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How America’s Charismatic Christianity Helped Fuel the Fantasyland Presidency of Donald Trump

By Eric C. Miller

…? It certainly counts as a wishful pre-disposition to believe. Second, the United States has always been far more religious than its peer nations, with a far more fervent belief in prayer, in divine intervention, in faith healing, and all the rest. On these points, we in the United States are outliers among the developed world. So, all that to say—yes, I think we are more credulous than other people. Not uniquely credulous, but more so and in more…

Layoffs on the Religious Right

By Bill Berkowitz

…Holocaust names, especially names with camps linked to them, going to the International Genealogical Index.” She admitted that “There’s no possible way of knowing exactly how many names, but it’s substantial.” ++++++++++ RD Tidbits Election Day Nightmares: In a WorldNetDaily column Jill Stanek, the head of BornAliveTruth.org, an anti-abortion group that spent more than $500,000 for anti-Obama ads in several swing states, wrote: Altogether, this […

Who is Mat Staver, Counsel for Anti-Gay Activist Against Suit from Uganda?

By Sarah Posner

…n, on the issues of marriage and family, our country will no longer be the United States of America but instead will be the United States according to Massachusetts, California, or Vermont.” The posting included a letter written by Lindevaldsen, asking for prayers and help for “Lisa Miller—my client, my friend, my sister in Christ.” The letter, dated September 22, 2008, claimed that Miller “is one of thousands across this nation who have left the…

Obama Foes Misrepresent Islam with “Apostate” Tactic

By Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na`im

…rspective, Muslim populations are now constituted as “nation-states” under international law and their own national constitutions. All these countries have their own constitutional order (even if not a written constitution like Saudi Arabia), legal systems, penal codes, etc. It is therefore misleading to invoke general principles of Shari`a, even if we accept for the sake of argument that they may have applied in the pre-colonial era, as if they a…

Did the Church Create or Co-Opt Human Rights?

By Austin Dacey

…otions. But we can still ask which of those notions were widely adopted in international politics and law and which were not. Consider the inclusion of personal dignity in the U.N. Charter and Declaration of Human Rights. The preamble to the Charter begins WE THE PEOPLES OF THE UNITED NATIONS determined to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind, and to regain faith in f…

The Islamists vs. The Markets: Egypt’s Election Analyzed

By Haroon Moghul

…e, authoritarianism, and economic stagnation. No country in the world, the United States included, can now pursue domestic policy independent of international financial markets. How much more so the Arab world—considering how much poorer and less developed it is? And in that case, what difference does it make what government you have? Left or right, the market seems always to win. This is actually where I would locate the greater threat to Arab de…

RDPulpit: You Lost the Debate

By Mary E. Hunt

…my, a bellicose nation, why more rather than fewer fronts are opening, why international diplomacy and international organizations like the United Nations and the World Court are not the places where 21st century citizens adjudicate their differences. At a time in world history when space travel is practically economy or business class, and the Internet allows instant communication, there is something rather quaint, not to mention morally reprehen…

South Asian Religious Leaders Challenged to Take on Stigma and Discrimination: Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…women’s and LGBT rights, several Latin American nations outstrip even the United States.” The Social Inclusion Index approaches development from a multidimensional perspective, considering many factors that go beyond the scope of cut-and-dried economic growth. This year’s report is the third in the Americas Quarterly series and it reveals an encouraging amount of poverty reduction and social inclusion in the region. Uruguay remains at the top of…

Conservative Catholics Unhappy About New Book on LGBTs and The Church; and More in the Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ntion to the issue,” Eristavi said. … Outright International, formerly the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission, is asking the UN Secretary General to publicly condemn the anti-LGBTQ campaign in Chechnya, Sjodin said. She added that “it’s important to have several governments speak out.” Both Sjodin and Eristavi noted that when it comes to human rights abuses in Chechnya, the buck stops with Russia. “It’s not helpful to look at th…

Marriage equality and ‘the end of Catholic Ireland’; Gambian Prez vows to slit gays’ throats; Colombian govt affirms support for marriage and adoption; global LGBT recap

By Peter Montgomery

…d threaten the work of LGBT organizations and human rights defenders.” The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA) released its in-depth 2015 report on state-sponsored homophobia this week, accompanied by a map of world laws. We see the analysis of the legal situation in countries as one of many layers of analysis. This report provides us with a solid platform from which to understand, discuss, lobby, advocate a…