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Why The Church Can’t Stop Gun Violence

By Daniel Schultz

…ir breath. Beyond structural limitations, I think we need to ask about the effectiveness of strategies and tactics. As Sarah points out, coalition-building among leaders hasn’t built much support for reform. The people in the pews will happily ignore what the leading lights are saying—and that’s if the leaders sign on. Other methods have their own problems. Denying gun-rights advocates the sacraments is a non-starter. Divesting from gun manufactur…

How Are the “Nones” Raising Their Children?

By Christel Manning

…the country. As I recorded and analyzed parents’ diverse experiences, and reflected on their meanings in light of broader cultural patterns, a bigger story began to emerge. In writing that story, I selected narratives and quotes that illustrate it most clearly or compellingly. I also wanted to avoid repetition, so inevitably that meant leaving some things out. What are some of the biggest misconceptions about your topic? Well, I already alluded to…

The Pope and the Culture Wars

By Patricia Miller

…On the eve of the Pope’s address to congress, RD Senior Correspondent Patti Miller spoke with NPR partner station KPCC about the effect on the culture wars of “[t]he most politicized pontiff in contemporary history.” https://soundcloud.com/religion-dispatches/papal-politics-how-pope-francis-stirs-the-culture-wars-in-dc…

Pope’s US Visit Provokes Intense Attention; New Vatican Book on Man-Woman Complementarity & New Int’l Report on Christian Role Models for LGBT Equality; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ine about homosexuality, but Gramick believes rules about sexual behavior become less important in a church that is primarily devoted to pastoral care. “Doctrine doesn’t inform ministry,” she said “I think the opposite: Ministry informs the doctrine. In fact, I’m more in line with Pope Francis: I don’t think we need to worry or think about or be concerned about doctrine.” For her, there are just two rules that matter: “We believe in Christ, we bel…

Pope Francis meets with bishop who blessed gay couple; Proposed NGO law in Uganda threatens LGBT groups, civil society; Interfaith sexuality organizing in Indonesia; global LGBT recap

By Peter Montgomery

…hs to one year.” According to Stewart, the country rejected international recommendations to improve its treatment of LGBTI people expressed in its 2010 and 2015 U.N. Universal Periodic Review, “which scrutinizes each country’s human rights record every four years”: “At its 1st UPR in November 2010, recommendations to Maldives were to decriminalise, protect against violence and remove discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity…

God, Guns, and the Confederate Flag

By Sarah Posner

…wrath if we embrace and condone things that are abhorrent to God, such as redefining marriage as anything other than a union between one man and one woman.” As I have written previously, Moore’s connection with the Council of Conservative Citizens is hardly his only association with neo-Confederates. Michael Peroutka, the Constitution Party’s 2004 presidential candidate, the founder of the Institute on the Constitution, and now a county council me…

Istanbul ‘Haven of Sorts’ For LGBT Syrians and Iraqis; Cayman Islands Affirm Marriage Ban with ‘Holy Bible Evidence’; No Room for LGBTs in Malaysia’s ‘Islam-Based’ Human Rights Policy; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…has absorbed millions of refugees, among them sexual minorities who have become outcasts from their own communities. In a Middle East that is becoming increasingly divided along political, religious, and ethnic lines, eclectic Istanbul offers a rare chance to cut across these invisible borders – the type of opportunity the recently formed group LGBT Arabie has jumped on. “There are hundreds of us here,” says the group’s co-founder, Nader, a 25-ye…

Watch John Oliver Satirize IRS’ Lack of Church Oversight

By Becky Garrison

…spot.com.) Even should a church be reported for financial misconduct it would hardly matter since the IRS hasn’t investigated a single church case in over five years. Furthermore, as reported by Americans United, pressure from religious right organizations continues to enable churches to avoid any public accountability for their finances….

Unbeknownst to Richard Dawkins the Feminist Revolution in Islam Has Already Begun

By Jerusha Tanner Lamptey

…ter equality, such as female-led and mixed congregation prayers; and provided education to multitudes of Muslim women around the world. Statements such as Dawkins’ also vividly highlight the multiple tensions Muslim women face in our struggles for equality and egalitarianism. We not only have to contend with patriarchal and androcentric interpretations, laws and practices that are found within Muslim traditions, but we also have to deal with negat…

Justice v. Revenge: The Question Beneath the Question of Prison Reform

By Xarissa Holdaway

…nge helps victims, writes journalist Ellis Cose, who reported on the after-effects of crimes ranging from murder to the attacks on the World Trade Center and apartheid for his book Bone to Pick: Of Forgiveness, Reconciliation, Reparation, and Revenge. Cose writes that “for every survivor who responds to an execution with a shouted ‘Hallelujah! The wicked beast is dead,’ there seems to be another who wonders why the pain won’t stop, who knows that…