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LGBT in Africa: Persecution and Persistence

By Peter Montgomery

…reachers, like Pastors Rick Warren and Scott Lively, who actively fund and promote homophobia in Africa In neighboring Nigeria, a draconian anti-gay law passed the House at the end of May. While international human rights advocates have mounted a campaign this month calling on the country’s president not to sign the bill, some American religious right groups have praised the law. Mass Resistance called it a “bold” move by Nigeria to fight back aga…

Six Overlooked Gems from the Future of World Religions Report

By Timothy King

…Africa. Photo via Colin Carmichael/Flickr. 1. Don’t Go West Young Man, Go South The percentage of Christians living in sub-Saharan Africa is set to grow from 24% in 2010 to 38% in 2050. For the math-challenged among us, that means two out of every five Christians in the world will live in sub-Saharan Africa—a whopping 115% growth rate. However that number becomes a bit less impressive when you consider that sub-Saharan Africa’s general population…

Catholic Cardinal Slams Jesuit’s Bridge-Building Book; and More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…f the world HIV infections and deaths from Aids have been falling, even in southern and eastern Africa, where more than half of the global HIV population lives. New drugs to prevent infection and lessen the impact of the virus on the body have blunted its impact. Yet in the conservative, Muslim-majority regions of North Africa, the Middle East and parts of Asia, new HIV infections have been on the rise since 2001. The latest figures show that, des…

Anti-LGBT Culture Warriors On The March; More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…er hypocrisy of the government campaign.” Human Rights Watch has urged the South African government to “do more to challenge Egypt’s claim to speak on behalf of a continent” by “stating loudly and clearly that when the Egyptian delegate blasted the rights of LGBT people, he wasn’t speaking for Africa but for his own country’s repressive and isolated leadership.” Australia: As marriage ballot comes to close, conservatives gear up for legislative…

‘Putin’s Children’ Push ‘Traditional Values’ in Latvia; Jewish Reparative Therapy Group Finds ‘Haven’ In Israel; Sikh Activist in UK Supports LGBT South Asians; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ce laws which further restrict the human rights of their LGBT populations….Freedom of expression and freedom of association are integral in the fight for LGBT acceptance, but in many African states (and beyond) these fundamental human rights are heavily restricted…. Before the continent’s activists can bring about the decriminalisation of homosexuality, they must first secure a platform for discussing the issue free from persecution. In countries…

Crisis in Sudan: ‘If the World Stands Idly By This Time, They Will Bring Genocide’

By Frederick Clarkson

…ning steam in the run-up to the July 9 date for the formal independence of southern Sudan. Like the residents of Kadugli, in the northern border state of South Kordofan, many Sudanese are finding themselves on the wrong side of disputed borders. There are, for example, many armed people aligned with the south’s Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) who live in and near Kadugli. This has allowed Khartoum to claim that they are fighting “rebels.” An…

Fear of U.S. Marriage Equality Exported to Africa

By Kapya Kaoma

…s begin to take place in every state here in the U.S., the Right has to make sense of its failure to “protect” marriage in the U.S. to funders, supporters and admirers in Africa. In this regard, stopping advancement of similar rights in the global South, and Africa in particular, will be critical to its future mission. Americans of conscience have a duty to hold these exporters accountable here at home. If we fail, their dehumanizing rhetoric towa…

LGBT’s, Opponents Prep for Vatican Synod; UN Rights Council Adopts LGBT Resolution; Brazil’s Evangelicals Eye Presidency; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Montenegro, Peru, Philippines, South Korea, South Africa, Macedonia, the U.K., Venezuela and Vietnam voted for the proposal. Algeria, Botswana, Cote d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Gabon, Indonesia, Kenya, Kuwait, Maldives, Morocco, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates opposed it. Burkina Faso, China, Congo, India, Kazakhstan, Namibia and Sierra Leone abstained. The U.N. Human Rights Council before the fin…

Bad News for LGBT Anglicans, Mormons, Adventists, Norwegians, Russians, Georgians, Egyptians, Kuwaitis, Saudis…

By Peter Montgomery

…lgaria, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland also ban same-sex marriage.” South Africa: President ‘Respects’ Ugandan Law; Gay Judge Publishes Memoir In response to a parliamentary question this week, South African President Jacob Zuma refused to condemn Uganda’s anti-gay law, writing, “South Africa respects the sovereign rights of other countries to adopt their own legislation. Also this week, Edwin Cameron, an openly gay judge who joined South A…

The Incredible Shrinking Free Exercise Clause

By Bruce Ledewitz

…elevant, which is why the Westboro Church case will be decided strictly on free speech grounds and not as a free exercise case. Smith was immediately unpopular and congressional efforts to overturn it by statute met with limited success, leaving federal government actions that substantially burden religious practice subject to the compelling state interest test, but state and local laws exempt. The funeral privacy interest in Snyder is a generall…