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Anti-Trans Bus Tour Is Not Very Welcome In Spanish Cities; Gay Rights As A Weapon In Nationalist War On Muslims; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…LGBT Iranian refugees who had made it as far as Turkey and, until a recent change in policy, had been hoping to make it to Canada. Egypt: One of hardest place to be gay On the Guardian’s list of “the most difficult places in the world to be gay or transgender,” Egypt is declared the “biggest jailer of gay men.” Aya Nader notes in Egyptian Streets: “In July, Egypt’s permanent delegate to the United Nations said that Egypt will not comply with any p…

Global LGBT Recap: World Vision Caves, World Congress of Families Vamps, God Weeps

By Peter Montgomery

…n President Richard Stearns told Christianity Today that the “very narrow” policy change was meant to keep the organization OUT of the debate over same-sex marriage by acknowledging that some churches and states now marry same-sex couples. The organization has staff from more than 50 Christian denominations, including some which have sanctioned same-sex marriages or unions. World Vision, he said, is an operational arm of the church, not a theologi…

God Bless You, Barbara Herz

By Sarah Posner

…ear case of putting pandering above responsible politics. Not only is this change a knee-jerk reaction to baseless accusations from the far-right that the Democratic Party has “thrown Israel under the bus,” it also flies in the face of decades of policy and the positions of President Obama, international peacemakers, and the American public at-large. Worse still, the vote was clearly forced through the delegation, despite considerable opposition o…

Barr and Pompeo Speeches Show Why Evangelical Warriors Won’t Abandon the President

By Bradley Onishi

…rt among his most devoted base. In his speech, the president explained his policy change in Turkey and Syria as a choice to bring home American troops. “I don’t think our soldiers should be there for the next 50 years guarding a border between Turkey and Syria when we can’t guard our own borders at home,” Trump said. “I don’t think so.” He also announced that he was directing $50 million in funding to aid minority groups in Syria, a clear message…

The Sad Incoherence of Jeb’s Abortion Position

By Patricia Miller

…e change encyclical that the pope should keep his nose out of both climate change and economic policy, suggesting that these are “political” issues that don’t fall in the pontiff’s wheelhouse: I don’t get economic policy from my bishops or my cardinal or my pope. I think religion ought to be about making us better as people and less about things that end up getting in the political realm. He also said that he doesn’t “go to Mass for economic polic…

BSA Gay Okay?—Delay.

By Joanna Brooks

…c Affairs division released a statement acknowledging that the prospective policy change had “triggered intense debate” and praised the BSA for “delaying a vote” “until the implications can be more carefully evaluated.” “We caution others not to speculate about our position,” the LDS Church statement continued, “or to assume that individual Latter-day Saints inside or outside the Scouting movement speak for the Church. Neither has the Church laun…

The Most Religious Race: Islam in Europe

By Haroon Moghul

…ce aside, Caldwell is a racist who has translated religion into a set of unchangeable and interchangeable believers. He believes there are no meaningful differences among Muslims; at one point, he even underlines the point by noting that although Volvos are not Volkswagens, both are still cars (and of European manufacture, I might add)—another example of Caldwell’s argumentative impotence. Not only are Muslims indistinguishable, which is the relig…

Pope’s US Visit Provokes Intense Attention; New Vatican Book on Man-Woman Complementarity & New Int’l Report on Christian Role Models for LGBT Equality; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…my country to remain the way it is now. I don’t want the state religion to change. I don’t want the way this country is run to change. I want people who accept our values.” Ireland: Marriage bill introduced; Catholic group complains about ‘same love’ posters; Presbyterian minister who praised marriage equality recants under pressure Marriage Bill 2015, legislation to implement marriage equality approved by voters in May, was introduced this week i…

Historic Pro-Gay Equality Shift Led by Millennials—Evangelicals Included

By Peter Montgomery

…o draw a distinction between that religious view and their views on public policy. That distinction is also evident among the public as a whole. PRRI Research Director Dan Cox said that among Americans who morally disapprove of same-gender sexual relationships, nearly one in five still favor allowing gay and lesbian couples to marry, and four in ten say gay and lesbian relationships should be accepted by society. The report highlights a huge gener…

Broken Courts, Big Lies and Genocide Rehearsal: A Review of 2022—And What We Can Expect From 2023

By Annika Brockschmidt

…trans hate, but don’t fool yourself into thinking that this will lead to a change in policy. This is a party dedicated to minority rule—the very fact that they’re unwilling to change unpopular policy positions is what led them to this point. A genocide rehearsal The Lemkin Institute for Genocide prevention issued a very poignant warning in late November 2022 regarding the genocidal nature of the anti-trans hate machine: “The Lemkin Institute for G…