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The Most Forgotten Queer Folks in the US are Fighting Back Against a Powerful — and Publicly Funded — Group That Discriminates With Impunity

…for their mistreatment of LGBTQ+ students.” As for St. George, reached for comment, he says that LGBTQ students at FPU are “not comfortable being themselves on campus,” though they’ve found a good deal of support for their unofficial LGBTQ student organization, Birds for Pride, with off-campus organizations, including churches. Like Green, St. George sees the recent demonstration as a success, and he says that the WASC officials who received the p…

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“Guerilla Warrior of Judeo-Christian Political Commentary” Stars in Anti-Newt Video in Iowa

…m and Michele Bachmann. Pastor Gordon, who previously supported former Ten Commandments judge Roy Moore before his presidential campaign fizzled, adds, “many Iowa conservatives don’t care who’s on top.”   Update: Via Brian Tashman, some more background on Molotov: @sarahposner Molotov also made anti-choice terrorist movie bit.ly/j3zQlw & backed Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Bill youtube.com/watch?v=EmWdEx… — Brian Tashman (@briantashman) December8, 20…

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The Other, Forgotten Apocalypse of 2011

…silent on the incident, despite the fact that it involved violence from a communist government directed at a large group of Christians (a common theme of many of their stories). And then there was the conclusion of the Vietnamese government itself. Sounding a similar note to the American media response to Camping, the Vietnamese government stated that the uprising was the result of a group of people who were “duped by ‘bad elements’” into thinkin…

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Common Ground on Gays? Like Hell

…hin earshot. Former Navy Chaplain Gordon Klingenschmitt of PrayInJesusName.com read from Romans: “And they that commit such things are worthy of death.” No common ground there, I fear. Even evangelical prince-of-a-guy Rick Warren will call abortion a “holocaust” but will decline to speak out against a proposed Ugandan law that will imprison and even execute known gays and lesbians (and many more simply suspected or accused of being gay or lesbian)…

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As Florida Attempts to Make it Illegal, an Argument for the Sacred Work of White Discomfort

…generations. If we white Christians can muster the courage to walk in its company, discomfort with our racial history can be a sacred and saving gift. ### This article was originally published on Jones’ #WhiteTooLong substack newsletter. To read more or sign up, go to robertpjones.substack.com. I would be remiss here if I didn’t give a grateful shout out to my friend Robin DiAngelo, who put her finger on this problem years ago in her best-selling…

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Podcast: Progressive Buddhist Hozan Alan Senauke

…progressive religious leaders. You can subscribe to the podcast feed directly or on iTunes to get all 24 exciting interviews that we will feature throughout 2008. You can also read more about the growing progressive religious movement in my forthcoming book, Progressive & Religious: How Christian, Jewish, Muslim, and Buddhist Leaders are Moving Beyond the Culture Wars and Transforming American Public Life. The book is available for pre-order from…

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Istanbul ‘Haven of Sorts’ For LGBT Syrians and Iraqis; Cayman Islands Affirm Marriage Ban with ‘Holy Bible Evidence’; No Room for LGBTs in Malaysia’s ‘Islam-Based’ Human Rights Policy; Global LGBT Recap

…has absorbed millions of refugees, among them sexual minorities who have become outcasts from their own communities. In a Middle East that is becoming increasingly divided along political, religious, and ethnic lines, eclectic Istanbul offers a rare chance to cut across these invisible borders – the type of opportunity the recently formed group LGBT Arabie has jumped on. “There are hundreds of us here,” says the group’s co-founder, Nader, a 25-yea…

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Nike’s Token Equality: New Campaign Masks the Truth About Workers’ Rights

…Diplomacy, Nike has expressed its commitment to decent wages. However, the company does not compensate its subcontractors enough to pay a living wage. In fact, Nike workers earn $3.50 a day in Indonesia. That’s not enough to purchase a gallon of milk there! It barely buys a Big Mac! Today no one can claim ignorance. Workers have journeyed to the U.S. to give gut-wrenching accounts of their travails. Journalists and watchdog groups have exhaustivel…

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Prosperity Gospel Is Not the Only Problem with Joel Osteen’s Harvey Response

…help build capacity and resilience—factors that allow congregations to act competently on their sense of compassion. Now is the time to examine what this church, and all other congregations of all faiths, can contribute, rather than just heed the call of an angry mob that sees an asset going unused. But in the long run, Harvey presents Osteen with a wake-up call to the deficit in his moral leadership, prosperity theology and organizational practic…

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Tiger’s Confession: Maybe Marriage Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up to Be

…is banned, and singleness is looked upon as a curse to be cured with Match.com or Eharmony. It is striking that many of the news commentaries lament that Tiger had everything: a beautiful wife, kids and a great career. Clearly, given his serial philandering, he had some issues, none of which were solved by marriage. In fact, marriage probably brought them to the forefront. Clearly, Tiger’s inner frat boy pimp was still operational. In my estimatio…

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