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Roy “10 Commandments” Moore Doesn’t Want to Reform the Senate, He Has a Higher Calling

By Sunnivie Brydum

…kably consistent in his passionately articulated Biblical world-view. And that’s what we should expect to see when Moore goes to Washington, Clarkson argues. It’s also worth noting that, as a Senator, Moore will not be bound by the same level of ethical scrutiny that ultimately prompted his removal from Alabama’s Supreme Court—twice. While there is a clear hierarchy and code of judicial ethics for state and federal judges, no such restrictions are…

It’s Preposterous That We Can’t Question Nominees on Religion

By Patricia Miller

…tholic faith” and unfairly imposing a “religious test” for judges. Noting that Barrett has affirmed in her writing that judges shouldn’t try to “align our legal system with the Church’s moral teaching whenever the two diverge,” Desanctis accused her of anti-Catholic bias: Feinstein’s comments this afternoon revealed that anti-Catholic bigotry is still alive in the U.S., even, and perhaps especially, among those leftists who are the first to decry…

Sydney’s Anglican Diocese Gives $1 Million To ‘No’ Campaign on Marriage; and more in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…the state of Guerrero. Germany: Gay Couples Adopts Foster Son DW reports that a gay couple that was married a day after the country’s marriage equality law went into effect on October 1, has become the first same-sex couple to adopt a child, a two-year old who they have served as foster parents for since he was born. Uruguay: First Transgender Senator Sworn In Michelle Suarez was sworn in as the first transgender senator. Hong Kong: Gay Man Chall…

Marriage Debate in Australia Shifts To Push For Religious Exemptions; and More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…d beliefs opposing same-sex marriage so long as they do not incite harm or promote hate through their speech or actions. “However, individuals have a right to be treated equally and be protected from discrimination regardless of how unpopular such rights are and how small the number of people who hold those rights may be.” While the proposed partnerships would offer couples “most of the rights afforded to traditional marriages,” there are signific…

2017 Around the World: Progress and Persecution For LGBT People

By Peter Montgomery

…“Zionist”. These examples are just the tip of the iceberg of a discourse that promotes and justifies hate and violence against LGBT people in the family, society, and in educational, judicial and law enforcement institutions. For example, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, in one of his many remarks about homosexuality has said “If we were to presume that human desires legitimize hamjensbazi[faggotry] then someone could also have the desire to c…

Is Alcoholics Anonymous a Religion?

By Galen Watts

…these assertions less self-evident. AA is not like every other treatment What we can be sure of, however, is that the Twelve Steps are not like every other modern treatment for addiction, which means that attempts to criticize the efficacy of AA on the basis of its scientific credibility, or its degree of rationality (not to mention attempts to defend it on these bases) reflect a grave misunderstanding. While AA presents itself to the public as a…

Is Alcoholics Anonymous a Religion?

By Galen Watts

…these assertions less self-evident. AA is not like every other treatment What we can be sure of, however, is that the Twelve Steps are not like every other modern treatment for addiction, which means that attempts to criticize the efficacy of AA on the basis of its scientific credibility, or its degree of rationality (not to mention attempts to defend it on these bases) reflect a grave misunderstanding. While AA presents itself to the public as a…

Religious and Political Silence on India’s LGBTQ Decision Speaks Volumes

By Andrea R. Jain

…Christian organizations appeared in court in defense of the law, arguing that sexual orientation was not innate and that decriminalizing LGBTQ sex would lead to the transmission of H.I.V., the large, mainstream religious organizations and figureheads, including Adityanath and Ramdev, did not participate in the debate. And when the Supreme Court unanimously voted to extend all constitutional protections under Indian law to LGBTQ Indians and that a…

Mormon ‘Humorist’ Robert Kirby Is Butt of His Own Dirty Joke

By Holly Welker

…wn and chat.” Kirby posted an apology Thursday on his page, acknowledging that “much of what she describes in her account took place, albeit without some of the more sinister intentions many have alluded to.” Kirby’s defenders may likely protest that my framing of the interaction also exhibits “sinister intentions.” So let’s consider two other framings. Kirby didn’t appear to be asking for sex. Instead, he seems to have wanted a fantasy to surroun…

Why White Women Are Leading Defenders of Kavanaugh

By Sikivu Hutchinson

…and benefit from a culture of normalized sexual violence, it’s a message that you are being watched and held accountable. And to all the white women who have jumped on the character witness bandwagon to valorize Kavanaugh it should be a reminder that simply being assigned female at birth doesn’t exempt you from complicity with patriarchy and the silencing of sexual violence survivors. While the death threats Kavanaugh accuser Christine Blasey For…