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303 Creative Is Not a ‘Religion v. Gay Rights’ Case — But Here’s Why the Christian Right is Happy with the Media Suggesting Just That

By Heron Greenesmith

…the appellate court said the Colorado law survived the highest level of scrutiny a court can use. So Smith and ADF asked the Supreme Court a question that they all knew would be a sidestep from the religious balancing act: whether Smith had a right, as an artist, to be free from being told what—or what not—to say by the state of Colorado. Smith argues that she’s a wedding artist and that if she’s required to offer wedding website templates to sam…

Conservative Bishops Headed For Synod Victory?; Indonesian Sharia Official Says Gay Caning Law Meant To ‘Safeguard Human Dignity’; Slovenian Court OK’s Referendum on Marriage Equality Law; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…the congregation.” At the synod itself, drama and intrigue continued. The New York Times’ Laurie Goodstein and Elisabette Povoledo describe the situation this way: Pope Francis had encouraged bishops from more than 120 countries to speak freely when they gathered at the Vatican nearly three weeks ago for a broad discussion of family matters to guide the world’s 1.2 billion Roman Catholics. And speak freely, they have. The result has been the most…

“Taliban Dan’s” Teacher: Inside Bill Gothard’s Authoritarian Subculture

By Sarah Posner

…ealth,” Gothard told me, “which is taking care of stress first.” Now the Peruvians, he said, want to be a “model world nation.” That, he added, “to me is like the example of what we’ve been working for all these years.” Webster, whose office did not respond to an interview request, repeatedly insisted to the local press when he served in the Florida legislature from 1980 through 2008 that he would not apply Gothard’s teachings in his official duti…

God and the Gay Christian: An Interview with Matthew Vines

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…ur identity, whether it’s slave or free, ultimately fades away and we have new dignity, status and value in Christ—so we ended up in that liberating trajectory on the issue of slavery even though the New Testament doesn’t explicitly condemn it. In the very same passage it talks about how male and female is something that doesn’t affect people’s status when we’re baptized in Christ, so I argue that hierarchy and gender in marriage is not intrinsic…

Some Christian and Muslim Leaders Urging ‘No’ Vote in Australian Mail Ballot on Marriage Equality; and More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ober event in New York for the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, “one of the most ancient lay orders in the Catholic Church.” Ireland’s gay Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Leo Varadkar joined Canadian PM Justin Trudeau at Montreal’s pride parade as part of a four-day visit. Asia: Activist surveys responses to Taiwan’s marriage equality ruling Creatrix Tiara “a queer South Asian person who was born and raised in a a very homophobic So…

‘Almost Like Praying’: The Religious Work of ‘Hamilton’ Creator Lin-Manuel Miranda

By Spencer Dew

…rough harmony, taking turns at the mic. As Andrew Boryga wrote in the The New Yorker: “At a time when it’s hard for Puerto Ricans not to feel like the entirety of their island is being forgotten by the federal government and by parts of the media, the song rings with pride, and the haste in which it was put together by big-name artists speaks to the efforts of public figures—Puerto Rican and not—using their large following and influence to fill i…

The Pope, Marxists, and the Koch Brothers

By Sarah Posner

…rancis is “promoting sin” by “promoting envy.” He even accuses the Pope of breaking the tenth commandment (prohibiting coveting your neighbor’s stuff). Meanwhile, Religion News Service’s David Gibson reports that the business school at the Catholic University of America (the only U.S. university that is “sponsored and partially funded by” the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops) has accepted a sizable donation from the Charles Koch Foundation, bec…

When Religion Kills: The Narco-Traffickers of the Borderlands

By Luis Leon

…roclaims itself to be in the chivalrous and bloody tradition of Christian crusaders. It seems no coincidence that the group emerged during the Lenten season, which occasions Christian self examination, control of appetites, and spiritual devotion: sacrifice. KTM emphasizes sacrificing for honor, country, and God, and especially for the state of Michoacan. They require that members exemplify these virtues and many others including humility and, rem…

So You Want to Write an Article Deflecting All Blame From Christianity: A Handy Guide

By Robert Repino

…such political religions,” the historian declares. Compared to what? The Crusades? Wehner marches us through more pastors and theologians who make the same points. Alan Jacobs, a humanities professor at Baylor, claims that many Christians are more invested in their “political tribe” than they are in the “catechesis” of the church. To temper such a wild accusation, Jacobs assures the reader that an obsession with politics “is true of both the Chri…

Contraception: 1; Notre Dame: 0

By Patricia Miller

…her courts have found just the opposite. A federal district court judge in New York granted the Archdiocese of New York an injunction from the mandate because he said that signing the form violated the dioceses’ religious freedom. And the Little Sisters of the Poor, who made the same argument, were granted a temporary stay by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor from providing contraception while their case is decided. The latest ruling comes ju…