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Marriage equality and ‘the end of Catholic Ireland’; Gambian Prez vows to slit gays’ throats; Colombian govt affirms support for marriage and adoption; global LGBT recap

…the formation of constitutional law cases.” It also said it is aware that Colombians, according to polls, are against equal marriage, however, “the government believes in equality for all” and therefore assume “the fight on a stage that is not easy” through pedagogy and concrete actions such as the inclusion of an article in the National Development Plan for the benefit of the LGBTI population. Also this week, Evan Wolfson of the US-based Freedom…

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Brownback Nomination Further Evidence That “Religious Freedom” Is Code For “Conservative Christian Supremacy”

…cording to the Topeka Capital-Journal. That law, which made no distinction between private agencies and those that serve the public and receive taxpayer funds, was a precursor to the targeted bills authored in other states declaring, for instance, that child welfare agencies contracting with the state can refuse to place children with prospective parents who don’t ascribe to the agency’s particular faith doctrine. In 2016, he signed a law that all…

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Was Prof Wrong to Ask Students to Not Thank God?

…abstractly; i.e. apart from a larger context that gives them meaning. For better or worse—and, to be clear, sometimes it is for the better, sometimes for the worse—a set of largely unwritten assumptions guides how, when, and in what manner to express or not express these rights. It’s when the code that translates these rights for us somehow ceases to function properly in the background that problems result. I want to suggest that often when probl…

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“Muslim Gospel” Revealing the “Christian Truth” Excites the Da Vinci Code Set

…at each stage it introduces a twist. In the Barnabas, for instance, Judas’ betrayal of Jesus to the Romans prompts God to save Jesus by removing him to heaven and to condemn Judas by changing his face so that it was the betrayer who suffered arrest and indignity: Judas entered impetuously before all into the chamber whence Jesus had been taken up. And the disciples were sleeping. Whereupon the wonderful God acted wonderfully, insomuch that Judas w…

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Like the Bible? You’ll Love a ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ T-shirt — How AI Marketing Shapes Identity

…interests, for some this incident revealed that the people controlling the code have a lot of power. If one thinks that marketing agents put “Bible” in the code, then they might think of them as predatory, or presumptuous about U.S. Christians and their political affiliations. They might become angry that companies have such power in shaping the public’s perception of Christianity and, indeed, in shaping Christians’ own ideas about their communiti…

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Why the World Needs Religious Studies

…alking about the rest of us.) As far as students go, they need to practice noticing and talking about the skills and habits they’re getting in religious studies. They’ll have to articulate these things to their parents and prospective employers. I bet they can do it better than I have. When they do, they’ll be a lot more ready to take over the world, and that will be a good thing. This essay is based on a talk given to Brown University undergradua…

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25 Things You Can Blame Muslims For

…s, lemons, limes, and cotton, Muslims also introduced… pasta. Yeah, pasta. Bet you didn’t see that one coming. Given the connection between pasta, pizza and sex, that’s a major You’re Welcome. I mean, can you imagine Italian food without pasta? Can you imagine America without Italian food? Yes, Lindsey Graham, unfortunately it’s true. Even Al Capone was our fault. Or Al-Capone, at least, who may or may not have been the same person. We lost track…

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Tutu’s Daughter Marries Woman & Loses Anglican Priest License; Romanian Anti-Marriage Activists Get 3 Million Signatures; Australian State Apologizes For Harmful Sodomy Laws; Global LGBT Recap

…lude a union for the purpose of living together for life based on the love between two people,” he added. Lee also dismissed the argument that a refusal to accept a same-sex marriage contravenes the constitutional principle of equality. “Given that through the process of a marriage, child delivery and upbringing, a foundation is formed to continuously sustain and develop society, same-sex unions cannot be seen as the same as marriages between a ma…

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Trump v LGBT People At the UN; ‘Bible Beer’ Backlash in Australia; Global LGBT Recap

…interviewed human rights attorney and LGBT equality advocate Eric Gitari. Colombia: LGBT activists work to ease implementation of peace accord LGBT activists have opened four “Houses of Peace” to support the implementation of a peace accord between the government and FARC rebels in November (after voters rejected the first agreement in October “against the backdrop of anti-LGBT rhetoric from religious and conservative groups that opposed it.” Ber…

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Malawi Catholic Bishops Call For Enforcement of Sodomy Law; Ukrainian Thugs Disrupt Equality Festival Opposed by Orthodox Church; Indonesian Islamists Continue Rhetorical War on LGBTs; Global LGBT Recap

…rtion rights and the fact that “the family and the institution of marriage between man and woman are under direct attack from those campaigning for homosexual rights and homosexual unions.” While discussing abortion, the letter celebrates the “dignity of every human person.” But when addressing homosexuality, the letter focuses on the “dignity of the family.” The bishops say that while homosexual orientation is “disordered” it is “not sinful in it…

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