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Ignore the Rod: the Parental Rights Amendment Isn’t About Spanking

By Kathryn Joyce

…ation, and religion. Thus, the conservative religious community within the United States is not prepared to cede ultimate interpretive authority and jurisdiction over children’s issues to an international committee of experts, regardless of the strength of their qualifications… The concept that the CRC could proscribe all forms of corporal punishment in all homes and schools in the United States suggests a kind of authoritarian reach that is frank…

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

By Joel Pitney

…s and maybe even the denomination. Maybe the United Methodist Church won’t be here anymore. But I don’t believe that means God has given up on us. Remember what Elaine Stanovsky said this morning: the church is of God, but the church isn’t God. *While John and Debbie were the first United Methodist clergy couple with membership in the Oregon-Idaho Conference, Rev. Alice Knotts, a United Methodist and her then husband, Rev. Robert Morrison, a Pre…

LGBT Human Rights in UN Sustainable Development Negotiation; Swiss Bishop Says Speaking of ‘Family Diversity’ is ‘Attack on the Creator’; Canadian Food Bank’s Anti-Gay Dogma; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…an LGBTI refugees and asylum-seekers in Kenya and their struggles with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. A snippet from one of the stories he tells: Then, in tears, Christopher tells me a part of his story which he says he hasn’t used in his asylum seeking application because it may not be politically correct or sexy enough to have him granted refugee status. This is that his mother was a Muslim when she married his Christian fath…

Gandhi, his Grandson, Israel, and the Jews

By Shalom Goldman

…ime Minister Yitzhak Shamir signed the order for Awad’s deportation to the United States. In the United States Awad persisted in espousing a non-violent approach to the conflict: “I am one of those people who reminds the Palestinians that the Israeli is a human being. And we must see them, as well as ourselves, as human beings. The more you destroy another human being the more you destroy yourself.” During the Second Intifada, which began in Octob…

Virginians may Vote in Elections, But in Counties with Militias Democracy Hangs in the Balance

By Carolyn Gallaher and Priya Dixit

…during Capitol Siege,” NPR, July 22, 2022. [15] “Varieties of Democracy,” International Democracy Community. The International Democracy Community describes electoral democracy as a baseline for other, more expansive types of democracy. A country can be defined as an electoral democracy if it has competitive elections. A liberal democracy, by contrast, holds competitive elections and protects individual rights to both prevent the “tyranny of the…

Mormons Fight Marriage Equality in Mexico; Is Catholic Church Italy’s Anti-Gay NRA?; Nigerian Anglicans Cut Ties With UK Diocese; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ountry.” More from the KUTV report: Similar to the Church’s efforts in the United States, Mormon leaders said their opposition to same-sex marriage is rooted in ‘religious liberty’ and ‘free thought’. “We encourage members of the Church to unite our voices with those of other citizens in exercising our rights, as they are listed in the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States, which establish and honor religious liberty, expression of b…

Peru’s Civil Unions Bill Killed as Bishop Calls Sponsor ‘Faggot’; Germany Fines Men For Trying To Force Gay Muslim Teen Into Hetero Marriage; LGBT Global Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…manity. It is not separate, and neither is Cameroon,” she said. Nkom, says international support is vital. “Diplomacy has a very important role to play because … if I did not have the backing of United Nations member states … I would possibly have been killed,” she said. According to the Guardian, Nkom says the “who am I to judge” comments by Pope Francis “helped Nkom redefine her discussions with the Catholic church in Cameroon.” In addition, “So…

ISIS Claims Responsibility for Orlando Massacre; Legal Gray Area in Jordan Amid Rising Fundamentalism; Push and Pull on LGBT Human Rights at UN; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…h American countries is expected to propose creating a new position at the United Nations devoted to investigating human rights violations against LGBTI people. The position — a special rapporteur, or investigator — would answer to the United Nations Human Rights Council, which is beginning its next session of work in Geneva next week. Bermuda: Chief Justice OK’s referendum on civil unions and marriage Chief Justice Ian Kawaley gave a final go-ahe…

LGBT’s, Opponents Prep for Vatican Synod; UN Rights Council Adopts LGBT Resolution; Brazil’s Evangelicals Eye Presidency; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ng married for the second time, and one of the brides already had a child. United Nations: Human Rights Council Adopts Anti-Discrimination Resolution Last Friday, the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted a resolution against anti-LGBT violence and discrimination. From the Washington Blade’s Michael Lavers: The U.S., along with Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japa…

London’s ‘Big Gay Iftar’ And More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…mily Equality Day was celebrated on May 7 with events in 30 countries. The United Nations Special Repporteur in the field of cultural rights, Karima Bennoune, invited contributions to a consultation on the impact of fundamentalism and extremism on the cultural rights of women. The deadline for submissions is May 19. The United Methodist Church’s judicial council ruled that a lesbian bishop’s election violated church law which holds that “the pract…