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Is LGBT-Muslim Clash Aiding Rise of Right in Europe?

…st op ed. For just one example, see Claire Chretien’s attack for Life Site News on what she calls the “extreme” things Martin has said about Catholics and gay marriage. (Life Site is promoting a petition to have Martin removed as a Vatican adviser.) The backlash against Martin takes place in the context of a larger ideological struggle within the Catholic hierarchy. From an AP report from Vatican City this weekend: Several dozen tradition-minded R…

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Challenging Both Homophobia in Islam and Populist Bogeyman of ‘The Homophobic Muslim’; and More in Global LGBT Recap

…of Islam that celebrates queerness” Catholic Church: South African bishop promotes reparative therapy, Brazilian promotes acceptance South African Cardinal Wilfrid Napier announced on Twitter earlier this month that he is reading “Reparative Therapy of Male Homosexuality: A New Clinical Approach,” by the late advocate of reparative therapy Joseph Nicolosi. His August 1 tweet called the book “a challenging work on a subject of great importance.” T…

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Burma’s Spirit Festival, and More in This Week’s Global LGBT Roundup

…ist says Catholic-fundamentalist coalition opposing LGBT equality Gay Star News interviews LGBTI activist Pamela Troya about progress—civil unions in 2009 and a new gender identity law last year—and continued resistance to marriage equality. An excerpt: ‘Ecuadorian society is macho, homophobic and violent. Six out of 10 women suffer violence from their male partners, and 40% of children are exposed to corporal punishment in their homes,’ says Troy…

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Catholic Church Campaigns Against Gay US Ambassador; Global LGBT Recap

…ls living in a northern city because not arresting LGBT people “amounts to promotion,” reports Pink News. Homosexuality is illegal put the government has put a moratorium on enforcement of the law. Malawi’s Justice Minister, Samuel Tembenu, said it would be better for pastors to focus on pastoral care than matters of state. He said: “Let our pastors continue doing their good work of saving lost souls. However, they should let experts in human righ…

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Scottish Episcopal Church Angers Conservative Anglicans With Embrace of Same-Sex Marriage; and more in Global LGBT Recap

…ion Board of the State Congress announced that the Congress will vote on a new civil code at the end of the year after a couple of months of public forums on the topic. The National Action party, he said, would seek to promote a civil contract but not a marriage. Arturo Sandoval, governor of Jalisco, joined Guadalajara’s Pride march and called for respect, inclusion and tolerance. The governor’s Facebook page included a range of comments both in s…

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What American Flag-Worship Looks Like to a New Citizen

…s fiftieth anniversary, the Pledge was incorporated into the National Flag Code. Ten years later, in the shadow of the Cold War, two weighty words, “under God,” were added. It has become the creed of the state religion, taught early and often to our children. The Very Revd Will H. Mebane, Jr., Interim Dean at St Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral in Buffalo, NY, grew up in the South in a fairly conservative religious household. He encountered the Flag at…

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Can Eurovision’s Rainbow Arch Undermine Ukraine’s Orthodox Value System? This and More in Global LGBT Recap

…reverses, on support for referendum on decriminalizing homosexuality Pink News reports that the government of Guyana, which bans same-sex sexual activity, will not hold a referendum on decriminalizing homosexuality as the government had told the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights it would do rather than bringing a repeal before the legislature. Guam: In face of lawsuit, government agrees to allow two women’s names on birth certificate Two…

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Is Islamic Homophobia a Western Import?

…was imported to colonized Asia and Africa, as the British drafted a penal code in the mid-1800s which outlawed same-sex acts. Internalizing the homophobia which underpinned this legislation, colonized Muslims eventually came to regard same-sex love and relations as immoral. “Although EHT might explain the infiltration of law and official politics in colonized Muslim societies, it doesn’t explain precisely how colonial homophobia transformed the e…

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Morality and Marriage Vigilantes and More in Global LGBT Recap

…ize homosexuality. Former Prime Minister Delwa Kassiré Coumakoye calls the new law a fair compromise. “Homosexuality is condemned by all religions. We do not have to forgive something that God himself rejects because Westerners have said this or that… The current provision of the Penal Code is a fair balance between conservative public opinion and an uncompromising international community on the protection of minorities.” Russia: Muslim ‘morality’…

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In This Week’s LGBT Recap: Are Gay Priests Overdue for a Stonewall Moment?

…ion. Instead, they should focus on the crucial work necessary to develop a new criminal code that can help ensure all Indonesians have access to justice. Voice of America reported that incidents of “brazen homphobia” are on the rise. LDS Church: Report on plans for a ‘Mormon WikiLeaks’ The Salt Lake Tribune reports on Ryan McKnight, a former Mormon planned to launch a website “where anonymous tipsters – including those who work for The Church of J…

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