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Enlightenment’s Islam: A “Necessary Fiction”

By Rob Goodman

…troversial, Islamic-themed mural. Bearing signs reading “No Islamization – USA,” the protesters called for government action to defund the proposed mural, which would occupy a prominent space on the dome of the library’s Main Reading Room, and is set to depict a turbaned figure holding scientific implements and labeled “Islam.” Library administrators argue that the mural acknowledges Muslim contributions to the history of science, and that the Isl…

God Hates Nags: Why in God’s Name is Westboro Protesting Kim Davis?

By Rebecca Barrett-Fox

…that her multiple marriages and divorces are typical of Americans, her refusal to do her job undermines the law, and our collective rejection of God’s sexual standard, especially regarding divorce and remarriage, has “doomed” us to legally recognized same-sex marriage. WBC holds a view of divorce that wasn’t all that uncommon even a generation ago. Divorce is not permissible for church members; though, realistically, it is unavoidable if a spouse…

The Boa Has Been Passed to New Generation

By Mary E. Hunt

…religious leaders of many stripes, including the Radical Faeries, Dignity USA, Methodists and Unitarians, various Jewish groups, and many more who are part of the National Religious Leadership Roundtable, a project of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. That group, of which I am a part, is an interreligious coalition that engages in networking and strategic actions to lift religious voices in favor of same-sex love and justice. With his stal…

Undercover-ed Religion: 13 Stories That Went Missing in 2012

By Peter Laarman

…e pro-queer side. Pollster/strategy consultant Amy Simon went before large numbers of liberal Christian leaders in battleground states to say, in effect, “Please don’t duck what your own religion has to say about this. Try behaving like Jesus for once.” And Simon was only one of many out there, working hard and bringing in sheaves of religious voters for equal rights. It seems to have worked. 8. Body of this Death It wasn’t just gay bodies that go…

Betraying a Sacred Trust: From Penn State to Dover Air Force Base

By Gary Laderman

…od’s chosen nation and in the shadows of the glossy fantasy of Main Street USA. Are these two shocking stories exceptional because they are the result of sick individuals who are so outside the norm they have nothing to do with everyday life in America? Or are they so exceptional because they point to patterns and impulses deeply ingrained in two of the most sacred, and hyper-masculine, institutions in American life: sports and the military? Foo…

Glenn Beck Attracts 300,000; Pakistan Floods Impact
17 million

By Joanna Brooks

…uring the Haitian earthquake crisis, when it partnered with Islamic Relief USA to send food and medical supplies. The Church has its reasons—religious reasons—for being modest about humanitarian efforts, as it has explained here. And I had suspected all along that the LDS Church would have been proceeding on the Pakistan crisis in its characteristically quiet way. But when our largely conservative faith community risks being drawn into a misdirect…

Polygamy Bus Tour, ‘Spiritual’ Healthcare for Christian Scientists, Baptizing an Alien…

By Michael J. Altman

…olina and Carmina will take up residence at the church. Christian Surfers, USA unites Christianity with the waves. The small town of Sidney, NY wants a Sufi graveyard gone. The city claims the bodies were buried illegally and wants them removed. In Washington, two Muslim inmates are suing the Pierce county jail for religious discrimination; among other things, they complain that Christian inmates receive special treatment such as a special living…

Lou Engle Attempts To Backpedal On Uganda Anti-Gay Bill

By Sarah Posner

…es? Does he support the criminalization of homosexuality in Uganda? In the USA? Given Engle’s recent rise to prominence among religiously conservative political figures, these questions have important implications for American politics and policy. Indeed (and I’ve requested comment from Engle’s organization). Engle has been evolving as an increasingly important figure to the religious right for rallying shock troops against what Engle calls “Anti…

Why We’re Not Prepared to Prosecute White Nationalist Violence

By Sara Kamali

…ely prosecuted and sentenced under a different set of rules, including the USA PATRIOT Act charge of “material support of terrorism,” carrying a 15-year maximum sentence, which is only applicable to FTOs. Entrapment tactics are often deployed to produce such a charge. Further exemplifying the Islamophobia within today’s counterterrorism approach, the Russian Imperial Movement, a foreign—but non-militant Islamist—organization, had its own designati…

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

…ion, rape, suicide We have been reporting on Prime Minister Tony Abbots refusal to allow marriage equality legislation to move forward in spite of overwhelming public support. Last Saturday, the New York Times’ Michelle Innis reported on Abbott’s “uncompromising” position: Mr. Abbott, a conservative leader who is a polarizing figure at the best of times, is doing badly in the polls, two years after taking office. His position on same-sex marriage…