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Bob McDonnell’s Christian Reconstructionist Thesis

By Julie Ingersoll

…his 14 years in the General Assembly, McDonnell pursued at least 10 of the policy goals he laid out in that research paper.” Even in 2009 I thought that McDonnell’s facile dismissal seemed just too convenient, so yesterday I went back to it for a second look. First, as an “academic exercise,” this paper is really weak. It is a graduate-level thesis, but McDonnell’s use of sources would be inadequate even in an undergraduate class. For example, he…

Historic Pro-Gay Equality Shift Led by Millennials—Evangelicals Included

By Peter Montgomery

…o draw a distinction between that religious view and their views on public policy. That distinction is also evident among the public as a whole. PRRI Research Director Dan Cox said that among Americans who morally disapprove of same-gender sexual relationships, nearly one in five still favor allowing gay and lesbian couples to marry, and four in ten say gay and lesbian relationships should be accepted by society. The report highlights a huge gener…

Policing Academic Freedom: A Book, a Controversy, and the Ominous Aftermath

By Michael Jerryson

…r’s book resulted in a variety of outcries from scholars, journalists, and policy makers. Most notable were academic associations, which issued statements to denounce Penguin’s decision. The Board of Directors for the American Academy of Religion (AAR) published a statement on their website on March 7, 2014 that included: The AAR and its almost ten thousand members are dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in the study of religion. But to pursue…

Uncertainty About US Role In LGBT Human Rights Under Trump; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…e it on their own and must refer all cases to him and his committee.Wurz’s policy, based on the biblical tenets of love, compassion and forgiveness, is one that leaders of the 3 other sects must also consider. Bishops set the tone on Hutterite colonies. If they charge their ministers with mercy rather than malice it makes a huge difference. Behind every gay person is a mom, a dad, brothers, sisters, uncles, aunts and countless relatives. When a co…

The Clenched Fist of Truthiness: Why Religion Won’t Fix This

By Daniel Schultz

…faith-friendly” enough revolve around this dynamic, focused on whether Dem policy should respond to an increasingly secular coalition, or whether the party should make concessions in hopes of keeping the remaining traditionalists on board. As I say, we tend to assume that our expressions of faith or values can bridge these divides—again, that “God is bigger than those things which seek to divide us.” It never works. The secularization of our cultu…

Norwegian Catholic Church May Stop Civil Marriages; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…or three years from participating in decision making regarding doctrine or policy. Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby indicated that he was planning to speak honestly about divisions in the Communion on issues of sexuality: Welby went on to say that when he had met the previous day in Harare with Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, the notorious African leader had asked him about the communion’s stance on same-sex marriage. The archbishop said he…

Pope’s US Visit Provokes Intense Attention; New Vatican Book on Man-Woman Complementarity & New Int’l Report on Christian Role Models for LGBT Equality; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…the American bishops have made a centerpiece of their public ministry and policy battles, with many of them casting the acceptance of gay relationships as the beginning of an era of exclusion and even persecution for Christians. Francis, as he has done in his speeches to church leaders throughout this visit, his first to the U.S., refused to take that bait. Without mentioning gay marriage, he noted that civil marriage and Christian sacramental ma…

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

By Peter Montgomery

…pidemic: The country’s growing HIV epidemic has been fueled by a legal and policy environment hostile to evidence-based policies and interventions proven to help prevent HIV transmission. Such restrictions are found in national, provincial, and local government policies, and are compounded by the longstanding resistance of the Roman Catholic Church to sexual health education and condom use. Government policies create obstacles to condom access and…

Well, It Would Have Been a Good Religion Question…

By Sarah Posner

…Religion questions are always pegged to the US religious right’s domestic policy agenda. Not that these aren’t crucial issues facing America: the restriction of access to abortion, the enduring discussion of long-settled questions of the effectiveness and morality of using contraception, the exposure of retrograde views of national politicians about rape all deserve attention. Throughout the presidential and vice-presidential debates, though, qu…

Is Change Possible? Shifting the Ex-Gay Question

By Lynne Gerber

…ng personal testimonies of transformation, and political sessions by Focus policy experts providing conservative analyses of gay politics and generating support for anti-gay activism. “Change is Possible” (then Exodus’ slogan) was the ideological lynchpin of this personal, political and organizational exchange. And it did increasingly difficult work trying to contain the tensions and contradictions generated by the awkward fusion of Exodus’ person…