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Is the Pope’s Concern for Immigration Just a “Numbers Game”?

By Megan Sweas

…est in immigration reform as a play for more members. “Do not be afraid to welcome them,” Francis told the bishops. “Offer them the warmth of the love of Christ and you will unlock the mystery of their heart. I am certain that, as so often in the past, these people will enrich America and its Church.” Critics of the church’s stance on immigration—and indeed, even some bishops—may hear “enrich” as filling the offering plate. But Pope Francis the pa…

What NOT to Expect from the Pope’s US Visit

By Anthea Butler

…Franklin Graham remarking that President Obama’s guest list for the Papal Welcome was “sinful.” Really? We’ve forgotten what it’s like for political or religious leaders to have a straightforward message of kindness. Much is riding on this papal trip for both religious conservatives and liberals alike, all of whom are hoping that the Pope will prove them right about their assessments of his leadership. Mapping all of these hopes, desires, and der…

Challenge to ‘un-Africanness’ of homosexuality; LGBT Catholics in Africa face church cooperation with persecution; lesbian cartoon project debuts in bangladesh under shadow of violence; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…y and remembering our true African culture, one that celebrates diversity, promotes equality and acceptance, and recognises the contribution of everyone, whatever their sexuality. Affirming the point of Alimi’s commentary, Ghanaian presidential hopeful George Boateng this week “delivered some frighteningly brutal homophobic promises to the people of Ghana,” reports Joe Williams for Pink News. Speaking on Kasapa radio, the political hopeful said th…

A Portrait of Islamophobia?

By Mariam Durrani

…e fictions. In the haze of all this gloom and doom, Linda Sarsour offers a welcome respite. Yes, she wears a hijab, just like Tashfeen Malik’s headshot shows her wearing a hijab. The optics are startlingly similar if that’s all you’re looking at. Fortunately, when Sarsour and others wear hijab on national television, they offer relief from the battle over what an American can look like. As an Advocacy and Civic Engagement Coordinator for the Natio…

African Religious leaders complain about Obama advocacy for LGBT rights; Ultra-Orthodox Man Stabs Jerusalem Pride Parade Marchers, Again; Struggles over sexuality in Islam, Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican Churches; Global LGBT recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ian Christian Lobby is attacking an anti-bullying program, arguing that it promotes “radical sexual experimentation.” From Pink News: The Safe Schools Coalition Australia (SSCA) scheme – which is also available in Victoria, Tasmania, The Australian Capital Territory and New South Wales – is fully federally funded and has been used to make schools in the area, as Brisbane Times puts, “more inclusive for same-sex attracted, intersex and gender diver…

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

…egins, as a small rainbow flag flutters from the window. The first meeting welcomed nine intrigued but slightly nervous guests, and has grown ever since. Participants from across the Arab world, from Morocco via Libya to the Levant countries, discuss issues of refugee rights and asylum, Islam and homosexuality, and coming out. Most LGBT activities and connections in the past were largely online – yet here there is a tangible sense of grass-roots a…

A Moral Galaxy: War and Suffering in “Star Wars: The Old Republic”

By Robert M. Geraci and Nat Recine

…at, “when playing Empire characters, I usually take ‘evil’ options to gain bonuses in that area, even though many times I feel very uncomfortable about it.” Other players find it almost impossible to choose evil. One respondent said, “I play lightside on all my characters. Going darkside just makes me feel bad.” Another played a Sith Inquisitor and attempted to follow the Dark Side, yet “for some reason, I found myself consistently choosing Light…

#WeStandWithIsaac: A Movement for LGBT Inclusion in the Mennonite Church

By Scott Schomburg

…“a fleeting education in how to love.” A wonderfully boring home page will welcome you there, and, among other things, you’ll find an archive of sermons over the years from the dozens of people who have participated in one of the more beautiful literary traditions I know—a preaching tradition based more on communal conversation than personality. So when the powerful moment of #WeStandWithIsaac fades, the experiment of CHMF will remain a place for…

Praise the Lard This Holiday Season

By Becky Garrison

…during a meeting at Penn Jillette’s house in 2010, the church proclaims to welcome all who love the smell of bacon (which can be turkey or vegetarian bacon for those of kosher sensibilities). Also, UCB members like donuts because they are holey as evidenced by Jillette’s Bacon and Donut party held ever year in Las Vegas as part of the Amazing Meeting (TAM). While the UCB consists primarily of skeptics and atheists, the nine commandments of bacon s…

Of God, But Not God: A Methodist Minister Speaks About Church’s Refusal to Open Its Doors to LGBT

By Joel Pitney

…he sinner, hate the sin,” which basically means that homosexual people are welcome but they need to change. The crazy thing in all this is that there’s only one other thing that the book of discipline says is incompatible with Christian teaching besides homosexuality, and that’s war. Wow. Not even murder? Not even murder. So I think we need to change the language so that there is more freedom for interpretation—so we don’t have to act against chur…