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Belize Overturns Sodomy Law Defended by Religious Right, Ugandan Officials Will Continue to Suppress Gay Groups, And More on the Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…Psychiatric Association joined the anti-LGBT chorus by proclaiming same-sex sexual orientation and transgender identities “mental illnesses” and recommending psychological “rehabilitation.” The Jakarta Post reported on Friday that government officials have not responded to requests from Human Rights Watch to discuss their findings. Australia: Christian lobby group shutting down; ex-gay movement promotes celibacy Salt Shakers, a Melbourne-based Ch…

LGBT Victories at Olympics, Struggles in Brazil; Catholic Bishops Organizing Anti-Marriage Equality Protests in Mexico; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…eration of proposed legal changes that would criminalize consensual same-sex sexual activity with penalties of up to five years in prison: “The proposed criminal sanctions before the Constitutional Court are not only a threat to LGBT people, but to all Indonesians,” said Graeme Reid, LGBT rights director at Human Rights Watch. “Laws that threaten privacy inevitably affect everyone.” The proposed amendments follow anunprecedented anti-LGBT campaign…

Holey Holey Holey: The Problem with a New Study Valuing Religion at $1.2 Trillion Per Year

By Michael Schulson

…ned. It’s also barely 2% of the country’s GDP. There have been years when Exxon alone pulled in more cash. Brian Grim said that, after they circulated this number among some colleagues, most thought it was way too low. In an interview with RD, Grim was blunt: “I think [this estimate] is wrong.” The second estimate—$1.2 trillion—is the one that has been appearing in headlines and press releases, and it’s the one the Grims argue is most accurate. To…

Mexican Marriage Marches Show Struggle Between Church and Secular State; Pro-LGBT Mormon Group Grows After ‘Apostate’ Declaration; Botswana Gives Anti-Gay US Pastor the Boot; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ty as a “learned behavior” imported from the West, and claimed that “homosexuality exposes those that practice it to health and mental issues.” Sex education is one of the things that anti-LGBT groups battle because of fears that it promotes such things as homosexuality and promiscuity. Conference organizers in Nairobi have already indicated that Phyllis Kandie, cabinet secretary for Kenya’s Ministry of East African Community, Labour and Social Pr…

From “It’s Just Words” to Just Words: Speech Ethics in the Time of Trump

By Brad R. Braxton

…n the cosmology of ancient Christianity, a porous boundary was thought to exist between the worlds of humans and divine beings. Consequently, believers were instructed to practice hospitality enthusiastically, since at any time they might unwittingly be hosting angelic visitors disguised as humans. According to Hebrews 13, every person we encounter is potentially an “angel.” It is not necessary to conjure images of otherworldly beings for this tea…

Does “Religious Freedom” Deserve Scare Quotes?

By Sunnivie Brydum

…closing remarks on the commission’s recent 300-page report on “Peaceful Coexistence” between nondiscrimination principles and civil liberties. “Religious liberty was never intended to give one religion dominion over other religions, or a veto power over the civil rights and civil liberties of others. However, today, as in the past, religion is being used as both a weapon and a shield by those seeking to deny others equality.” Indeed, if we are dis…

Will a New Dawkins Foundation-Sponsored App Help Atheists Talk to Believers?

By Alana Massey

…lies: Another scenario assumes that you might be tempted to lecture an intoxicated panhandler about epistemology and divine experience: These particular interactions may seem contrived, but hostility is a common experience for many non-believers. Atheos is coming at a time when Americans continue to largely view atheists as “moral outsiders,” despite abundant research demonstrating that secular societies are the opposite of the hedonistic dens of…

Thoughts from the “Bad Hombre” Debate

By Candace E. West

…they will not. ‘I’ll look for . . . well, it’s called racial profiling. Mexicans. Syrians. People who can’t speak American,’ he said. ‘I’m going to go right up behind them. I’ll do everything legally. I want to see if they are accountable. I’m not going to do anything illegal. I’m going to make them a little bit nervous.’ Of course, you can’t do ANY of that legally, because it’s the very definition of voter intimidation, which is illegal. The Cod…

Before Breitbart: How Right Wing Media Transformed American Politics

By Eric C. Miller

…contrary—labor strikes, civil rights protests, McCarthyism—the idea of an expert-driven society reigned. It was in this context that objectivity was king. But conservatives, who had a lot to lose if the US was truly in a post-ideology age, disagreed that journalism was objective. They argued that objectivity was a mask covering entrenched liberal bias, and they saw their new media ventures as an answer to that bias. That’s important, because it li…

Racial Justice and Queer Masculinity: The Gospel of Frank Ocean

By Josiah Daniels

…ese kinds of passages. In so doing, an even greater chasm has been created between Jewish and Christian theological expression. Christians who connect the Good News with God being in Jesus need to set their gaze upon the embarrassing, naked weakness that haunts his final words, My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? I’m convinced the Good News, in our current context, has no connection to truisms like “God is mighty,” or “God is in control.” J….