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Indonesia Allows Abusive Sharia Laws to Stand; Kenyan Priest Joins Challenge to Anti-LGBT Laws; Dominican Republic Bishop Slams ‘Gender Ideology’ at OAS; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…on sustainable development, but says the OAS should be strengthening “the Western Christian humanist tradition,” not seeking to “undermine” it by imposing “gender ideology” Bermuda: Voters reject marriage, civil unions for same-sex couples In a Thursday referendum, voters rejected by large margins two questions that were put before them: whether they support civil unions or marriage for same-sex couples. About 68 percent voted no to marriage and…

Founder of Liberal Mosque in Germany Under Guard After Death Threats; And More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…a tsunami upon their islands.” WCF’s Don Feder criticized politicians who promote kinds of marriage “from which society derives no benefit.” Feder, according to the Antigua Observer, “posited that homosexuals cannot fulfil the most basic purpose of marriage which is procreation and child rearing.” At Pride in London on Saturday, which mayor Sadiq Khan said was the biggest pride parade ever, some Christians apologized for how the church had treate…

Using Religion to Get Away With Murder?

By Sarah Posner

…ational Abortion Federation and American Civil Liberties Union have filed an amicus brief in the case, opposing Roeder’s possible use of the argument to support the lesser charge. “This is a dangerous misinterpretation of the law,” Doug Bonney, Chief Counsel & Legal Director, ACLU of Kansas & Western Missouri, said in a statement. “No matter what our political or moral beliefs, we are not entitled to kill those who disagree with us. We would not a…

Behind a Recent Stunt in Idaho Lies a Dangerous Theocratic Movement

By Chrissy Stroop

…Army intelligence officer, has clearly inspired many people to move to the Western enclave he and his fellow travelers consider a haven for religious conservatives. Although it would be very difficult to determine precisely how many have done so, local observers are feeling the impact. “I have a firm grasp on the number of Heather Scott supporters in my district,” Abbott says, “and in two years, from roughly 2018 to 2020, her base has increased ro…

UPDATE: An Abrupt End to Quebec Separatist Plan to Ban “Ostentatious Signs” of Religion

By Jeremy Stolow

…ebec’s lamentable endorsement of a broader Islamophobia that has swept the Western world in the post-9/11 context. The defeat of the government at the polls on 7 April would seem to indicate that the agenda of the Charter has now come to an end, and that Quebeckers have rejected its divisive politics. In the words of Bernard Drainville, the principal architect of Bill 60, on the day after the election, “It’s over, the Charter. We did what we cou…

V-Day: An Arrow in the Heart

By Louis A. Ruprecht

…f February seem to make it harder to draw a sharp line between Eastern and Western Christianity as well. The third is Saint George of Mytilene, hailing from the Greek island of Lesbos. The erotic charge of that hometown calls the ancient Greek poet Sappho to mind, as well as the debates I have discussed previously about the meaning of the name “lesbian,” then and now. If Sappho was a passionate lover of women, and if she hailed from the island of…

Taking the Christ Back Out of Christmas: Secularizing the Season

By C. Joshua Villines

…t Jesus has nothing to do with it. When Christianity rose to prominence in Western Europe, people took their existing festal activities and whitewashed them with a veneer of the gospel. The origins of those traditions, however, are no more Christian than those of Easter eggs or the Easter Bunny. This was a time of goodwill and generosity long before anyone heard of a baby born in a stable. In fact, the most familiar and heartwarming stories we ass…

Policing Academic Freedom: A Book, a Controversy, and the Ominous Aftermath

By Michael Jerryson

…Religious Studies major before law school, and now an advocate engaged in promoting an accurate understanding of Hinduism and countering misrepresentations on a near daily basis, four words in the AAR statement—to offer any interpretation—leap out at me. To a lay person who deeply respects my religious tradition, it is this unconditional and self-proclaimed right ‘to offer any interpretation’ which lies at the root of what is wrong with religious…

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

…id showcased anti-LGBT rhetoric and conspiracy theories. Mexico: President promotes constitutional guarantee of LGBT equality; Mormon Church objects As Mexico’s complicated march toward nationwide marriage equality continues, President Enrique Peña Nieto wrote in Huffington Post about initiatives he introduced in May to establish a constitutional right to marry, “independently of gender identity or sexual orientation,” as part of a broader effort…

Thanks But No Thanks: How a Noted Theologian’s Defense of Larycia Hawkins Goes Bizarrely Astray

By Scott C. Alexander

…ed scholars from conservative backgrounds, Muslim scholars trained in more Western academic contexts, Muslim scholars who have studied Christianity from a Christian perspective, Muslim scholars who only understand Christianity through the lens of polemic and debate? Or might he be speaking of the vast majority of theologically untrained Muslims whose informed opposition to the claim that “God is love” is frankly more difficult to imagine than it i…