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Dear White Evangelicals: A Black Square Ain’t Gonna Cut It

By Jhas Williams

…ve behaviors. It’s the price so many have had to pay for the seeds of self-hatred that were sown early on. Few things are more infuriating than scrolling through countless blacked-out squares on Instagram or seeing Facebook posts written by the very leaders who’ve managed to find the audacity to pat themselves on the back declaring how glad they are that they “weren’t raised to see color but instead to see the heart of Jesus.” Both a bald-faced li…

UNESCO on Religion, Culture and SOGI in Asia; Orthodox Family Sues to Stop Cremation of Israeli Trans Woman; Struggles of Iraqi Queer Activists; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…said it has been “a major conduit for homophobia which is toxic, a form of hatred that has nothing to do with Christ and is unchristian.” Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook told students at Trinity College Dublin that being gay “is one of the greatest gives that God gave me.” Netherlands: Lawsuit over job discrimination based on ‘God’s word’ A 25-year-old student is planning to sue a garden and farming supply center that rejected him for an internship…

Bachmann’s Law School Mentor Asserts Biblical Roots of American Political System

By Julie Ingersoll

…cannot do within the guidelines of the IRS rules. He cited the part of the code that prohibits influencing legislation and labeled it “legalese,” before a lengthy parsing of what counts as legislation and then what counts as influencing— none of which substantially departed from everyday understanding of those terms. The talk sounded much like the “word study” sermon style found in many fundamentalist churches. He was careful to clarify that wheth…

The Return of Government as “Idolatry” and the “Second Amendment Remedies”

By Julie Ingersoll

…arly presidential primary states (South Carolina, New Hampshire, and Iowa) promoting a creationist film called The Genesis Code, and holding fundraising receptions. The moralistic film follows an unbelieving hockey player and a Christian journalism student who struggle with “reconciling their scientific studies and what’s taught in the Bible” as he falls for her and she uses their relationship to “guide” him “toward God.” You can read a “pro-famil…

Obama at Notre Dame: A Chance to Talk to Catholics

By Michael A. Elliott

…nyon College, in print as This is Water, comes along once in a decade, if that). But the controversy that surrounds Obama’s Notre Dame address gives him a unique opportunity to address both the specific ceremony at hand and the historic context in which he presides. Instead of focusing on the role of service in American life—as some have suggested he will do—or the separation of church and state—as some progressives hope he will do—he might use hi…

Texas’ Anti-LGBT Adoption Bill Is Unconstitutional and Unnecessary, Say Texas Law Professors

By Sunnivie Brydum

…e concerns. Although the bill doesn’t identify specific religious beliefs that must be protected, the fact that all faith-based child welfare agencies in Texas are Christian makes plain the kinds of people who will most likely be turned away. “The larger context in which H.B. 3859 has been proposed suggests that it is intended specifically to protect and advance particular religious beliefs about sexual orientation, gender identity, and reproducti…

For International Human Rights Day, a Snapshot of LGBT Rights from the Vatican to Cape Town

By Peter Montgomery

…tion and awareness of the value of condoms in HIV prevention on the basis that condom use promotes promiscuity. There is some worry that the horrific wave of extrajudicial killings being carried out by government and vigilantes in the name of fighting drug trafficking could be turned against others, including LGBT people. Malta: Ban on conversion therapy adopted along with law ‘depathologizing’ gender identity Two pieces of legislation were adopte…

Justice v. Revenge: The Question Beneath the Question of Prison Reform

By Xarissa Holdaway

…e impulses towards revenge). The sting of unfair treatment is so powerful that that we mythologize vigilante superheroes, reform our laws, and attack other nations because of it. All the more reason to make a change in the way we handle our prisons. It’s nearly impossible to claim that the current system, where inmates languish in long-term punishment centers and return to a world they’re even less prepared for than when they entered, is fair. And…

Islamic Intellectual Leadership at a Crossroads

By Amina Wadud

…d for the greatest effect. There was modesty in these three men. Somehow, what they contribute was more important than what others might think about them. Few of those who want us to think that they are the next generation have such modesty, my friend Tariq Ramadan included. This is a difficult role to fulfill, and the general status of our community just about closes the door to such an option for a woman. We had better keep our focus on the matt…

2012 Presidential Hopefuls: God Game is On

By Sarah Posner

…Bachmann, Tea Party religious right heroine, wants to run for president. That would mean that, despite some talk from Mitch Daniels about a “truce” in the “culture wars,” that the Republican presidential primary field will be crowded with candidates who want to talk about God, the Christian nation, the divinity of the Constitution, and “Judeo-Christian values.” The field will be heavy with hardcore culture warriors: aside from Bachmann, Sarah Pal…