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Anti-Gay Celebration in Uganda; Weddings in England; ‘Francis Effect’ at the Vatican

By Peter Montgomery

…they fear it might harm their own work within ASEAN and its institutions. South Korea: Christian Surgeon Overcomes Religious Resistance to Sex Reassignment Surgery Hyung-Jim Kim’s Associated Press profile of Dr. Kim Seok-Kwun, a devout Protestant, begins with a description of sex reassignment surgery he performed for a Buddhist monk who has been living as a man for many years. The story recounts Dr. Kim’s own journey to overcome his own religiou…

The Intellectual Source Code For National Conservatism Can Be Found at This Niche Catholic Publication

By Peter Schwartz

…cultural conservatism in the United States. The foundation of this source code (the motherlode of the code, as it were) is Catholic natural law moral philosophy. Natural law is the 800-year-old Thomist tradition that absorbs (from revelation and scripture) and communicates (into public discourse and legal practice) a quite specific understanding of the human individual as the summit of God’s creation. First Things has hosted some of the most impo…

Catholic Cardinal Slams Jesuit’s Bridge-Building Book; and More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…country passed legislation protecting LGBT people under hate crimes laws. South Korea: Constitutional Court Nominee Says Country Not Ready For Marriage Equality Lee You-jung, a nominee to the Constitutional Court, said during a confirmation hearing, “As for the controversial same-sex marriage, it is a matter that requires a long time to be legalized even in Western society and should be based on a long-term social consensus.” She added, “I am not…

Arguments That Caste Protections ‘Unjustly Target’ South Asians Don’t Stand Up to Scrutiny

By Pranay Somayajula and Nikhil Mandalaparthy

…their classmate on the basis of caste. Cal State’s policy isn’t limited to South Asians, because casteism isn’t limited to South Asians—the largest survey of Indian American attitudes to date, which found that 5 percent of Indian Americans reported facing caste discrimination in the past year, noted that “caste discrimination is a surprisingly equal opportunity offense,” and that “Indians, non-Indians, and people of both categories are almost equa…

Burma’s Spirit Festival, and More in This Week’s Global LGBT Roundup

By Peter Montgomery

…erforming homosexual acts, which are punishable by up to 14 years in jail. South Korea: Court rules in favor of LGBT advocacy group’s right to register The Supreme Court ruled that the Ministry of Justice was wrong to reject the establishment of the Beyond the Rainbow Foundation. Japan: Political leaders step out The China Post reports on efforts by Kunhiro Maeda, “one of Japan’s few openly gay politicians,” along with several colleagues, to bri…

Crisis in Sudan: ‘If the World Stands Idly By This Time, They Will Bring Genocide’

By Frederick Clarkson

…ning steam in the run-up to the July 9 date for the formal independence of southern Sudan. Like the residents of Kadugli, in the northern border state of South Kordofan, many Sudanese are finding themselves on the wrong side of disputed borders. There are, for example, many armed people aligned with the south’s Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) who live in and near Kadugli. This has allowed Khartoum to claim that they are fighting “rebels.” An…

Pence Defends US Immigration Policy in Guatemala … Using Scripture

By Daniel Schultz

…e in Cleveland for a sunnier reign in Los Angeles. Oh, and another: always bet on the Trump administration to take the stupidest possible position. Unlike LeBron, who is after all only human, that’s a gamble you can take to the bank week after week. For example, after all the uproar over Jeff Sessions’ use of Romans 13 to defend the extravagant cruelty of separating migrant families at the US border, you might be tempted to bet against administrat…

Tutu’s Daughter Marries Woman & Loses Anglican Priest License; Romanian Anti-Marriage Activists Get 3 Million Signatures; Australian State Apologizes For Harmful Sodomy Laws; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…The country’s constitutional court approved marriage equality on April 7. South Korea: Judge rejects marriage equality claim On Wednesday a district court judge ruled against a same-sex couple seeking legal recognition as a married couple. The judge, Lee Tae-jong, said it was up to the legislature to change the law: “The interpretation of marriage cannot be extended to include a union for the purpose of living together for life based on the love…

Is Mitt’s Mormonism Responsible for South Carolina Loss?

By Joanna Brooks

…for Rick Santorum, and 21% for Ron Paul. It is also worthy of note that in South Carolina Mitt Romney actually improved his share of self-identified Protestant voters. In 2008, Romney won about 13% of South Carolina Protestants; in 2012, that number grew to 27%. Certainly, data shows that anti-Mormon sentiment played a role in Romney’s fortunes, but here are five other takeaways from South Carolina data: 1. Anti-Mormon sentiment may be fading amo…

Trump’s Pathological Devotion to Border Walls Isn’t Political, It’s Theological

By Alana Massey

…ntous delivery to date. “I will build a great wall—and nobody builds walls better than me, believe me—and I’ll build them very inexpensively. I will build a great, great wall on our southern border, and I will make Mexico pay for that wall. Mark my words.” It was the kind of doomed proclamation an Old Testament king or emperor might have made, unaware in all his pride that neither God nor his messenger traditionally takes kindly to builders of tow…