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International reax to US Marriage Ruling; Official violence at Turkey’s Pride; Marriage Advances in Mexico Over Church Objections; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…overnor’s anger at political losses by his party in this year’s elections: South Korea: Anti-Gay Christians fail to block pride parade Anti-gay Christian groups tried and failed shut down the pride parade in Seoul, which comes at the end of a three-week celebration of queer culture. We previously reported that the police had refused a permit for the pride parade, citing the application of the anti-gay groups for competing permits: Christian groups…

How the Catholic Church Changed the Movies

By Patricia Miller

…llywood Censored. The code they designed became the Motion Picture Conduct Code, popularly know as the Hays Code after it was adopted by William Hays, a Presbyterian elder who was hired by the major studios to help clean up the industry’s image after it was rocked by a series of scandals. The code, says Black, “was a fascinating combination of Catholic theology, conservative politics and pop psychology—an amalgam that would control the content of…

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

…LGBTI rights by evangelical Catholic groups in Hong Kong SAR, Republic of Korea and Singapore. In other countries, recent discourse and practice has been more embracing of sexual diversity,and may be further influenced by statements by the Catholic Pope Francis supporting greater integration of persons with diverse sexualities. Examples of Christian communities run by, and for, LGBTI people, while not large, exist in Australia, Hong Kong SAR, New…

Pope Mum on LGBTs in Uganda; Church Defends Anti-Marriage-Equality Efforts in Australia; Cyprus Passes Civil Partnerships; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…echoes the trend in the West towards much greater acceptance of equality…. South Korea is something of an outlier in the region: Conservative evangelicals groups succeeded this summer in halting a gay pride parade in Seoul, even though the rest of the Korean Queer Culture Festival went ahead. Still, among youth in Korea, 71 percent of those between 18 and 29 said “homosexuality should be accepted,” according to a Pew Research Center poll this year…

Promise Keepers 2.0: Women and Jews Invited

By J. Terry Todd

…eepers, Galatians 3:28 took on new meanings. This past weekend, “slave nor free” was translated loosely as “the haves and the have-nots.” The reconciliation between the rich and poor didn’t play prominently, either in the event’s promos or at the stadium rally itself. PK did offer a “pay what you can afford” program to woo low-income rally-goers, and it also urged attendees to bring food donations for the Denver Rescue Mission. At the rally itself…

Publisher Withdraws History of Hinduism, Amid Protest

By Laurie Patton

…The Hindus: An Alternative History. Rather than challenge sections of the Indian penal code which make it a crime to insult religion or religious beliefs, Penguin India has agreed to pulp all remaining copies of the book in India, and declare respect for all world religions. Another way to tell the story: A major international publishing house with financial resources at its disposal has destroyed its own intellectual product in response to a Hin…

‘Putin’s Children’ Push ‘Traditional Values’ in Latvia; Jewish Reparative Therapy Group Finds ‘Haven’ In Israel; Sikh Activist in UK Supports LGBT South Asians; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…law. More background from Human Rights Watch: The law, section 377 of the Indian penal code, punishes “carnal intercourse against the order of nature” with up to life in prison. The law had been struck down in 2009 by the Delhi High Court, which said the law was a violation of fundamental rights to equality, nondiscrimination, life, and personal liberty guaranteed by the Indian constitution. The court had noted how criminalization of same-sex rel…

American Indians Irate over Bin Laden Code Name “Geronimo”

By Johnny P. Flynn

…ng to hear the same message over and over again. Steven Newcomb, a Shawnee Indian, said it best in a column in Indian Country Today: What the hell were they thinking… the code name was based on an extension of the metaphor “Indians Are Enemies” to “Geronimo was a Terrorist,” thus perpetuating the US tradition of treating Indian nations and peoples as enemies. Maybe if the lessons of the Indian wars had been pondered before the misdirected invasion…

Vatican Considers ‘Disordered’ Language; HBO Doc on LGBT Persecution in Russia; Nigerian Bishop Shifts on Anti-Gay Law; Arson at ‘Open Mosque’ in South Africa; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ile noting there is much more work to be done to safeguard LGBTI people in South Africa and the rest of the continent. …South Africa must be applauded for its leadership on this issue at the global level. Now it must work to bring the rest of the continent along….As the economic powerhouse on the continent, South Africa’s foreign policy challenge over the long term in Africa is to avoid separating LGBTI rights from human rights and economic advanc…

Nikki Haley’s Slavery Omission Typifies the GOP’s Tragic Pact with White Supremacy

By Annika Brockschmidt

…al to the racial resentment of voters, especially (though not only) in the South and Southwest, who felt abandoned by the Democrats, and to break up the “New Deal” coalition that had helped Democrats since the days of Franklin D. Roosevelt. This change didn’t happen overnight—it took years. Under Eisenhower, the GOP poured more resources into the South, establishing party structures in places of the country where there had never been a Republican…