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World Congress of Families Draws Anti-LGBT Activists to Budapest; More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…nt that included pride rallies and the country’s first LGBT magazine, Roopbaan, crashed to a halt last year, when one of its founders, 35-year-old Xulhaz Mannan, a USAID official, was hacked to death by suspected Islamist extremists. AFP noted, “Bangadesh criminalizes gay sex under a law dating back to the British colonial era that has never been repealed but is rarely enforced.” Scotland: Church of Scotland moves toward blessing same-sex couples’…

For Better or Worse: The Rise of the Professional Wedding Celebrant

By Carlos Wilton

…Besides, the Universal Life Church is perfectly transparent about its no-drama route to becoming a man or woman of the cloth. They make no fraudulent claims. Their only doctrinal standard is to “do only that which is right”—a comfortably elastic credo few would find difficulty in affirming. Until more states follow New Jersey’s example and start licensing celebrants, the cross-your-fingers-and-hit-enter routine of the ordination-mill website will…

Open Letter to Pastor Judah Smith on “Inclusion”: Just for Immigrants, or LGBTQ Too?

By George Mekhail

…ours into the day, I looked back and it appeared your original tweet was unavailable: Maybe it was mistakenly deleted? I thought. I can’t imagine my questions caused him to delete the clip… But it was gone. Maybe I need to watch the whole message and hear the entire context? Surely, I had to be missing something. Unfortunately, when I searched for the full message on your website I could only find Parts 1, 3, 4 & 5. The reason this is important to…

LGBT Activists Challenge Church Anti-Marriage Efforts; Gov’t in Belize Creates Church-State ‘Public Morality’ Commission; Opponents Seek To Stop Finland’s Marriage Equality Law Before It Takes Effect; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…l unions as the bill came to a vote. Mongolia: ‘From phobia to hope’ Otgonbaatar Tsedendemberel writes for GoGo Mongolia/Asia News Network on “From phobia to hope: On LGBT rights in Mongolia,” describing the country’s evolution to a “somewhat better” situation since activists began to speak out in the 1990s. The author writes that “One Day in Mongolia,” a famous painting by B. Sharav (1869- 1939), includes a depiction of two men having sex, and qu…

#WeStandWithIsaac: A Movement for LGBT Inclusion in the Mennonite Church

By Scott Schomburg

Late last month, when my pastor Isaac Villegas was getting his ministerial credentials suspended for officiating a same-sex wedding, I suddenly remembered an email he sent me in 2014, when I—through stops and starts but mostly stops—was trying to decide if I wanted to be a Mennonite pastor. Isaac and I were going through Peter Dula’s book on companionship, which Isaac remembered first reading when Peter was attending Chapel Hill Mennonite Fellows…

Of God, But Not God: A Methodist Minister Speaks About Church’s Refusal to Open Its Doors to LGBT

By Joel Pitney

…d protests have forced a stand-off that has threatened to split the church apart. My mother was kind enough to sit down with me and share her thoughts on the issue. The following has been edited for length, clarity, and the occasional interruption from my father, who is also a UMC minister. Thank you for doing this, Mom. Before we dive into what’s happening with the United Methodist Church I thought we could hear a little bit about your history. H…

Competing Visions of Family & Freedom at UN; Methodists Try to Avoid Schism on Sexuality; Catholic Cardinal Denounces LGBT ‘Demonic Ideology’; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…obia and Biphobia, or IDAHOT. Among the many projects undertaken: The Bedayaa Organization for LGBTQI in the Nile Valley Area (Egypt & Sudan), the Maseahat Foundaiton for Sexual and Gender Diversity, and the Trans-Homos-D Organization from Algeria launched a regional campaign called “Together Our Voice is Louder.” ILGA, the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Trans and Intersex Association, released the 11th edition of “State Sponsored Homophobia…

‘Barbaric’ v ‘Progressive’ Islam; Catholic Church Objects to Mexican Court OK For Gay Adoption; Malaysian Court Weighs Boundaries Of Civil and Shariah Law; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…it was very hard to go back to the traditional mosque.” An immigrant from Malaysia to Los Angeles, Zonneveld wanted a faith community that took to heart the call to social justice work and critical thinking she found in the Qur’an. She began organizing meet-ups for progressive Muslims who felt unsatisfied in their traditional faith communities. “I discovered there were other pockets of like-minded Muslims who had also established communities. So…

The United Methodist Church to LGBTQ People: You’re ‘Sacred,’ But Not Welcome

By Pamela R. Lightsey

…than 126 clergy and candidates for ordained ministry have endorsed two separate open letters to the Church outing themselves as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer. Since United Methodist Church law prohibits “practicing, self-avowed homosexuals” from ministry, many of these clergy now risk losing their credentials. With the quadrennial business meeting of the denomination in full swing, the timing of these letters—released on the eve of…

Blasphemy and Betrayal: The Murder of Salman Taseer

By Anna Bigelow

…e of blasphemy and the symbolic nature of a much-publicized case involving Aasia Bibi, a Christian woman accused of maligning the Prophet Muhammad, that brought Taseer so centrally into the public eye in recent weeks. The governor was one of the few government officials willing to speak out forcefully and publicly; not only about the trumped up case against Aasia Bibi (who was accused by neighbors with whom she was involved in other disputes at th…