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As Gaza Burns, Jews Disagree, Protest & Pray

By Sam Kestenbaum

…ning in Gaza for himself, so he climbs a hill on the northwest side of the city, overlooking Beit Hanoun and further south, Gaza City with its 500,000 Palestinian residents. The buildings look small from here and he can’t make out any movements. At the center of world news, just a mile away, but still obscured. He watches as rockets are launched from building-tops in Gaza, leaving long wispy streams as they arch into the air. Far more dramatic is…

Scott Roeder’s Religion

By Sarah Posner

…e babies being murdered in abortion mills.” Elsewhere, in an appendix titled “Bible Study,” in a section claiming that the “shedding of innocent blood is murder,” Newman writes, “the death penalty for murder is not to be repealed,” (citing Numbers 35:29-30) and “all killing is not murder.” Capital punishment, self-defense, and just warfare, he maintains, are not murder. Newman was honored earlier this year at the annual Blogs for Life, and spoke a…

Gay Men Detained and Killed in Chechnya, and More in the Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ers, was held in Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, where a number of religious leaders had been engaged in vocal rhetorical warfare against the openly gay former US ambassador to the country. The New York Times profiled a number of everyday people, Muslims and Christians, who are taking part in legal challenges to the Trump administration overs its executive orders banning entry into the U.S. from a number of countries. Paul Harris…

Anti-Trans Bus Tour Is Not Very Welcome In Spanish Cities; Gay Rights As A Weapon In Nationalist War On Muslims; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…. The BBC reported that the Madrid City Council acted to force the bus off city streets. Barcelona’s mayor and city council have warned the bus to stay away. Finland: Marriage equality goes into effect Marriage law became officially gender neutral on March 1; same-sex couples previously registered as domestic partners by apply to a local magistrate to transform their partnership into a legal marriage. Lebanon: Activists prepare for LGBT health wee…

Religious Traditionalists Resist Marriage Equality, Artist Questions What Is “Un-African” & More in This Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…lenging the high standards Pope Francis demands of clergy. In the southern city of Naples, for example, a priest was recently suspended from the parish of Santa Maria degli Angeli over claims he held gay orgies and used Internet sites to recruit potential partners whom he paid for sex. … In the northern city of Padua, a 48-year-old priest, the Rev. Andrea Contin, is facing defrocking as well as judicial proceedings amid accusations he had up to 30…

Catholic Archbishop Takes On Jesuit Magazine’s Slam on “Ecumenism of Hate”; and More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…odomy law, may reconsider that ruling based on a right to privacy. Taiwan: City government moves to treat same-sex couples equally in housing Taipei’s city government amended its housing regulations to allow same-sex couples to apply as a family for affordable housing. Isle of Man: Equality legislation goes into effect with royal assent The Equality Act, which “aims to combat discrimination in the workplace and in the provision of goods and servic…

No More Religious Groups in NYC schools—Where’s a Hipster Church to Go?

By Nicole Greenfield

…. The use of public schools for services may now be off-limits in New York City, but the use of other public spaces to help spread the gospel is thriving. Reminiscent of the coffeehouse churches that preceded them (which apparently were what lured the founders of Bronx Household of Faith to New York City in the first place), the theaters and the bars and the concert halls are not just cool and comfortable new spots to worship, but they are the cur…

Pamela Geller in Brooklyn: Free Speech, Hate Speech, and the Futility of Arguing with a Bigot

By Haroon Moghul

…ination against them, are unlikely to. This is not only the biggest Jewish city in the world, but the biggest Muslim city in the Western hemisphere, too. If her purpose was to increase anti-Muslim sentiment, she may succeed. But if her purpose was to increase anti-Semitism, then she may also succeed. Which is why I’m unsurprised the city stepped in, and banned political speech altogether. Just because you can say something, does it mean you should…

Australian Prime Minister, Church Leaders Resist Marriage Push; South Korea’s Anti-Gay Christians Block Pride Parade; Morocco Arrests Men for ‘Obscene Act’ of Kissing; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ecially from “conservative Evangelical parties.” Northern Ireland: Belfast city council endorses marriage equality This week the Belfast City Council voted overwhelmingly in favor of marriage equality. Northern Ireland is the last jurisdiction within the United Kingdom that does not grant legal recognition to same-sex couples. BBC notes that the Northern Ireland Assembly rejected a marriage equality in proposal in April. ISIS: More executions of m…

Mexico’s War on Saint Death

By Joseph Laycock

…ader. Guillen was also the force behind the most recent protests in Mexico City. The Archdiocese was particularly upset that the protests occurred during Holy Week, and a spokesperson called Guillen a terrorist, comparing his movement to the Taliban and Al Qaeda. Despite the ire of both the Mexican government and the Catholic Church, Santa Muerte continues to thrive. To her followers, her status as an outcast saint may only add to her appeal. Not…