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Global LGBT Recap: World Vision Caves, World Congress of Families Vamps, God Weeps

By Peter Montgomery

…party in the National Capital Territory of Delhi (the Indian equivalent of Washington DC) and allowing them to form a minority government with the Indian National Congress Party. Aam Aadmi have announced that the re-legalization of homosexuality will be a priority in its election manifesto – to be released later this week. Ethiopia: Politicians Push to Make Homosexuality Non-Pardonable Pink News reported this week that legislation to add homosexua…

Global LGBT Recap: Ugandan Law Unleashes Vigilantes, Anti-Gay Americans Want to Boost Homophobia Exports

By Peter Montgomery

…w global anti-gay network they call the Coalition for Family Values. At a Washington, D.C. press conference, Lively said governments have an affirmative duty to uphold a biblical view of sexuality, which he called the “one flesh paradigm.” That means discouraging and suppressing homosexuality. Lively’s new effort has drawn quick support from other religious right leaders like Liberty Counsel’s Matt Barber and The American Family Association’s Ti…

Baptist Blogger who Discovered Land Plagiarism says Investigation is “Unprecedented”

By Sarah Posner

…u don’t get bigger than Richard Land.” Land has been the SBC’s presence in Washington for decades, and was a key player in the conservative resurgence within the denomination as the religious right began its ascendance. Still, though, he’s more of a Washington insider than a representative of the pews. “He plays TV consultant,” said Weaver. “He’s the go-to expert and supposedly has his finger on the pulse on Southern Baptists, but if you’re around…

Paul Weyrich, “Godfather” of Modern Conservative Movement, Dead at 66

By Bill Berkowitz

…he had been named by Regardie’s Magazine as “one of the 100 most powerful Washingtonians”; he contributed op-ed pieces to the New York Times, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal and was a regular contributor to the Washington Times. Weyrich, and a handful of other leaders (Richard Viguerie, the guru of direct mail, and Howard Philips, head of the poverty program in the Nixon administration) and philanthropists (William Simon), effectively arg…

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Project 2025: How Trump Loyalists and Right-Wing Leaders Are Paving a Fast Road to Fascism

By Peter Montgomery

…ely says the Constitution gives him ‘the right to do whatever I want,” The Washington Post, July 23, 2019, https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/07/23/trump-falsely-tells-auditorium-full-teens-constitution-gives-him-right-do-whatever-i-want/. Article II of the U.S. Constitution establishes the Executive Branch of the government and describes the powers and duties of the president. [30] Isaac Arnsdorf, Josh Dawsey, and Devlin Barrett, “Trump…

Postcards From the Edge: Crackpot Anti-Gay Crusader Goes Global

By Bill Berkowitz

…ively’s “collaborators” include Alexey Ledyaev, leader of the Latvia-based international New Generation Church, and Ken Hutcherson, a former NFL player turned preacher who founded Antioch Bible Church, an anti-gay church located near Seattle, Washington. The Latvia connection is particularly interesting, and makes perfect sense if you think about it. A particular kind of Russian audience might be susceptible to a crackpot theory linking German cul…

Is Pro-Life Cause Célèbre Chen Guangcheng Actually Pro-Life?

By Lindsay Beyerstein

…regime had threatened his wife. Chen then appealed directly to Congress by phone during a hearing saying that he and his family are not safe in China. On Friday, the Chinese government announced that Chen could apply to study abroad. The Pro-Life Spin Cycle Anti-abortion news and opinion websites have taken to calling Chen a “pro-life dissident,” which is fundamentally misleading. And though he’s been described as an opponent of the One Child poli…

Secularist Activists Are Being Murdered in Bangladesh: An Ongoing Crisis Causes Many to Flee

By Michael De Dora

…s to die. One of the writers, Ranadipam Basu, was able to reach his mobile phone and post about the attack on Facebook, prompting police to respond and help those attacked to the hospital. They would all survive, though with injuries of varying severity. Sadly, another publisher wounded in a connected attack later that day, Faisal Arefin Deepan, would not survive; he was killed in his office, his body found by his father. Immediately after the att…

Church and State in Japan: The Case of the Yasukuni Shrine

By Mark R. Mullins

…pport of the Yasukuni Shrine). Koizumi’s behavior also provoked widespread international concern. The governments of South Korea and the Peoples’ Republic of China issued strong official statements and criticisms of his actions. It did not escape notice in the United States either. At a hearing before the House of Representatives Committee on International Relations on September 14, 2006, Republican Henry Hyde and Democratic member Tom Lantos, a H…

RD News Round-Up—Oct.14, 2008

By Bill Berkowitz

…ays and Lesbians: Thanks, but no Thanks In an extensive interview with the Washington Blade, a longtime Washington, D.C.-based gay publication, Senator John McCain thanked the Log Cabin Republicans for their endorsement and said that he hoped gay voters would consider voting for him. On issues of import to gays, McCain basically said “Thanks, but no thanks.” Keen News Service reported that McCain “implied that he is skeptical about supporting the…