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Anti-Gay Campaign In Indonesia Leads to Arrests; Mexico’s Religious Right Wars Against Secular State & LGBT Equality; Muslim Preacher Sparks Controversy in UK Re Death Penalty For Gays; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…us and political leaders have pushed a campaign of homophobic rhetoric and policies this year; according to AFP, “Activists believe the backlash was triggered by widespread coverage of the legalization of same-sex marriage in the United States last year.” BuzzFeed’s Lester Feder and Rin Hindryati reported on two other men who were arrested in March in their Central Javan mountain village as friends and family gathered for a wedding ceremony. The s…

Catholic Universities Have Been Paying For Abortions All Along

By Patricia Miller

…asing pressure from conservative reform groups who would like to see their policies be more reflective of Catholic teaching and Pope John Paul II’s 1990 Ex Corde Ecclesiae, an apostolic constitution that sought to more clearly define the relationship between the Vatican and universities claiming Catholic affiliation. The move to require the universities to maintain abortion coverage is being opposed Renew LMU, a reform group that seeks to “strengt…

Atheists Miss Another #MeToo Moment

By Sikivu Hutchinson

…organizations implemented anti-sexual harassment and professional conduct policies for secular events. These policies were band-aids over the real issue of power, control, and authority in movement atheism, which is still in the thrall of global figureheads such as Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris, while propping up disgraced skeptic gurus like Lawrence Krauss and Michael Shermer, who have both been accused of sexual misconduct. Most non-believers…

Comparing Gender Transition and Surrogacy to War and Human Trafficking, Vatican’s ‘Dignitas Infinita’ is an Intellectually Embarrassing and Harmful Mess

By Mary E. Hunt

…ke seriously the Vatican’s words about violence against women when its own policies contradict them. Where do men get the idea that they’re superior to women if not from a church that reinforces it at every Mass when the presider looks like them, when virtually every decision of consequence is made by men? Spiritual violence against women is real. It deserves serious treatment, apology, and remedy. It’s not even acknowledged here. ‘Sex change’ is…

The Muslim Ban May Be Unconstitutional, But It’s Not Un-American

By Willie Dwayne Francois

…onstitutional endangerment. The very soul of the state depends on our prophetic rage, which refuses to accept injustice as normal and invincible. The American wilderness is crying for voices raised against immoral policies, populist demagogues and selfish interests. Only our loud, demonstrative, consistent, faithful activism committed to transforming paralyzing and predatory policies can save America from itself….

Hagee and McCain Part Ways

By Ira Chernus

…verything, that belief alone does not tell you anything about what laws or policies the state should adopt. If you believe in the literal truth of the Bible, it tells you plenty about laws and policies. Of course these things are decided on practical political, not theological, grounds. Which leads to another interesting observation: In the 2004 election, there were nine times as many Catholic voters as Jewish voters. So why did McCain stick with…

Electionpocalypse, Part II: The Mythical Jewish Vote

By Sarah Posner

…cluding their traditional inclinations towards liberal social and economic policies. In Israel, we focus on what is good for the Jews.” Zell told the Global Post, “Jews in the U.S. have got their heads up a particular cavity. We’re trying to get through to them that they have been deceived as Jews. But then, they’re not voting as Jews—they are voting as liberal Democrats. It’s just irrational.” Zell isn’t just “pro-Israel.” He’s a conservative, us…

Marriage equality comes to Slovenia, continues to spread in Mexico; Civil Union legislation approved in Sicily, debated in Peru; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ean affairs counselled caution about Ukip, saying he was not convinced its policies would help the “poor and under-privileged”. Belgian Sarah Mbuyi, who was fired from a London chain of childcare centers, is criticizing “hostility to Christian values” in the United Kingdom. She was reportedly fired after giving a lesbian colleague a Bible and telling her God is not OK with her sexuality. She told her employers that she would refuse to read a book…

As COVID-19 Spreads, Nicaragua’s Leaders Opt For Trumpian Denial and Misinformation

By Jeannine M. Pitas

…e who remember the Sandinista Revolution of 1979, the government’s current policies are particularly disappointing. “I came here in the 1980s to work with Christian Base Communities after the Revolution,” Edward says. “The Sandinistas changed, largely due to the influence of Ortega himself and his family. I believe Ortega was well-intentioned as a revolutionary, but once he came back into power in 2006, he became more corrupt and dictatorial. I do…

Dispatches from the Workplace: Postville: Ground Zero for the Intersection of Immigrant and Workers’ Rights

By Kim Bobo

…strates the insanity of the current punitive and mean-spirited immigration policies and the complete abdication of the government enforcement of workplace laws (like paying people for all their hours worked and prohibitions on child labor in slaughterhouses), but it also clarifies the changes needed in national immigration and workplace enforcement policies. First, the nation needs a rational immigration policy that creates a path to citizenship,…