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More Bleak Times For Indonesian LGBTs; South Africa Bans Extremist Anti-Gay US Pastor; Mexican Marriage Struggle Heats Up; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…are too timid to do that, then the lay people must come together to stand with Christ,” he said. Right-wing Catholic groups around the world have been posting updates on Mr Murphy’s campaign on social media and congratulating him on his stance against the couple who were married in July… He said that the new group would likely launch in a Dublin city centre hotel and would have high profile patrons. It would lobby for orthodox Catholic teaching w…

Conservatives Panic as Gay Marriage Looms

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…or that God commands women to be subservient to men, or that the earth is flat. No one has, or will, outlaw a religious person’s right to their beliefs, no matter how much they may be at odds with mainstream belief. But, once the religious right gets on a slippery slope there’s no stopping them until they finish their flume ride of hysteria. Dr. Richard Land, president of the Ethics and Religious Liberties Commission (ERLC) of the Southern Baptis…

New Challenges to Gay Marriage Bans From Within States & Denominations

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…eir own website), The Disciples of Christ voted at its general assembly in Orlando, Florida this month to affirm LGBT people as members and leaders in the denomination. On the heels of that move, 85 retired United Methodist clergy announced they would defy their denomination’s ban on performing same-sex weddings. “We will refuse to treat people as inferior, second-class citizens of God,” Fado said. The clergy could face revocation of their credent…

Mexican Marriage Marches Show Struggle Between Church and Secular State; Pro-LGBT Mormon Group Grows After ‘Apostate’ Declaration; Botswana Gives Anti-Gay US Pastor the Boot; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…alues, which encourage marriage and children, are deeply felt and often conflict with trans identities.” The group said the report reveals “shocking levels of discrimination against transgender women in Cambodia, and urges government to take immediate action to protect trans rights.” Pakistan: Human Rights Commission calls for investigation into anti-trans attacks The Nation Commission for Human Rights, in what Human Rights Watch calls a “rare mov…

“We (some of) the People” Florida Governor Rick Scott and the Tea Party

By Julie Ingersoll

…test area,” which was behind the bandstand and across the street. The many Floridians that will be hurt by Scott’s budget were excluded from the event. A representative of the Guardian at Litem program told me, “We were one of the few programs that didn’t get cut.” But the folks from Kid Central, a nonprofit that coordinates care for children in child protective services that Scott’s budget drastically cut, were forced out-of-site, across the stre…

Christian Schools Invoke Religious Liberty to Reopen Despite Warnings of Health Experts

By Chrissy Stroop

…ts.” Indeed, one nine-year-old student at Circle Christian School in the affluent Orlando suburb of Winter Park, Florida, tested positive for COVID-19 last week. As a result, the school has shifted to online instruction only until August 24, which is more than two weeks from when the boy tested positive. But while this move may seem responsible, it should be noted that, according to local reporting, the school previously required masks “except at…

Beneath the ‘Wacky’ Paula White Video is a Dark and Deeply Undemocratic World Propping Up the President

By Frederick Clarkson

…d, God.” What came next epitomizes how the views of City of Destiny are conflated with their understanding of God’s intentions and the supposed destiny of the Church, the United States, and the nation of Israel. “We are an extension of Israel…” Pastor Brad declared. “And “every nation that rises against America and its purpose… is also rising against Israel and its purpose on the Earth. And God, you shall abort their plans of wickedness.” Asked ab…

Florida School Prayer Bill Stalls in Committee

By Lauri Lebo

…another point that has long vexed me. I’m from York County, Pennsylvania, with Pennsylvania Dutch roots and was raised a United Methodist. Where I’m from, public displays of fervent emotion, religious or otherwise, were strictly verboten. True believers didn’t show off their piousness for the rest of the world. In my church, we were taught to follow the word of Matthew 6:6. But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast sh…

Global LGBT Recap: Nigeria Jails Gays, Russian Orthodox Spox Calls for Criminalization Referendum

By Peter Montgomery

…t agents claimed that the organisation was in “possession of pamphlets and fliers with information that promotes homosexuality for distribution.” But High Court Judge Justice Priscilla Chigumba reportedly ruled this week that the operations of GALZ are above board. Chiguma reported “ruled that GALZ is not obliged to register in terms of the Private Voluntary Organisations Act…and is specifically exempted by the Act.” Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rig…

Hajj Journal: Door Number 89: The Door with No Name

By Amina Wadud

…his is “the women’s section.” I noticed as I was walking through the first floor toward door number one, the kings’ door, on my way out after zuhr prayer one day. There it was: a whole section with all women in it. Not wanting to get my hopes up too high and then be disappointed (because this was at least 45 minutes after the prayer had ended), I ask the female guard, “al-Nisaa yajuz tusalli hinna?”—are women allowed to pray here? And she said, “y…