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In Historic Vote, Presbyterians to Allow LGBT Clergy

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…conservative alliance called Presbyterians for Renewal agreed, telling the New York Times that his group does not plan to leave PC(USA) but that they are perplexed by the vote. “We see this as a bit of a crisis of conscience for us. The book that we hold up as holy is saying one thing, and now the church is behaving differently.” Adee says there is more work ahead for More Light. They will now begin to work on policies and procedures needed to imp…

Mormons Fight Marriage Equality in Mexico; Is Catholic Church Italy’s Anti-Gay NRA?; Nigerian Anglicans Cut Ties With UK Diocese; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…icy norms back toward faith and family values.” Speaking of U.S. policy, a New York Times commentary by Ernesto Lodoño on May 26 reviewed U.S. policy promoting the idea promulgated by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that “gay rights are human rights.” When President Bill Clinton signed an executive order in 1995 barring the government from denying security clearances solely on the basis of a person’s sexual orientation, the Family Resear…

What Irish Marriage Vote Means for Catholic Church; The Lonely Fight for Equality in Belize; Progress and Backlash in Tunisia; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…at the Catholic Church “needs to have a reality check across the board.” A New York Times story by Danny Hakimmay reviews the power once wielded by the Catholic hierarchy, including the central role played by former Archbishop John Charles McQuaid in the drafting of the country’s constitution. Decades after his death, McQuaid’s reputation crumbled when his role in covering up sexual abuse of children became clear. After the votes were counted, the…

From Organized Religion to Organizing Religion: Brian D. McLaren Wants Christians to Be Better

By Peter Laarman

…D: Not many good books about religion get the attention of widely-followed New York Times columnists. How has your life and your sense of responsibility for shaping a different future been affected by Nick Kristof’s tip of the hat? Brian McLaren: I’ve been a big fan of Nick’s work for a long time, so I was thrilled that he read and enjoyed the book. It was also encouraging to receive some commendation from Malcolm Gladwell recently. How much this…

Scottish Episcopal Church Angers Conservative Anglicans With Embrace of Same-Sex Marriage; and more in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…. Activists said other countries were considering doing the same. From the New York Times: Gay men in Chechnya, a deeply homophobic republic, have long been at risk of so-called honor killings by family members and of abuse by the local authorities. But this year, the pro-Kremlin government in Chechnya began targeting gay men more aggressively after a Moscow-based gay rights organization sought permits for gay pride parades in the area. Canada: Re…

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

…: Does religious rhetoric contribute to epidemic of anti-gay violence? The New York Times’ Andrew Jacobs reported this week on an “epidemic” of deadly anti-gay violence in Brazil, “one that, by some counts, has earned Brazil the ignominious ranking of the world’s deadliest place for lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender people.” Nearly 1,600 people were reportedly killed in hate-motivated attacks in the past four and a half years in spite of B…

New Mormon Anti-Gay Policy Sparks Mass Exodus From Church; Christian AID Workers in Africa Refuse to Help Gay Refugees; Ukraine Rejects, Then Accepts EU-Required Gay Rights Law; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…rds” against gays, and the time has come to respond. Referring to the 1969 New York riots that became a milestone in the American gay rights movement, he said, “The church needs a Stonewall.” Hong Kong: Catholic Bishop Defends Cardinal, Compares Homosexuality to Drug Abuse Bishop Michael Yeung Ming-cheung of the Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong, defending a political letter from Cardinal John Tong opposing marriage equality and anti-discrimination pr…

RD News Round-Up—Oct.14, 2008

By Bill Berkowitz

…Corbin, a politics professor at The King’s College, a Christian college in New York City, is sounding the alarm that an Obama loss on Election Day could cause riots on the streets in big cities across America. According to OneNewsNow, the online news service of Donald Wildmons’ American Family Association, Corbin “contends there is potential for public riots the night of or after the election, if Obama’s lead in the polls does not translate into v…

Orthodox TV Channel Offers Gays One-Way Ticket Out of Russia; And More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…n the day from Hakan, an activist with the KAOS GL organization. Also, the New York Times reported from Istanbul on the story of Mohammed, a 26-year old Iraqi: For Mohammed, an Iraqi civil engineer, the cruelest experience of his life was not when his father tortured him for being gay. It was not when Islamic State extremists took over the 26-year-old’s hometown in northern Iraq, forcing him to flee to Turkey. Or when he says he was almost raped a…

The Best Books Media of 2008

By Jeff Sharlet

…nd across the country. In God’s Profits: Faith, Fraud, and the Republican Crusade (Polipoint), she deftly dissects the financial doings—and more importantly, the financial methods—of religious right leaders waging perpetual culture war on their followers’ dime. She follows the money from televangelists and tax-exempt churches to some of the stranger and more mystical corners of evangelicaldom, and back again. * * * When the right-wing documentary…