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‘America First’ and the Origin of the Modern Jewish Conspiracy

By Eric C. Miller

…s played host to a rise in white supremacy, anti-Semitism, and increasing incidences of the violence attendant to both. The most striking example occurred in October, when a gunman entered the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood and murdered eleven people. The shooter had been active in anti-Semitic Internet forums, and had declared that he wanted all Jews to die. In doing so, he adopted a conspiratorial mindset with…

The ‘Unified Reich’ Scandal is a Feature Not a Bug of Trump’s Brand of American Fascism

By Annika Brockschmidt

…d Reich”—following the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation and Imperial Germany. The video’s reference to the Reich, as the Associated Press has reported, seems to have been taken verbatim from a Wikipedia entry on World War I: German industrial strength and production had significantly increased after 1871, driven by the creation of a unified Reich. And while the snippet appears to be derived from a paragraph on Imperial Germany, a pan-German…

Is LGBT-Muslim Clash Aiding Rise of Right in Europe?

By Peter Montgomery

…an Rights Watch noted that a 2015 statement issued by 12 United Nations agencies, including the World Health Organization, called for an end to “unethical and harmful so-called ‘therapies’ to change sexual orientation.” Azerbaijan: Activists report mass arrests, torture; politician denounces ‘creatures…cursed by God’ Eurasianet reports that at least 100 gay and transsexual people were arrested in raids around Baku, “with reports of torture and bea…

Catholic Archbishop Takes On Jesuit Magazine’s Slam on “Ecumenism of Hate”; and More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…as a turning point for the gay rights movement. It has been celebrated in Germany since 1979. Richard Grenell, an openly gay foreign affairs commentator, is reportedly going to be nominated by U.S. President Donald Trump to be ambassador to Germany. During Mitt Romney’s 2012 presidential campaign, the candidate named Grenell to serve as his spokesperson on foreign policy and national securities, but resigned from the campaign after an aggressive…

LGBT Editor In Bangladesh Murdered by Islamists—and More, In this Week’s Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…for violations of anti-sodomy laws in the three nations are quite severe, including sentences of up to life imprisonment in Barbados and Guyana. The study models support for anti-gay laws “as a function of religion, socio-demographics, beliefs about the origins of homosexuals and interpersonal contact with homosexuals.” Among its findings: With respect to religiousness, there was some (albeit weak) evidence that the more involved an individual is…

Conventional Wisdom: RNC/DNC Giving God a Bad Name?

By Peter Laarman

…finding themselves working unpaid internships in a an economy that grows increasingly incapable of rewarding their efforts. Inspired religious leadership during the upcoming disruptive period may help in creating a new ethical and civic framing that really does have a communitarian center. But this will be a 20- or 30-year process, and in my view it’s a process that is actually hindered by the politics of illusion abetted by a gauzy religiosity. …

Religious Groups, Dioceses, Churches Fund Anti-Gay Initiative in North Carolina

By Peter Montgomery

…mestic partners. WRAL’s reporters have dug through the recent campaign finance filings and concluded that the anti-gay initiative is being pushed overwhelmingly by churches and religious nonprofits, while the opposition to the amendment is drawing most of its funds from individuals. The biggest contributor to the anti-gay effort is the state-level Christian Action League, which has given $309,652.70, followed closely by the National Organization f…

Billy Graham, Most Famous Religious Figure of 20th C, Dies at 99

By Randall Balmer

…tzen were incensed, however, that Graham cooperated with the Protestant Council, whose ranks included theological liberals. They castigated Graham for compromising the faith and renounced him thereafter as a liberal and a turncoat. As late as 1992, for instance, when the executive producer for a PBS documentary on Graham approached McIntire and Bob Jones Jr. for interviews, both refused to comment. By the twenty-first century, Graham, well into hi…

Does Religion Still Matter?

By Haroon Moghul

…urity, I was too tired for breakfast. I slept the whole flight from RDU to Charlotte, but once I’d landed in Charlotte, with only twenty minutes to transfer to my Milwaukee flight, I was starving. Famished. Broken. But the only breakfast option I trusted was Starbucks, and every single Starbucks had a line that resembled a breakdown of civilization at the baggage claim. So I did not do that. I stopped at a newsstand slash convenience kiosk and lo…

UCC First Church to Sue State Over Gay Marriage Ban

By Peter Montgomery

…interest.” Update: Matt Comer, editor of QNotes, covered the press conference announcing the UCC lawsuit. He reports that Pastor Nancy Ellett Allison at at Holy Covenant United Church of Christ said: “North Carolina’s laws prohibiting same-gender marriage designate some citizens as unfit for the blessings of God. We reject that notion. As all of God’s children are welcome to receive the sacraments of communion and of baptism, so all of God’s chi…