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Catholic Archbishop Takes On Jesuit Magazine’s Slam on “Ecumenism of Hate”; and More in Global LGBT Recap

…tion to people of either sex. Crucially, when the bill was drafted, same sex marriage and opposite sex civil partnerships had not been made legal. It has since been legalised and a number of amendments were made to incorporate that into the legislation. The provisions of the act are expected to be phased in over a 24-month period. Curaçao: Equality activists oppose referendum on marriage Activists said that a referendum on marriage equality “is pr…

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Leave Your Stereotypes at the Door: 10Q on “Keeping it Halal”

…essary, unfortunately—that well-done ethnography can reveal. What’s your next book? My next project will be sort of the reverse of this book, in which I’ll investigate how people from the “West”—the US and the UK, mostly—adjust to and manage cultural tensions when living in an “Islamic” context, that of the United Arab Emirates. I’ve spent over a year hanging out and talking to people at a social club for Westerners and conducted interviews of mos…

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

…ious practice to the right of religious imposition on others (via an ever expanding roster of religious exemptions). “Because so many religious people currently say they should be exempt from the laws, it is important for Senators to get all nominees to disclose just what their perspective of religion’s relationship to the law is,” Leslie Griffin, a professor of constitutional law at the University of Nevada School of Law who specializes in law an…

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Jerry Falwell Jr. Is Corrupt, but Liberty U’s Problems Go Far Deeper

…contracts to family friends; and how he ordered his staff to violate IRS tax code. Falwell’s been able to get away with such behavior partly because he doesn’t fear his board of trustees, which is essentially just a collection of close friends of the family. As noted above, Mark DeMoss, the one trustee who did speak up in disagreement of Falwell’s endorsement of Trump, was immediately removed from the board—a testament to Falwell’s Trumpian fragil…

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

…A gay man is legally challenging seven sections of law that criminalize sex between men: Yeung Chu-wing, a volunteer from local sexual minorities rights group Rainbow Action, argued that such laws were discriminatory since they targeted only gay men without providing equivalent criminal sanctions against heterosexuals or lesbians for the same or comparable conduct. Chile: Presidential Candidate Rejects Abortion, LGBT Equality AND Radio reported,…

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‘Rising Global Tide’ Of Anti-Gay Crackdowns; More in Global LGBT Recap

…“suspended the business” of CHESA. From Pink News: In Tanzania, male homosexual sex carries a sentence anywhere between 30 years and life in prison. Their Colonial-era penal code criminalises anyone who “has carnal knowledge of any person against the order of nature.” Earlier this year, Tanzania stopped health clinics from providing HIV services, saying they “cater to homosexuals.” It is believed 33,000 people in Tanzania died from AIDS-related il…

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

…case against a colonial-era law, known as Section 377, that criminalizes sex between men in India, the ruling was welcome news. And it has renewed some hope for the repeal of other repressive laws, including one requiring the “registration and control of eunuchs” and marital rape exceptions in the Indian Penal Code. … Depictions of gender-fluid identity are common in ancient texts found in Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism. In Hinduism, gods transfor…

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2017 Around the World: Progress and Persecution For LGBT People

…ch as Koran and Sunnah.” The Global Interfaith Network for People of All Sexes, Sexual Orientations, Gender Identities and Expressions (GIN-SSOGIE) announced in December that Toni Kruger-Ayebazibwe has become the group’s new executive director. Kruger-Ayebazibwe is a lay minister in the Anglican Church, and is pursuing ordination in the Metropolitan Community Church denomination. She is completing her Master’s degree in Theology at St Augustine Co…

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Is Alcoholics Anonymous a Religion?

…eve in, it’s not always clear what we should believe in. Granted, not all experience the West as disenchanted, but experiences of suffering and despair (addiction being one of many) can make a person sense acutely that they lack meaning in their life. AA members often say that they came to the program to stop drinking, but that they stayed to grow spiritually. Whether we read this as evidence of cultish brainwashing or a symptom of our disenchante…

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Is Alcoholics Anonymous a Religion?

…eve in, it’s not always clear what we should believe in. Granted, not all experience the West as disenchanted, but experiences of suffering and despair (addiction being one of many) can make a person sense acutely that they lack meaning in their life. AA members often say that they came to the program to stop drinking, but that they stayed to grow spiritually. Whether we read this as evidence of cultish brainwashing or a symptom of our disenchante…

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