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US Names Int’l Envoy for LGBT Rights; Marriage revolution spreads in Mexico; Scott Lively Warns World of Anti-Christ; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…paign, with one accusing the Dominican government of adopting “an official policy to sell the Dominican Republic as an LGBT paradise” during a recent interview with a local television station. Cardinal Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez of the Archdiocese of Santo Domingo in 2010 described a park in the capital’s Colonial City in which LGBT Dominicans gather at night as “a space where all types of insolences and vulgarities abound.” López during a 2…

Fact-checking Scripture: “Those who do not work should not eat.”

By Daniel Schultz

…politicians and civilians sorting through the implications of some bit of policy. The citations are as a rule fairly shallow, as one side or the other tries to leverage the moral authority of scripture. Sometimes, though, it’s a bit more interesting. Which brings us to a Washington Post report by Caitlin Dewey: One lawmaker is citing a godly reference to justify changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Rep. Jodey Arrington (R-Tex…

Paul Ryan: I Reject Ayn Rand, She’s an Atheist!

By Sarah Posner

…ck Kemp in me, for the lack of a better phrase,” he says — crafting public policy from broad ideas. “How do you produce prosperity and upward mobility?” he asks. “How do you attack the root causes of poverty instead of simply treating its symptoms? And how do you avoid a crisis that is going to hurt the vulnerable the most — a debt crisis — from ever happening?” First, about that “dusty novel” Atlas Shrugged: here’s Ryan in a 2009 video he posted…

That Not-So-Mystifying Rick Warren

By Sarah Posner

…ist” ideas conservatives revile, but that are in reality merely Democratic policy proposals to regulate the economy. Just today, on Twitter, Warren used 140 characters to make a completely unsubstantiated claim about the superiority of the church over government in helping the poor: The Church has helped the poor far more than any govt, & for 2000 yrs longer! In 2011 our 1 church fed 70,000 unemployed. — Rick Warren (@RickWarren) April 9, 2012 Let…

Democrats Look to Conservative Evangelicals on Immigration

By Sarah Posner

…merican Immigration Council, Angela Kelley, Vice President for Immigration Policy and Advocacy at the Center for American Progress Action Fund, described the National Association of Evangelicals and its Latino affiliate, the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, as “two of the most powerful voices” from the faith community on immigration reform. Mary Giovagnoli, Director of the Immigration Policy Center, who at one time worked for the…

Supreme Court: Law School Christian Group Can’t Exclude Gays

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…tyle,‘” was refused an exemption from the law school’s anti-discrimination policy, which includes sexual orientation, in order to gain that recognition. The Court ruled 5-4 that the college’s decision did not violate the group’s First Amendment rights of association, free speech, and free exercise. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote for the majority: In requiring CLS—in common with all other student organizations—to choose between welcoming all stu…

Conservative French Catholics a ‘Rightwing Patriarchal Bunch’?; Indonesian Prez Decries Anti-LGBT Discrimination; Romanian Prez Warns Against ‘Religious Fanaticism’; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…onservative scriptural interpretation has translated into legal and social policy in countries such as Russia, Uganda and Indonesia, usually supported by media. In some Muslim States, actual national legislations are theocratic, resulting in severe punishments, including death. When the forces of media, State and religion combine to portray particular populations as ‘undesirable’, and public dialogues on issues of sexual and gender diversity are s…

Don’t Call It “Prayer Shaming”: Our Moral Failure Exposed

By Willie Dwayne Francois

…ed ad nauseum, demonstrated a commitment to public piety instead of public policy as a response to the massacre. In a rare moment, news and social media outlets in the U.S. became a forum for a surprising debate about spiritual disciplines—the meaning and import of prayer. Layered approaches to prayer and “prayer shaming” dominated public discourse in the days following the shooting. On the right and left, religious and non-religious alike debated…

Will International Criminal Court Bring Charges Against ISIS For Gender-Based Persecution?; And More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…e out of an old playbook among Arab regimes: espouse a conservative social policy, particularly on matters of gender and sexuality, to appease Islamic sensibilities and maintain “religious” legitimacy. Much of the Arab world remains highly conservative, and as such, Islamic bodies—ranging from legitimate institutions to extremists—yield considerable influence, and enough to threaten ruling regimes. Even secular Arab leaders require some level of e…

Gun Ownership: ‘An Obligation to God’

By Julie Ingersoll and Sarah Posner

…called working women and feminists “detrimental” to the family, argued for policy favoring married couples over “cohabitators, homosexuals, or fornicators,” and called the 1972 legalization of contraception by married couples “illogical.” During his 2009 campaign, McDonnell tried to distance himself from his own work, but Titus told the Washington Post that McDonnell’s thesis was “right.” In 2004, after Judge Roy Moore, another Titus client, was s…