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Leaked ‘Freedom Convoy’ Donor Comments Clearly Demonstrate Christian Nationalist Presence

By Thomas Lecaque

…g—it’s repeatedly been deployed by Christian nationalist groups before, in service of Trump and elsewhere. These are snapshots into a much, much, much broader field of commentary. There are literally thousands upon thousands of comments in this single donor file engaging in a range of theologies and ideological commentaries, in service of funding an insurrection in Canada. However sparse these particular examples may be, I hope that researchers wi…

Pope’s US Visit Provokes Intense Attention; New Vatican Book on Man-Woman Complementarity & New Int’l Report on Christian Role Models for LGBT Equality; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…the BBC, Timm handed over his rob to the church warden after last Sunday’s service; he was scheduled to marry his partner on Thursday. Pink News reports that Prince William took part in a session on bullying and homophobia in schools, which it called “a surprising royal first.” Given the Monarch’s role as head of the Commonwealth, and as 90% of Commonwealth citizens still live under anti-gay laws, the Royals generally avoid all reference to gay eq…

Conservative Christians Struggle With Christianity

By Lauri Lebo

…, you did not do for me.’“ But of course, once editors at Conservapedia—an online encyclopedia formed as a response to what its creators declare is the “liberal bias” of Wikipedia—get done with their Conservative Bible Project, the parable of the sheep and the goats may have a much different meaning with the goats morphing into macho, gun-toting, Old Testament-style, eye-for-an-eye conservative heroes in this story. The recently announced project…

The Curious Case of Mormons and LGBT Rights

By Alan Michael Williams

…reality is, the situation is very uneven. One can still find new accounts online of those disciplined for merely “coming out.” Conversely, I have a friend in Seattle who was called to the stake Sunday school presidency even though his stake president knows that he dates men. Negotiated cases like his are the result of a local service need for which a trusted homosexually-active member just happens to be the most qualified. Whether such atypical c…

What to Wear When Praying with the Pope

By Donna Schaper

…pink tights? Too hot. The skirt won. Plus, I talked with my women’s group online while listening to the Pope livestream his speech to Congress yesterday. I was surprised that we were all listening, avidly. The pink tights were out: “too provocative.” The blue jeans were out: “too disrespectful of how excited you are to see him.” The skirt won again. Even wondering what to wear is a window on how important the Pope is. I am almost embarrassed to h…

Science, Syphilis, and the Evolution of Ethics

By Arri Eisen

…cience were going on in post-WWII Germany, the United States Public Health Service was intentionally exposing Guatemalans to the bacterium that causes syphilis, so that different therapies for the disease could then be tested on them. First, infected prostitutes were identified and made freely accessible to ‘volunteer’ prisoners for sex. When this didn’t work so well, attempts were made to infect patients in an asylum for the mentally ill, through…

Istanbul ‘Haven of Sorts’ For LGBT Syrians and Iraqis; Cayman Islands Affirm Marriage Ban with ‘Holy Bible Evidence’; No Room for LGBTs in Malaysia’s ‘Islam-Based’ Human Rights Policy; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…half of State Department positions “are effectively off-limits for Foreign Service officers who would want to move with their same sex spouses.” Vatican: No room for LGBT Catholics at upcoming World Meeting of Families New Ways Ministry, a Catholic group planning to hold a conversation around gender identity issues during the Pope’s visit to Philadelphia next month, was banned by church officials from holding their event in a local parish. St. Joh…

The Brutality of Life for Syrian LGBTs; Saving the Anglican Church by Dissolving It; Backlash to Hindu Gay Wedding Ceremony in Indonesia; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…is restoring the Bible to the heart of the Anglican Communion. Indonesia: Online photos of gay wedding ceremony spark backlash Photos of a wedding ceremony between two men being blessed by a Hindu holy man have reportedly sparked outrage among some Indonesians. The photos, which are circulating on Facebook, show two men – a Westerner and a local – exchanging vows at a five-star resort in the town of Ubud. The ceremony was officiated by a Hindu ho…

Amway, Religious Right Pyramid Scheme, Returns to the Motherland

By Bill Berkowitz

…is designed to recognize Americans “who have performed exemplary deeds of service for the nation.” What of Colson’s service to the nation? He was an avid supporter of the Vietnam War, a willing architect of, and participant in, the Nixon administration’s attempted shredding of the Constitution. He spent seven months at Alabama’s Maxwell Prison for his involvement in the Watergate scandal, and he was an erstwhile co-conspirator, according to Senat…

Religious Right Historian: Net Neutrality is “Unbiblical Socialism”

By Julie Ingersoll

…alism is neither. Net Neutrality prohibits ISPs from charging for internet service based on usage. This seems straightforward to Barton and Green: “what they mean is we’re not going to let you choose who you need to charge more to.” But it’s not that simple. First, the internet service providers (ISPs) don’t “own” the internet. They own the mechanism for providing access but not the internet itself. Maybe more importantly, though, this is not a st…