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Is God a Winning Strategy for Democrats?

By Andrew L. Seidel

…see it. And for a party that associates itself with Christianity, to say that it is okay to suggest that God would smile on the division of families at the hands of federal agents, that God would condone putting children in cages, has lost all claim to ever use religious language again. I cheered. I cheered for the lines and especially for the mention of state-church separation in the debate and I wish more candidates would proudly invoke that Am…

Religious Freedom Battle Is Far From Over: Here’s What to Look for in 2019

By Patrick Hornbeck

…pinion politely tweaked the president’s tail, and Justice Kennedy fretted that “[a]n anxious world must know that our Government remains committed always to the liberties the Constitution seeks to preserve and protect.” Justice Sotomayor was more blunt. She referred back to Masterpiece Cakeshop, which the court had handed down just three weeks earlier. Whereas in that case, “a state civil rights commission was found to have acted without ‘the neut…

Racial Justice and Queer Masculinity: The Gospel of Frank Ocean

By Josiah Daniels

…ently wrestling with a two-pronged question: first, “What is the Gospel?”—that is, what is the Good News—and second, “How do we communicate the Good News in our immediate contexts?” In times like these, who can say anything about Good News? As I listen to Blonde, these questions bubble to the surface with every introspective verse, each ambient guitar riff, and the dark, mysterious longings for intimacy (With people? With God? Uhh, with himself?)….

Is Army’s New “Humanist” Designation Just Semantic Hooey?

By Elizabeth Drescher

…in opposition to traditional religious designations. “‘Atheist’ says only what I’m not,” Bradley explained. “‘Humanist is what I am. It is how I live my life. The principles of Humanism guide me through life’s challenges and provide me with a sense of purpose to experience life to its fullest. Atheism does neither.” Those who might think that Bradley’s insistence on claiming the designation is so much stridently irreligious, semantic quibbling mi…

Religious Freedom Org Sticking By Trump Clinging to SCOTUS Nominations

By Sunnivie Brydum

…see that Liberty Counsel hopes to grow up to be as influential as ADF. In fact, Liberty Counsel has proudly taken credit for the proliferation of transphobic “bathroom bills” in legislatures across the country, despite the fact that many of the bills feature language that is pulled verbatim from ADF’s “model legislation” template. All the while, Liberty Counsel leadership—including the Stavers—continue to deny any connections between the two organ…

Equality Opponents Try to Reverse UN Progress; Anti-Gay Pentecostal Pastor Elected Mayor of Rio; Indonesian University Official Tells LGBT Students To ‘Normalize’ Or Be Punished; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…divorced her to seek a more honest life: “I needed to let the world know that I was an imam, but that I was also gay. Some Muslims may want to live like this still is seventh-century Arabia, but it’s not. If I can’t be part of their Islam, so be it.” Hendricks is also the subject of a story appearing in Quartz this week: “This is who I am and if that means I am going to be killed because of my authenticity, then that is how I choose to meet God,”…

What Fidel Castro’s Death Means for LGBT Rights in Cuba and More, in This Week’s Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…Belfast Telegraph reports on a retired lawyer’s efforts to create a group that would promote inclusion of LGBT people in the Presbyterian Church, an effort “to emulate the success of existing grups such as Changing Ireland and Accepting Sexuality, which have been operating within the Church of Ireland and the Irish Methodist Church respectively.” “Of all the Churches, the Presbyterian Church in Ireland has failed to support its LGBT members by obs…

For International Human Rights Day, a Snapshot of LGBT Rights from the Vatican to Cape Town

By Peter Montgomery

…tion and awareness of the value of condoms in HIV prevention on the basis that condom use promotes promiscuity. There is some worry that the horrific wave of extrajudicial killings being carried out by government and vigilantes in the name of fighting drug trafficking could be turned against others, including LGBT people. Malta: Ban on conversion therapy adopted along with law ‘depathologizing’ gender identity Two pieces of legislation were adopte…

Biggest, Best & Worst LGBT Religion Stories of 2016 and more in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…s indeed leads to serious consideration for the legitimization of parties that promote the propaganda of paedophilia. Putin also send US President-elect Donald Trump a “very nice” Christmas letter. Taiwan: Marriage equality moves forward in parliament The day after Christmas, amid raucous protests, a parliamentary committee passed the first draft of a marriage equality bill, which is supported by the ruling Democratic Progressive Party and Preside…

Authoritarian Populism Vs Human Rights, The Campaign Against ‘Gender Ideology’ and More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…d for release last March, but as China Film Insider notes, “It was around that time that Chinese censors said they were banning depictions of gay people on television.” Cuba: LGBT activist blocked from leaving country for international workshop Government agents pulled LGBT activist Nelson Gandulla Díaz out of a security line at Havana’s international airport as he was preparing to attend a workshop in Colombia organized by Caribe Afirmativo, and…