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‘It’s Time to Defend our Children Outside of the Womb’: Pray Vote Stand Connects Anti-Abortion and Anti-Trans Messages

By PRA Staff

…a Youssef, head of Help The Persecuted, to discuss the state of US foreign policy. Every panelist agrees that the US is weak and the rest of the world knows it. Boykin cites US withdrawal from Afghanistan as the worst failure in US history which, as Chang confirms, encouraged Russia to invade Ukraine and has made China bolder in its threats to invade Taiwan. Youssef cheers the efforts of missionaries to convert Afghani civilians to Christianity in…

Virginia Shakes its “Blues”

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…ns—added veterans and sexual orientation to the state’s non-discrimination policy. Gov. Bob McDonnell swears the new policy isn’t “anti-gay” and that he’ll make sure the workplace is still fair for everyone—which begs the question of why remove it in the first place unless it’s just a ploy to play to his hard right political base? Virginia is still a state with large swaths of deep conservatism, as shown by Delegate Bob Marshall, who claimed at a…

But What About the Parents? New York Times Falls Into the Anti-Trans ‘Parents’ Rights’ Trap

By Chrissy Stroop

…as, of course, one of the rallying cries of Margaret Thatcher’s Section 28 policy in the UK, which from 1988-2003 barred local government actors—including teachers and school administrators—from “promoting homosexuality” or teaching “the acceptability of homosexuality as a pretended family relationship.” This policy is now widely recognized as having done immense harm to gay minors, and we risk doing the same to trans minors—and indeed any and all…

Will Getting Rid of Bryan Fischer Get Rid of the AFA’s Problem?

By Sarah Posner

…tts of companies that fail to meet its standards of “decency,” Fischer (no policy wonk, despite being director of “Issue Analysis for Government and Public Policy”) has taken the public rhetoric to a new, ugly level. According to former employees of the AFA, the views represented by Fischer are not only tolerated within the organization, but any opposition to its anti-gay, anti-Muslim, anti-immigrant invective—including reliance on white nativist…

Evangelical Healthcare Sharing Plan Catastrophically Fails — But Why Did So Many Join in the First Place?

By Chrissy Stroop

…s. In other words, if right-wing Christians can’t exert total control over policy in a particular area, they will try to create their own alternative in which they can exert total control, if that’s at all possible (all while repeating ad nauseam, of course, that “God is in control”). To be sure, it has proven possible to carve out these enclaves while simultaneously attempting to exert control over society and policy outside them, as we see today…

Senator Brownback Says Other Senators Aren’t “Real” Catholics

By Frances Kissling

…that Hudson, Brownback and others will stop claiming that “real” Catholic policy makers can’t disagree with the policy positions of the institutional Church on what have been called the five non-negotiables: abortion, euthanasia, fetal stem cell research, human cloning and “homosexual marriage.” And- we are told real Catholics can’t vote for candidates –catholic or non-Catholic – who favor any one of the five non-negotiables. This idea was widely…

Civil Unions Battle Heats Up in Italy; Church Leaders in Malawi Defend Criminalization of Homosexuality; Report on LGBT Student Group Sparks Backlash in Indonesia; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…or Gay Refugees and Migrants NBC News reports that LGBT groups in Germany are preparing shelters for gay refugees and migrants in the wake of reports of violence, including rape, against migrants from Iraq and Syria, “where ISIS militants are targeting or killing homosexuals.” Afghanistan: Petition Calls for Legal Protections for Religious, Sexual Minorities A change.org petition is calling for changes in the laws of Afghanistan to protect the rig…

A Letter to the Pope in Advance of the Synod: Why Must I Get My (Lutheran) Marriage Annulled?

By Randall Wedin

…ths do this, e.g., the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its policy of baptism for the dead, including Catholic ancestors.) Next, the church’s policy on remarriage and the Eucharist, although intended to be pro-marriage, is actually anti-marriage to many of us. We are asked to choose between two different loves—one human and one spiritual. If we would like to receive the Eucharist and experience God’s love, don’t get married. If we w…

Alums Speak Out Against Anti-Gay Christian College

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…because, for once, they get to hear they are ok—not sick and sinful.” Any policy that lists homosexuality—practice or otherwise—alongside other “sins” like “drunkenness, theft, and profanity,” will do nothing but reinforce the lie that these kids are “sick and sinful.” Asking forgiveness is a first good step. But, you don’t fix something this harmful by simply apologizing—you fix it by repealing the policy altogether, and affirming these students…

Ironies & Bright Spots for Gays in the Christian College World

By L Marston

…ber stated that he thinks the institution is moving towards “an acceptance policy.” However, the president emphasized that the “outcome is uncertain” and the final decision whether to change or retain the policy rests with the board. My reaction when I read this article surprised me—my eyes filled with tears. And I realized how I usually suppress feelings about having to be closeted. I turned to theologian James Alison’s book, Faith Beyond Resen…