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Gingrich Downplays Adelson Money, Stokes Fear of “Second Holocaust” at Florida Church

By Sarah Posner

…ingrich’s arrival, discussed his recent private meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calling him “the Ronald Reagan of Israel” and added, “we need people who are running for office who will boldly stand for the nation of Israel.” Gingrich obviously anticipated the audience’s reaction to all things Israel, because he used it when he got a question from Stemberger, who had given a brief speech about his opposition to the the expan…

‘Anti-Romeo’ Vigilante Squads Target Men Suspected Of Being Gay; More in the Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…e for Criminal Justice Reform “has lambasted the Aceh administration’s Islamic criminal code bylaw, or Qanun Jinayat, saying it could potentially provoke discrimination and over-criminalization of LGBT communities and other vulnerable groups.” The Aceh province is governed by the conservative Islamist legal code. Notes the Jakarta Post: Qanun Jinayat imposes criminal sanctions on both Muslims and non-Muslims found to have consumed liquor, dated in…

Snake-Handlers, False Messiahs, and a Few Great Souls: 14 Who Died in 2014

By Daniel Silliman

…enced “an outpouring of the Holy Spirit”that believers said sounded like a mighty wind. An estimated 2.5 million attended the revival by 1998. Jamie Coots A third-generation signs-following pentecostal preacher who handled venomous snakes in worship, Jamie Coots was bitten and died refusing medical treatment. He was 42. Coots was pastor of a snake-handling church of 30, in Middlesboro, Ky., and the subject of a reality TV show called Snake Salvati…

What the Hail: Satanists Got Busy in 2018

By Joseph Laycock

…ay: TST filed a formal complaint against Twitter with the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination. TST accepted an offer from First Amendment attorney Marc Randazza to represent them pro bono. Randazza has represented a number of far-right figures including Alex Jones, Mike Cernovich, and Andrew Anglin. TST-Santa Cruz announced their adoption of a local beach. Locals described being “shocked” that Satanists would clean up a beach but were…

How ‘Positivity’ Can Lead to Conspiratorial Thinking

By Susannah Crockford

…prosperity gospel, that promises health and wealth regardless of socioeconomic status. One prominent proponent is Paula White, a televangelist, and spiritual advisor to Donald Trump. Prosperity gospel’s blend of optimism, individualism, and personal responsibility for socioeconomic outcomes sits well with the politics of the outgoing administration. Yet it goes deeper than this. Trump attended the New York church of Norman Vincent Peale in his you…

The Nation of Islam at the End of the Apocalyptic Age?

By Anna Clark

…d Walid, who is also the executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations’ Michigan chapter. “Maybe they were former members, or they have family members who are. There’s a feeling of cooperation, though not total agreement on theological issues.” This is an especially notable point: the Nation’s choices in this moment of transition have an influence that reaches far beyond its membership base. “What people don’t understand is that…

Not a Review of Would You Baptise an Extraterrestrial?

By Nick Tabor

…. “It’s sort of like asking, ‘How do you reconcile being a scientist and a Detroit Lions fan?’” The question seems to assume a fundamentalist model of religion, rather than a mystical one, and takes for granted that the two disciplines are separate in the first place. Instead, Consolmagno says he’s had revelations behind his telescopes that resemble his experiences in Mass. His faith permeates his scientific research, and his research deepens his…

Pride Month & Prejudice; ‘Worrisome Time’ For LGBT People; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…e current King Norodom Sihamoni, but this has not shielded them from discrimination by family, friends and society in general. France: Gay policeman killed in jihadist attack married posthumously The gay policeman killed by a jihadist in Paris in April was married posthumously to his partner on May 30. Under French law, reports The Local, the president can authorize a posthumous marriage when there are “significant grounds” to do so and the deceas…

Burning Man: Religious Event or Sheer Hedonism?

By Lee Gilmore

…llar annual budget is funded almost exclusively by ticket sales, and these tickets are not cheap (ranging this year, for example, from $210-$300 depending on time of purchase). This pays for the basic infrastructure as well as expenses like a hefty per-person/per-day use fee charged by the Bureau of Land Management. In addition, a significant portion of each year’s budget is set aside to fund many of the large-scale art installations various parti…

Saving Teens from Obama: When Bible Study Goes Wrong

By Vyckie Garrison

…w a Michael Moore film, thinking this would be a relevant counter-example. Miranda wasn’t familiar with Moore, and insisted that she saw the D’Souza documentary as neutral—a way to get the kids talking about the president’s policies and the upcoming election. Both pastors assured me that they in no way endorsed one candidate over another (RC suggested that Christians might sidestep the entire issue of the presidential election, and Romney’s Mormon…