willing to bet your health and fertility on it, and sign away your rights in exchange for promises that the eventual implementation will still have the necessary exceptions? Do you trust the men (and a handful of women) of the Mississippi legislature to make exactly the same choices you would? Taking Responsibility The weeks and months after my husband and I were diagnosed with infertility were the most difficult period of o…

Oral Roberts, Pioneering Televangelist, Dies

By Anthea Butler

…money to build the center, it was the vision of a 900-foot-tall Jesus as a sign to Roberts that would place media scrutiny on his ministry in an uncomfortable way. Ridiculed for reciting the vision in a letter to supporters, the 900-foot-tall Jesus vision would eventually inspire Mark Griffin of Dallas to become a self-styled rapper with the handle of MC 900 Ft. Jesus, who had a string of hits. Roberts was not without his share of controversy over…

Reporting from Paris During COP21: A Haunted Sabbath

By Donna Schaper

…for the cause. He had some good jokes about the various Buddhists who have signed on with Greenfaith. “Who knew Buddhists cared about who was listed first?” He called my denomination, the United Church of Christ, a “Fringe movement,” and I don’t think it was a compliment. His point was that you could expect people like us to sign on to GreenFaiths”s strong and inclusive positions. He was proud of how wide the religious coalition he has masterfully…

For Conservatives, the Future Looks Dim… and Gay

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…ieve it not to be sinful, which is an encouraging sign. A less encouraging sign for who oppose equality for LGBT people is that 60% of those polled now believe homosexuality should be accepted rather than condemned, as compared to 31% ten years ago. Additionally, 72% see marriage equality for LGBT people as “inevitable,” with even 70% of white Evangelical Christians agreeing, even though only 22% are in favor of marriage equality. That 22% is sign…

LGBT in Africa: Persecution and Persistence

By Peter Montgomery

…been active in Nigeria for years where the group has, among other things, promoted its anti-abortion and anti-gay values under the guise of “character education.” Okafor appeared at the 2013 World Congress of Families where she repeated the current conservative talking point that the push for LGBT equality is a sign of cultural imperialism and moral decay in the West. According to one report: Ms Okafor described the family basis in Africa in comp…

The Abortion Debate, Texas Style

By Dhawn Martin

…ss.” All the while a man walked about the rotunda bearing a notebook-sized sign with the word “theocracy” crossed out. It was a day of high stakes and emotion as people continued to debate the role of government, faith, and human agency in questions of how or why to regulate women’s bodies. Over the next days, the Texas House and then Senate will conduct their floor debates. It was just two weeks ago that Texas Sen. Wendy Davis, together with othe…

To Pray or to Protest? The Both/And-ness of Black Christianity

By Jamall Andrew Calloway

…ssay on religion in Dust Tracks on the Road that she believed prayer was a sign of weakness and therefore has accepted the terms of the universe. But not everyone has. There are some who believe prayer actually affords strength to the enfeebled. Even Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. felt weak, bowed over a cup of coffee at midnight and “prayed a prayer… out loud that night.” Praying does not imply political ineptitude, just as being black, left, and ac…

Did Uganda’s President Really Veto the Anti-Gay Bill?

By Kapya Kaoma

…or killed. The chief actually did very good work but homosexuality was not promoted. People would whisper and ignore, the issue now is promotion as if it’s good, that we can’t accept.” Museveni echoed this claim in his letter but added that Uganda should stop those who “lure” young people into homosexual acts: “We should legislate harshly against these people with money, from within and without, who take advantage of the desperation of our youth t…

Global LGBT Recap: Catholic Polling, Religious Violence, International Advocacy

By Peter Montgomery

…scientists are arguing otherwise. February 10 was a global day of action designed to encourage Museveni not to sign the legislation. Among the protests was one in Nairobi, Kenya, outside Uganda’s High Commission there. Africa: US Urges End to Anti-Gay Discrimination U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Linda Thomas-Greenfield held an online press conference this week in which she reportedly urged African nations to repeal laws tha…