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The Curious Case of Mormons and LGBT Rights

By Alan Michael Williams

…dentities drawn from, sexual orientation and gender identity imply that one-man-plus-one-woman marriage, which the Church upholds as sacred and foundational to salvation, is not the greatest option for those not “oriented” toward it. Historically, the Church has had a strong interest in not encouraging ideas like “sexual orientation” or “gender identity” to stick, inside or outside the Church. The Church’s response to queerness under its roof has…

Before His Election, Pope Francis Called Out “Spiritual Narcissism” in the Roman Catholic Church

By Elizabeth Drescher

…nals, and bishops. First, Bergoglio insisted that “The Church is called to come out of herself and to go to the peripheries, not only in the geographical sense but also to go to the existential peripheries: those of the mystery of sin, of pain, of injustice, of ignorance and of religious indifference, of thought, of all misery.” He went on to point to a “self-referential” sickness in the Catholic Church that “seeks Jesus Christ within and does not…

“Joseph Smith Himself Viewed Women as Priesthood Holders”

By Joanna Brooks

…of ordination follows the model of Jesus in the early Christian church. We completely agree with the Church that “all are alike unto God,” as the Book of Mormon states. We are enthusiastic that LDS spokespeople have indicated that “equality is the doctrine of the Church.” If the Church is modeled after the original Church, it’s important to remember that Christ was radically inclusive of women for his times—even women who were outcast in society….

On the Ethics of the Tibetan Self-Immolations

By José Cabezón

…erview that he remarked—almost as an aside—on the ethical aspect of suicide-as-protest. Here, José Cabezón gives us much-needed background. –the Eds. As I write this piece, 119 Tibetans have set themselves on fire, choosing to end their lives to further the cause of the Tibetan people. Tupten Ngödrup, a former monk and the first Tibetan to immolate, took his own life in India in 1998. The next such act would not take place until 2009, when the m…

Freedom Through the Eyes of Bishops and Filmmakers

By Peter Montgomery

…ight and other members of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, the San Francisco-based performance art / political activism / social service troupe. In the Name Of is a Polish movie about a Catholic priest wrestling with sexual temptations. It won the Teddy award for best LGBT-themed movie at this year’s Berlin Film Festival. On the festival website, producer Peter L. Stein writes, “In the Name Of is a touching exploration of the boundaries of com…

Science, Syphilis, and the Evolution of Ethics

By Arri Eisen

…brading the skin on men’s genitalia. Reverby stumbled on the story while researching the better-known and just as disturbing experiments on black men with syphilis in Alabama from 1932-1972. In Alabama, the disease wasn’t given to the men, but rather they were identified as having the disease and followed for many years to see its progression. The men were deceived into believing they were being treated for syphilis, while attempts were made to ac…

Did The Democrats Punt On Faith Outreach?

By Sarah Posner

…for increased numbers of religious voters pulling the Democratic lever post-2004, complained in the Huffington Post: Democrats did faith work differently than Republicans had in the past, focusing on authenticity of narrative and humility in how they brought faith into the public square. And the results were overwhelming. Democrats saw major gains nationally in their share of the White Protestant and Catholic votes, but most striking were the race…

Most U.S. Catholics Back Marriage Equality, But Knights of Columbus Pour Millions into Opposition

By Peter Montgomery

…rnia’s Proposition 8. This venerable fraternal order has taken up the anti-equality baton in a big, flamboyant way. The National Organization for Marriage provides organizational muscle to anti-equality initiatives and legislative campaigns. What gives them that muscle is money, and lots of it, from big donors. A new in-depth report released today by Equally Blessed, a coalition of pro-equality Catholic organizations, reveals that the Knights are…

If the Girl Scouts Investigated the Bishops…

By Sarah Morice-Brubaker

…the major driving forces behind Prop. 8 in California, which outlawed same-sex marriage.) Also on the committee is Most Rev. George Rassas. In 2008, Cardinal Francis George, Archbishop of Chicago, said in a deposition that Rassas had “withheld information about abuse allegations.” These are two of the people who will be seeing whether Girl Scouts USA meets the appropriate standards for a Catholic organizational partner. In light of this, why not…

Kosher Nukes: Israeli PM Consults with Radical Rabbi on Iran Strike

By Shalom Goldman

…etanyahu’s emissary, National Security Chief Yaakov Amidor, met with the 91-year-old Rabbi on Friday afternoon. The choice of Rabbi Yosef was telling. He is not one of the nation’s two chief Rabbis (though he once was, having served as the Sephardi Chief Rabbi), but he is the Jewish religious figure with the widest following, both among many in the Orthodox communities and among Jews of Mizrahi or Middle Eastern origins. Yosef, the spiritual lea…