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Free Arabs: Satire, Disobedience, and Disclaimers

By Nabil Echchaibi

…apostasy laws in Muslim countries, and an unveiled Saudi female student in Canada who keeps a diary against veiling. And the site’s Art section promotes controversial photo galleries on beauty and veiling, cultural and gender identities in Islam, and the use of humor in the Syrian war frontlines, among other things. As a critical space, Free Arab should be commended for promoting individual rights and civil liberties in the Arab context. The site’…

Christian Colleges, Gay Faculty—and the Boy Scouts

By L Marston

…uestions in light of the legalization of same sex marriage in the U.S. and Canada: “[whether] CRC church buildings can host gay marriage ceremonies; [whether] CRC pastors can preside over gay marriages; [whether] CRC members are bound to opposing the legalization of gay marriage; [whether] CRC parents can participate in a child’s gay marriage.” (President LeRoy’s position supports Sarah Posner’s contention here at RD that the so-called ‘new’ eva…

UK Atheist Church Invasion

By Becky Garrison

…p plant atheist churches in the UK, Ireland, Australia, the United States, Canada and beyond. They took some time from their busy touring schedule to chat via Skype about this accidental movement that’s now becoming a global phenomenon. Is this how you envisioned Sunday Assembly playing out when you launched your first service in London in January? Pippa Evans: No, we didn’t think it would take off this fast and that we’d be touring around the w…

Why Faithy Rhetoric Won’t Help Democrats

By Sarah Posner

…ed States, and the other two (also one evangelical and one Pentecostal) in Canada. In the book, Bean, who is now a strategist for the PICO National Network, argues that white evangelical political identity in the United States is formed not (as is often the stereotype) by a top-down strategy of conservative pastors telling congregants how to vote, but rather through reinforcement of ideals of what makes a “good” Christian through lay leaders, para…

Global LGBT Recap:Culture War Exports, Mob Violence and Kidnapping as Weapon of Homophobia

By Peter Montgomery

…ummer, Kenneth Miller, a pastor who helped her flee to Central America via Canada was sentenced to 27 months in prison, but was allowed to remain free while he appealed. This week he filed an appeal of his sentence, saying that he should not have been sentenced by a court in Vermont, where Miller’s former partner lives. UK: Jail Terms for Siblings Who Attacked, Tried to Kidnap Sister’s Female Partner On Friday, six members of a Muslim family were…

World Congress of Families Draws Anti-LGBT Activists to Budapest; More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…n review the status of LGBT people in Cambodia, which “has seen increasing numbers of gays emerging into public life as the country continues to rapidly normalize after three decades of war.” Cambodians have traditionally shunned the gay community, and LGBT practices are often viewed as being against nature and a threat to rebuilding the social order in the aftermath of three decades of war, which obliterated the country’s social fabric. Overcomin…

Bill to Stone Gays to Death Introduced in Kenya

By Peter Montgomery

…tarian operations in Uganda were already worth more than $2bn annually – a number which has doubtless grown – and they compete aggressively with secular NGOs to secure US government grants…. Evangelical groups’ close ties to Ugandan government leaders have cemented their influence in my country. Charismatic humanitarian pastors like Rick Warren and evangelical NGOs such as World Vision are increasingly invited to the official forums that help to s…

International ‘Pro-Family’ Summit Calls for New Anti-Gay Laws: Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…r LGBTs: Same-sex couples are able to legally marry in 19 states and D.C., Canada, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Mexico City, French Guiana, the French islands of Martinique, Guadeloupe, St. Martin and St. Barthelemy and the Caribbean Netherlands that includes the islands of Bonaire, Saba and St. Eustatius. Lawmakers in the Mexican state of Coahuila on Sept. 1 overwhelmingly approved a same-sex marriage bill. Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos i…

Can a Church Split Truly Be Gracious?

By Adam J. Copeland

The directions are easy. Drive north; turn left just before you hit Canada. In recent months, I became accustomed to the two and a half hour drive from Fargo, N.D. to Bathgate, N.D. The Presbyterian church in Bathgate had asked to be dismissed from the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A). As chair of the task force to engage with the congregation concerning its possible disaffiliation, I made that drive north often. Out my window I saw the wheat, beans,…

Holy Hipster Mark Driscoll Continues to Fall

By Becky Garrison

…nity with his podcasts ranking among the top 10 in religion in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Norway. In January 2012, he became a #1 New York Times bestselling author heavily promoted by his publisher, until Mars Hill removed this designation from his bio following revelations that he had paid ResultSource, a marketing firm that “creates”bestsellers. At present, Driscoll seems to have been dropped by his agent, and his relationshi…