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70th National Prayer Breakfast Made ‘Cosmetic’ Changes, But Biden Delivered the Same Old Tone-Deaf ‘Unity’ Message

By Chrissy Stroop

…, Biden told those gathered on the House floor and at the Hilton “that joy comes when we apply the commandments of Scripture” before subsuming the diversity of Americans, including “people of all faiths, some people of no faith” under “the infinite creativity of God who is able to see His [capital H in original] reflection in countless ways in different people.” As someone who does not believe in God, I do not appreciate having my identity appropr…

Holding Out for a Hero: New ID Book Aims to Save You From Despair of Evolution

By Kriti Sharma

…—often, the majority can be substituted for other residues. It’s as if our computer only had to get the vowels completely correct, but could substitute consonants for each other. More importantly, for Hangman to be more like an evolutionary process, the computer would get many trials—not just one-and-done—and would also get feedback. Evolution is a historical process, where each step depends on the prior step, not a one-time jackpot against unluck…

Russian Parliament Hosts U.S. Anti-Gay Activist Paul Cameron

By Chrissy Stroop

…ion camps. Like Lively, he has visited Russia before. As reported by newsru.com, Cameron has also recently visited Moldova, where he spoke out against anti-discrimination legislation passed in 2012. It is worth noting that despite the passage of this national legislation, anti-“propaganda” laws like the one passed in Russia have cropped up in many municipalities across Moldova, whether or not Western ideological enablers have had anything to do wi…

Broadcast Officials in China Censor Gay TV Characters

By Peter Montgomery

…n the region that addresses the needs of LGBTQ and MSM Muslims. Mambaonline.com published an interview this week with a lesbian couple whose marriage in December generated media coverage that led to both positive and negative responses, mostly positive. The couple incorporated a traditional custom of lobola – “a payment or gift from the groom’s family to the parents of the bride – into their betrothal. “It’s not really about the exchange of gifts…

The Clenched Fist of Truthiness: Why Religion Won’t Fix This

By Daniel Schultz

…ncluded in the ad, and that’s exactly what I’m addressing.” https://twitter.com/martynlenoble/status/880285143105118208 https://twitter.com/DLoesch/status/880287503265280000 Most Americans root their moral precepts in faith, or at least they say they do. And Americans are practical universalists in some important senses. They like to think that “God is bigger than those things which seek to divide us,” as Rev. Traci Blackmon preached today; that…

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

By Peter Montgomery

…ainst trans nominee Karle Avelar was nominated in April for the Martin Ennals Foundation’s human rights award, making her for first transgender woman to be considered for the award; since the announcement was made public, reports ElSalvador.com, Avelar has been subject to increasing threats. Nepal: Country’s advances on LGBT equality reviewed MyRepublica.com published a brief history of advances in the rights of LGBT people following the establish…

Open Letter to Pastor Judah Smith on “Inclusion”: Just for Immigrants, or LGBTQ Too?

By George Mekhail

…e what it means to speak the truth in love. With humility, grace and love, George Mekhail President & CEO wearetogetherinthis.com Twitter: @gmekhail…

Anti-Gay, Anti Catholic Evangelical Sworn In As Mayor of Rio; More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…to exploit the discriminatory situation they face,” Madassery told ucanews.com. Scotland: Priest Urges LGBT Issues Be Taught In Schools Rev. John Nugent of the Church of Scotland is urging that LGBT issues to taught in the country’s schools. Nugent said: “I believe that all inhabitants of our planet have rights that go along with being human. One of those rights grants an education that will further the individual’s development so that she or he…

Dialogue or Demonization? Where Gays are Concerned, Focus on the Family Wants it Both Ways

By Cody J. Sanders

…vent. While this type of clamor is expected from groups like SaveCalifornia.com, more troubling are the shifting discourses of other religious groups around LGBT concerns. Rather than counter the Day of Silence with walkouts, Focus on the Family attempted another tactic—this week, the premier right-wing evangelical parachurch group sponsored what they called a Day of Dialogue™. (And yes, they claim to have trademarked the phrase.) Silence, Truth,…

Was it the Russians or God? Evangelical Leaders Working Out the Kinks with Trump’s Transition Picks

By Chrissy Stroop

…ng to declare that God himself was involved in the outcome: https://twitter.com/Franklin_Graham/status/796748013846822913 Since election day, however, many commentators, activists, and politicians have become increasingly concerned with a more tangible, demonstrable type of interference in the US election—that of Russian hacking. The CIA has now concluded that Russian intervention was designed not just to undermine faith in American democratic pro…