Religion Dispatches
…ion Mircea Eliade’s association with the Iron Guard, a fascist movement in Romania during World War Two. Not only did we have to grapple with the fact of it, but we had to try to understand why he never publically renounced his association. Eliade never openly discussed this aspect of his past, even as he became a champion of studying yoga, shamanism, world religions and alternative systems of thought in the West. We had to grapple with many other…
Read More…ences such as radical gay sex education being taught in school, threats to freedom of speech and freedom of religion.” At Crikey, Amy Coopes responds to critics within the LGBT movement who dismiss the marriage equality movement as a form of assimilationism: Some in the Yes camp wish to paint this as, quite simply, a question about amending the Marriage Act to allow two consenting adults to marry, and in a sense, of course, that is true. But as wi…
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…fficials tell media to play down Taiwan marriage ruling According to Radio Free Asia, “China’s state propaganda machine has warned the country’s media not to ‘make a big deal’ of” Taiwan’s marriage equality ruling. The government of Hong Kong has appealed a ruling by the city’s high court that the city must provide spousal benefits to civil servants who married same-sex partners abroad. Alfred Chan, the South China morning post reported that the c…
Read More…group MOVILH says the measure will include parenting and adoption rights. Romania: Split on marriage equality leaves ‘leadership vacuum’ in anti-corruption party Balkan Insight reported that a year-old anti-corruption party is “facing a leadership vacuum” after a dispute within the party about whether to support a constitutional marriage ban being pushed by the Coalition for the Family, “a group of 43 religious NGOs that campaign against same-sex…
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…ong” for May and the Conservative Party to be aligning themselves with and promoting “an organization that promotes hatred, homophobia and misogyny born of religious fundamentalism and masquerading as religious freedom.” The UK’s general election will be held on June 9. Poland: Warsaw Pride parade draws crowd in spite of opposition from church, gov’t, nationalists A crowd estimated by organizers at 50,000 people and by police at 13,000 marched in…
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…s is among the groups urging countries to reject the African Group effort. Romania: Orthodox Church helps spearhead push for anti-marriage-equality amendment The Romanian Orthodox Church “dramatically” demonstrated its influence, according to LifeSiteNews, when its priests and bishops “helped spearhead” a petition drive that gathered three million signatures for a referendum on a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex couples from marrying: Roma…
Read More…his is a historic moment,” said Mihai Gheorghiu, one of the leaders of the Romanian initiative, which has been given strong backing by the Church. “Three million Romanians, in an unprecedented show of solidarity, signed this proposed amendment.” Australia: Premier of Victoria offers apology for harm caused by sodomy laws; priest fights ‘gay panic’ defense The government of Victoria, Australia, offered “a full and formal apology” for laws that crim…
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…convincing was this product launch, complete with Facebook ad campaign and promotional website including a promo video that went viral, that a number of customers were disappointed and angry to find out that it was a fake. Part of the confusion seems to have been that the launch occurred on March 28, not the customary April 1. But just as important was consumer demand. Enough people were convinced by the slick product rollout that they actually wa…
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…inciple that imagining creates reality has captivated modern readers,” the promo copy explains. The publisher probably didn’t expect the book to resonate quite so uncomfortably with the political moment when they chose November 8th—Election Day—as its publication date. But indeed, Donald Trump’s distinctive style has roots in the spiritual tradition of which At Your Command and The Secret are both a part. Neville was just ahead of his time. Born i…
Read More…ay, in addition to struggling with an addiction to pornography. This short promo video offers an overview of their stories. By promoting these voices as representative of the entire experience within the LGBT community, even though they do not currently identify as such, the Adventist church elevates stories that portray all LGBT people as damaged, sex addicts, drug and alcohol abusers, unfaithful in relationships, and utterly lost if they do not…
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