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Eclipseville, USA: The Birthplace of ‘Little Green Men’ Proudly Hosts The Point of Greatest Eclipse

By Matthew Bowman

…next to the Sutton property, was jammed with cars parked haphazardly and pedestrians picking their way along the drainage ditches. The local police, state police, and reporters from Kentucky, Indiana, and Tennessee were mounting simultaneous inquiries. Sightseers and investigators tromped around the farmhouse, marveled at the shattered windows, gathered bullet casings and snapped twigs from the trees where the creatures had perched. All this might…

U.S. Religious Right Groups Support Move Toward ‘Illiberalism’ of Hungary and Poland; and More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ag Intensifies We reported last week on an anti-gay backlash spurred by social media reaction to video of a rainbow flag being waved at a concert. Reuters reports: Sarah Hegazy has been jailed, beaten by inmates, and could face a life sentence in an Egyptian prison if found guilty of “promoting sexual deviancy” and other charges tied to her alleged crime: waving a rainbow flag at a concert. The 28-year-old denies waving the flag but is one of 57 p…

‘Rising Global Tide’ Of Anti-Gay Crackdowns; More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…or intolerance. Carvalho’s decision represents a second setback for LGBT Brazilians in September alone. On Sept. 11, one of Porto Alegre’s biggest art museums made the decision to close a queer art exhibition following a barrage of threats from right-wing protesters, who also harassed museumgoers. Among their claims, protesters from the evangelical-backed Movimento Brasil Livre say the exhibition promoted pedophilia, blasphemy and bestiality. Alth…

Australian Church Leaders See Marriage Vote as Battle for Soul of Australia: Global LGBT Recap 10/30

By Peter Montgomery

…ith itself are under attack by this measure. Although 70 percent of Australians describe themselves as religious, polls suggest a majority also believe same-sex couples should be allowed to marry — a position in direct contradiction to the teachings of many church leaders. … Many religious leaders see same-sex marriage as likely to weaken churches and lead to a more secular society. Led by Australia’s two biggest churches, the Catholics and the An…

Why Are We Drawn to Horror?

By Mathias Clasen

…arker extremes of our emotional register; they teach us about the vicissitudes of life and the complexities of psychology and sociality; and they provide moral calibration and help us grapple with notions of good and evil. They help us plug into our culture and connect with our humanity. The other take-home message is that we can’t really make sense of horror without taking into account evolved and adapted human nature. Humanists have traditionall…

Anti-LGBT Culture Warriors On The March; More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ecution of LGBTQ people in Chechnya, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Georgia, Tanzania, Azerbaijan, and Tajikistan.” The U.S. Senate passed a resolution condemning anti-gay violence in Chechnya. Speaking of anti-LGBT onslaughts, the World Congress of Families has several upcoming regional conferences featuring speakers from US-based conservative Christian culture war groups: A November 17-18 WCF Caribbean Conference will be held in St. Lucia. In addition t…

The Glorious, Ethnically-Challenged, Sisterhood of Spy

By Haroon Moghul

…trying to procure it for them. The former never register. But the latter dazzle, especially Rose Byrne’s Rayna Boyanov. Cooper and Rayna are only superficially different; their telling each other to buzz off is the movie’s sappiest moment by far, a recognition that they have more in common than they want to know. They’re women in a man’s world, making it their own world, and having a wonderful time on the way. But should they be? Boyanov is cruel…

Emanuel’s Pulse: A Plea for Black Church–LGBTIQ Solidarity

By J. Kameron Carter

…black church and queer/ LGBT solidarity because antiblackness and homophobia and transphobia are interconnected. More still, in the face of Trump’s doubling down on anti-Muslim rhetoric in the wake of the shooting, it is a moment for a solidarity that refuses Islamophobia. That is to say, Emanuel AME and Pulse, Charleston and Orlando, must be understood together. Both are expressions of what I call “dark church communions,” expressions of emergen…

Does the Science Show that Spirituality Will Benefit Your Child?

By Michael Schulson

…ollowing Q&A. But these missteps don’t involve Miller’s own research, and, despite the dubious sourcing, a number of Miller’s claims are persuasive. There is evidence—much of it from Miller’s own, peer-reviewed work—that self-reported spiritual experience lowers the risk for substance abuse, depression, and unprotected sex among adolescents. There’s also plenty of evidence that adolescents can use spiritual experiences and techniques to navigate e…

Facebook: Internet Highway to Hell

By Anthea Butler

…or that your kids would be pimped out on the internet by perverts. Now, social media has become the latest “sinful” activity. Perhaps Rev. Miller should get on the phone to Sarah Palin, and counsel her about her kids’ activity on Facebook. Bristol Palin found time from her “Dancing with the stars” practice to get on Facebook with her sister Willow to ride on a friend who had the chutzpah to say “Sarah Palin’s Alaska is failing so hard right now.”…