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Touch Me, Man, I’m Healed, I’m Straight

By Ted Cox

…researchers called a “successful heterosexual shift,” and that they “viewed themselves as heterosexual and denied distress with regard to periodic experiences of same-sex desire.” Of those eight with successful heterosexual shift, seven provided ex-gay counseling themselves; four of those eight were paid to do so. So, are these successfully straightened men more likely to practice ex-gay therapy? Or are these formerly-gay paid therapists just more…

Why Body Cameras Won’t Solve Police Brutality

By Stephanie Gaskill

….” Yet racially charged theories and hypotheticals appeared almost immediately upon the video’s release. Faced with the horrific footage of one man shooting another in the back, viewers began to speculate, not about the man who had fired the gun, but about the man who had been killed. A black man running from a white police officer could not have been entirely innocent, the thinking ran. As Free Republic commenter “9th Life” put it, “Boy scouts do…

Death Penalty Inconsistent with Life

By Ada María Isasi-Díaz

…execution of men and women, no matter what the circumstance. Those who are elected would do well to remember that they are sworn to uphold the Constitution, which affirms life as an inalienable right—and it does not affirm only “some” life. And those seeking to be elected, that you would be against the life of some, well, I am reconsidering my support of you! If you are for the death penalty of a rapist, what assurance do I have that you will not…

Lindsey Graham and Al Qaeda Share the Same “Allahu Akbar”

By Nathan Lean

…in: “on the right path of religion.” While it does refer to Islamic moral code, it’s hardly a formal or well-defined set of rules and is often the source of much disagreement and debate amongst the most revered legal scholars. The Michele Bachmanns and Louis Ghomerts of the world, however, have convinced many people that Sharia is epitomized by rare instances of hand chopping, hangings, and other gory punishments. It’s doubtful that the governors…

Warships, Animals, Pubs Eligible For Blessings From Church of England, But Not Same-Sex Couples; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…tive religious beliefs and values of a people. For this reason, I do genuinely believe that to engage the religious establishment in all the countries of the Arab world is crucial for affecting lasting and sustainable social change,” Habib said. India: ‘Almost openly gay’ pop culture figure profiled Aatish Taseer profiles Karan Johar, a popular movie director and producer and talk show host who is “by miles the most famous Indian ever to almost be…

Why I’m Grateful for 2012, The Rapture, and other Millennial Delusions

By Jay Michaelson

…I’ve written about previously in these pages, is the general term for the belief—religious or secular, but usually religious—that a massive global transformation is imminent, from Christ’s Second Coming (the “millennium” refers not to the turn of 1999–2000 but to the thousand years during which Christ will reign on Earth) to the messianism of a Sabbetai Sevi or David Koresh to, well, 2012. We err if we suppose that all millennialists march around…

Democratic Hopeful Pete Buttigieg Makes Faith 101 Misstep

By Daniel Schultz

…it is certainly there. If you have to go back to Jimmy Carter for your model of a religious left, you have not been paying attention. I wish Joy Behar understood that, but it’s not surprising that she doesn’t. Buttigieg could and should have reminded her of people like William Barber, Jim Wallis, or many of the other well-known lights of the movement. The anti-racism activist Rob Lee was even on The View last year. Obviously, the conversation wit…

“Taliban Dan’s” Teacher: Inside Bill Gothard’s Authoritarian Subculture

By Sarah Posner

…o your bright eyes, which will attract them to God, instead of your body.” Eliza elaborated on how she was required to live under her father’s authority, even in adulthood. “Girls should be serving their fathers and at times they should do ministry things under their father’s direction—while they were single,” she said. “Make the most of your single years to serve God.” She remains single, something she attributes in part to her parents’ adherence…

Catholic Pro-Choice Leader: Democratic Party Has “Turned Its Back” On Poor Women

By Sarah Posner

…explain how they would deal with the issue. “Maintain the status quo” was code for “apply the Hyde Amendment.” Although pro-choice groups believe the Hyde Amendment is unjust and unfair, they agreed to this “status quo” in order to get health care reform passed. But now, under the Senate version of the bill — still unreasonably opposed by the right — “the status quo has not been preserved,” said O’Brien. He said that President Obama had promised…

Catholic Anti-Nuke Activists Looking at 20 Years in Prison a True Test for Religious Freedom

By Patrick Hornbeck

…in the few cases where politically liberal actors have claimed that their religious beliefs compel them to violate the law, courts have typically been unwilling to find that such convictions constitute a valid defense. As in the Plowshares trial, earlier this year a federal court in Arizona denied a RFRA defense brought by an activist with the No More Deaths movement who had provided humanitarian aid to undocumented migrants who had crossed the so…