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A Church Group, a Lawsuit, and a Culture of Abuse

By T.F. Charlton

…grew up in as a teen and young adult, was served with a lawsuit this past October, alleging clergy cover-ups of sexual abuse. Sadly, I was even less surprised when the suit was amended in January to include Covenant Life Church (CLC), the congregation I had attended for nine years, and to add new charges of physical and sexual abuse by pastors, as well as allegations of abuse on church property. From what I’d seen inside Sovereign Grace and Coven…

Lars von Trier is the Antichrist Best Film Director in the World

By S. Brent Rodriguez Plate

…Antichrist (Saw VI and Antichrist share the same general US release date: October 23), but most Saw viewers don’t spend much time discussing the intricacies of the plotline, the structure of the film (the question: “do I saw my own foot off or not?” basically amounts to 30 seconds of discussion), or, more importantly, the implications of the film for their own lives. Further, we won’t find many reviews of Saw VI in “highbrow” publications like Ar…

QAnon’s Predictions Haven’t Come True; So How Does the Movement Survive the Failure of Prophecy?

By Amarnath Amarasingam and Marc-André Argentino

…cond, we may see factionalism in the movement, with some followers being siphoned off into other movements and groups and continuing their activism in ways that become only loosely tied to QAnon. Third, we may see the movement carry on as if nothing has changed. Many of these followers may instead be rejuvenated in their quest, arguing that, as their ally in the White House has been defeated, they need to come together and fight harder than ever b…

‘Murder Among the Mormons’ Ep 1 Recap: A Trio of Bombs Launches SLC into a Panic

By Benjamin E. Park

…ruggles to produce the complete “McLellin Papers,” which he had promised a number of Mormon collectors, left him scrambling. News clips from those long October days captured the heightened animosity after a first death, and then a second, launched Salt Lake City into a panic. The episode ends with the dramatic climax of policemen, journalists, and friends alike terrified that they had a serial killer running loose. In his Bancroft Prize-winning bo…

How Anne Frank Turned Up At Occupy

By Peter Manseau

…the people’s microphone, they might puzzle over a video clip date-stamped October 6, when Jeff Mangum, the man behind the beloved indie rock band Neutral Milk Hotel, treated the occupiers in Zuccotti Park to an eight song solo set. Dressed in a shaggy Nordic sweater and dark Mao-ish cap, Mangum looked the very model of the modern hipster protest singer. But his lyrics—echoed by the crowd of hundreds surrounding him—were a long way from “Blowin’ i…

Phelps’ Vile Words Test First Amendment

By Lauri Lebo

…ity and for the presence of gays in the US military. The church operates a number of Web sites, including www.godhatesfags.com, on which it disseminates its rabidly anti-homosexual views. The church has gained notoriety for staging protests at the funerals of US soldiers in order to draw attention to its message. Albert Snyder’s son, Lance Corporal Matthew Snyder, was a US Marine who was killed on March 3, 2006 during active service in Iraq. His b…

In This Week’s LGBT Recap: Are Gay Priests Overdue for a Stonewall Moment?

By Peter Montgomery

…an be accessed outside Russia, but inside the country the site displays an October closure order. Xenia Loutchenko, a Moscow commentator who writes on church affairs, says Putin and an inner Orthodox circle are driving the air of social retrenchment, not any grass-roots desire for a sterner, more judgmental Russia. “There is a demand for an ideology, and they’re beginning to build one,” she said. “I don’t think it reflects in any way what the soci…

RDPulpit: Is Barack Obama a “Fierce Advocate” For Gays or Just Pragmatist-in-Chief?

By Paul Gorrell

…e needs to be applied and felt. Third, the march on Washington planned for October needs to be very unlike the last one, which had no bite to it. The October march needs to include a good dose of rage that does not celebrate how far we have come but demands that we go much further. Last, if the Barack Obama presidency remains unchanged in years two and three of his first term, we need to join other progressives and search for a Democrat to run aga…

LGBT’s, Opponents Prep for Vatican Synod; UN Rights Council Adopts LGBT Resolution; Brazil’s Evangelicals Eye Presidency; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ral Care with Homosexual and Transsexual People, took place in Rome today, October 3, in advance of the upcoming bishops’ synod on the family. America Magazine, a Catholic journal published by the Jesuit Order, published “Towards Global Inclusion of LGBT People Within Catholic Communities,” remarks made by James Alison at the conference. Alison recounts the biblical story of Peter visiting the house of Cornelius, a Roman Centurion and gentile, as…

An Israeli and a Palestinian American Imam Exchange Letters on Disturbing Viral Video

By Yakir Englander and Omar Suleiman

On the 12th of October, amid growing violence in Israel/Palestine, stories and video began to circulate on social media of Israelis cursing at a critically wounded Palestinian boy. Excluded, or scarcely mentioned, was the allegation that the boy had, moments earlier stabbed two Israelis (along with his cousin, who was killed by Israeli police). On his Facebook page, Imam Omar Suleiman posted a link to the video with a comment: Watch this video of…