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Trump Election Could Threaten LGBT Rights Globally

By Peter Montgomery

…ntry’s former president when he moved toward closer ties with Russia. “The United States was a great example for us… Now we expect the backlash in all spheres of rights — LGBT rights, minority rights, women’s rights, migrant rights.” The Washington Blade’s Michael Lavers interviews a Palestinian human rights activist who believes that Trump’s anti-Muslim rhetoric is fueling extremism. At the United Nations, members of the African Group are pushing…

Peru’s Civil Unions Bill Killed as Bishop Calls Sponsor ‘Faggot’; Germany Fines Men For Trying To Force Gay Muslim Teen Into Hetero Marriage; LGBT Global Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…DEFHO) in 2003. “It’s on occasions like this that we must show we are one, united, universal in this fight.” …Despite death threats from critics who call her “the devil’s lawyer”, fierce opposition from institutions like the Catholic church, and the herculean nature of her self-assigned mission to change entrenched views, Nkom’s passion for the law remains undimmed, nearly 50 years after she became the first woman to be called to the bar in Camero…

Donald Trump Scares LGBT People Worldwide and More, in This Week’s Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…il of Europe held a session on the rights of children in rainbow families. United Nations: Effort to strip language on SOGI from extra-judicial killings resolution fails As part of an ongoing backlash against LGBT human rights at the United Nations, the Group of African States continues to try to undermine the independent expert hired by the Human Rights Council to investigate violence and discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and iden…

Evangelicals Call Christian Zionist Uncritical “Support” for Israel “Appalling” and “Intolerable”

By Sarah Posner

…m, is a dangerous insult.” As I was writing this, an email from Christians United for Israel (representing a big chunk of Gushee and Stassen’s target audience) arrived in my inbox, urging followers to “stand with” Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, who will be “entering a lion’s den” at the United Nations. “We want him to stand proudly knowing that millions of Christians stand with him. We want him to feel our hands holding up his arms. We…

Bishop Says Gay Couples Cannot Be Part of Parish Life; Does Rising Evangelical Political Power in Brazil Contribute to Anti-LGBT Violence?; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…han 60 lawmakers to the 513-member lower house of Congress, doubling their numbers since 2010 and making them one of the most disciplined blocs in an unruly and divided legislature. Jean Wyllys, Brazil’s only openly gay member of Congress, said evangelical lawmakers, the core of a coalition known as the “B.B.B. caucus” — short for Bullets, Beef and Bible — have stymied legislation that would punish anti-gay discrimination and increase penalties fo…

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

By Peter Montgomery

…uman Rights Council Adopts Anti-Discrimination Resolution Last Friday, the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted a resolution against anti-LGBT violence and discrimination. From the Washington Blade’s Michael Lavers: The U.S., along with Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Montenegro, Peru, Philippines, South Korea, South Africa, Macedonia, the U.K., Ve…

London’s ‘Big Gay Iftar’ And More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…the cultural rights of women. The deadline for submissions is May 19. The United Methodist Church’s judicial council ruled that a lesbian bishop’s election violated church law which holds that “the practice of homosexuality is incompatible with Christian teaching.” Foreign Affairs published “The Global Backlash Against Gay Rights: How Homophobia Became a Political Tool” by Omar G. Encarnación. The article examines the pushback against gay rights…

Neither Christ Nor Antichrist: A Reflection on the Election of Barack Obama

By Edward J. Blum

…ened by those who do and those who want a mystery to have control over the United States army and have access to nuclear weapons. Mysteries can be dangerous and days of Jubilee do not always end with eras of sublimity. In the United States, there have been alleged days of Jubilee before. On January 1, 1863, African Americans throughout the nation and many northern whites celebrated the passage of the Emancipation Proclamation. Nighttime vigils wer…

Faith-Baiting in Minnesota and Elsewhere Follows the “Project Blitz” Playbook

By Frederick Clarkson

…ing of “writings, documents, and records … that reflect the history of the United States, including, but not limited to, (i) the preamble to the Constitution of this State; (ii) the Declaration of Independence; (iii) the United States Constitution; (iv) the Mayflower Compact… the National Motto” and more. The Oklahoma legislation, like the model bills it draws on, is a transparent effort to slip in overtly religious documents like the Ten Commandm…

Virginians may Vote in Elections, But in Counties with Militias Democracy Hangs in the Balance

By Carolyn Gallaher and Priya Dixit

…ral” Virginia and Halifax in “Southside” Virginia. [49] “Quick Facts,” The United States Census Bureau. [50] Jason Dunovant, “Supervisors Pass Resolution Supporting Volunteerism, Leave Out Militia,” The Franklin News-Post, February 23, 2022. [51] Dunovant, “Supervisors.” [52] Campbell Robertson, “In Rural Virginia, a Militia Tries to Recruit a New Ally: The County Government,” The York Times, October 28, 2020. [53] Halifax County Board of Supervis…