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LGBT Editor In Bangladesh Murdered by Islamists—and More, In this Week’s Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…y police officers heavily monitor LGBT people using the community’s dating websites and internet forums. He stated that it is common practice for a police officer to engage with someone online, agree to meet him or her in person, and then send the messages to the public prosecution to issue a warrant of arrest. As we have reported, homosexuality is not illegal in Egypt, but LGBT people are often targeted for persecution and prosecution under debau…

High Schooler says Barbara Ehrenreich’s Book Violates his Civil Rights

By Sarah Posner

…sus Christ as a “‘wine-guzzling vagrant and precocious socialist.’” On the website for her book, Ehrenreich answers the frequently asked question, “why did you go out of your way to insult Jesus as a ‘wine guzzling vagrant?’”: I didn’t! In fact, Nickel and Dimed received a Christopher Award, which is given by a Catholic group in recognition of books “which affirm the highest values of the human spirit.” In the section at issue, I observed that the…

Open Letter to Pastor Judah Smith on “Inclusion”: Just for Immigrants, or LGBTQ Too?

By George Mekhail

…ing something. Unfortunately, when I searched for the full message on your website I could only find Parts 1, 3, 4 & 5. The reason this is important to me personally is because up until recently I helped lead EastLake Community Church, and I currently run an organization called “Together in This”, both located in the Seattle area not too far from your church, The City Church. A couple of years ago, EastLake made a statement of full inclusion for t…

Are You There God? It’s Us, Googling

By Michael Schulson

…hy does God allow suffering?” the first hit was a sponsored result for the website of David Jeremiah, a conservative evangelical preacher in California. Do these websites actually shape people’s responses to deep theological questions? Can search results and search engine optimization influence the beliefs of an individual confronting a difficult question? It’s hard to tell. But as people go online for answers to religious questions, fundamentalis…

Guns and the Wyoming Legislator Proposing the Shari’ah Law Ban

By Sarah Posner

…rating from the NRA. But his web page at the State of Wyoming Legislature website also says he belongs to the JPFO — Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership. The JPFO, which is popular with militia groups, claims, among other things, that the late Sen. Thomas Dodd asked the Library of Congress to translate the Nazi Gun Control Act of 1938 into English so he could use it for the U.S. Gun Control Act of 1968, and more generally insists that…

Mike Johnson’s Porn-Monitoring isn’t Just ‘Creepy’ — it’s a Window to the Fascist Desire Driving the White Evangelical Will to Power

By Jessica Johnson

…ship” text for support. Image: Covenant Eyes website. On the Covenant Eyes website, porn “addiction” is couched as a masculine sin to produce heteropatriarchal gender relations as the norm. A dropdown menu under the “Why Am I Here?” tab reads, first, “To overcome porn, as a Man,” and then “To overcome porn, as a Woman.” Clicking on the different links for “man” and “woman” leads to distinct experiences. The men’s site is far more interactive and e…

Country of Georgia Considers Constitutional Marriage Ban; Hindu Nationalist Leader Surprises India With Call to Decriminalize Homosexuality; No End to Anti-LGBT Propaganda Campaign in Indonesia; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ion since a group of Dominican evangelicals posted it to the White House’s website last week. A group of Catholic bishops in the Dominican Republic on Monday urged the country’s government to formally complain to the U.S. about Brewster’s “conduct” that includes visiting schools and attending public events with his husband, Bob Satawake. National Security Advisor Susan Rice last week reiterated the Obama administration’s support of Brewster. A gro…

First U.S. Visit of the Virgin Mary Confirmed in Wisconsin

By Lewis Wallace

…e United States, and immigrants from Catholic countries may be pushing the numbers up. As a symbol of Catholic catechesis, and as a representative of a seemingly humbler, more educated past, Adele may have a chance to make her mark. If she does, the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help will need some visitor accommodations—like a parking lot. It might look to Lourdes to improve its website: on the official site for the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes,…

CPCs Hire Christians Only With Federal Funds? Thank Obama

By Sarah Posner

…in 2006, declined a request for an interview. However, he says on the TPCN website that he joined the group after conducting research that convinced him that “countless women were suffering through a decision they never really wanted to make—nor wouldn’t have to—if just one other person were available to listen, support, protect, and educate.” * * * * The TPCN website claims to subject its subcontractors to a rigorous selection process. But when I…

RD News Round-Up—September 22, 2008

By Bill Berkowitz

…ver.” Although encouraged by the Democratic Party’s “pledges to reduce the number of abortions, … [he] now worries [that] the party is using abortion as a wedge issue by running ads sharply contrasting Palin and Obama on abortion rights,” AP reported. “Strang said he’s waiting for the Republicans to talk more about health care and the economy—and is both intrigued and unmoved by Palin. ‘It’s a great story, but I don’t know what’s changed,’ he said…