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Mormons Declare Same-Sex Marriage Apostasy, Deny Baptism to Children of Same-Sex Couples; Colombian Court OKs Adoption Over Church Objections; Franklin Graham Praises Putin’s Anti-Gay Policies; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…tive groups backed by the Catholic Church,” according to Associated Press. Japan: Same-Sex Couple Registers in Tokyo Hiroko Masuhara and Koyuki Higashi were the first same-sex couple to register their partnership, as two districts in Tokyo began issuing those certificates. They are designed to encourage landlords and hospitals to treat gay couples the same way as married ones. However, the documents do not provide the same legal status as marriage…

Anti-Trans Bus Tour Is Not Very Welcome In Spanish Cities; Gay Rights As A Weapon In Nationalist War On Muslims; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…vador about LGBT migrants fleeing poverty and violence in Central America. Japan: Report on scope of school bullying According to a survey by a nursing school professor in Osaka. “More than half of LGBT people in Japan were bullied in school and nearly 70 percent of them said their teachers did not help them at all. Canada: Government not so liberal when it comes to LGBT refugees? In the DailyXtra, Arshy Mann criticizes the Canadian government for…

Seventh-Day Adventists & Gay ‘Cures’; Legal Victory for Kenyan LGBTs; Political, Religious Leaders Spar on LGBT Issues in UK; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…said Roy Youldous of Tammuz, an Israeli firm offering surrogacy services. Japan: Pro-gay politician elected mayor of Tokyo district A politician who had pushed for municipal recognition of same-sex couples’ marriages in Tokyo’s Shibuyu district was elected mayor of the district on Sunday. Ad exec Ken Hasebe had been a member of the district assembly since 2013. The Japan times reports that the increase in public support for recognition of LGBT re…

The Politics of Anti-Gay Persecution: Gambia, Egypt, Jamaica, Russia, with a Helping Hand from US Religious Conservatives; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ased charity was arrested for distributing anti-gay leaflets in Cambridge. Japan: Zen Buddhist temple offers same-sex couples symbolic wedding ceremonies Japan does not legally recognize marriage by same-sex couples, but a Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto offers symbolic ceremonies. The Advocate notes that the temple’s website includes this statement: “Shunkoin Temple is against any forms of ‘Human Rights Violations’ in the world. No religion teaches…

Founder of Liberal Mosque in Germany Under Guard After Death Threats; And More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…marriage equality legislation that they will send to parliament in August. Japan: TV commercials let LGBT people tell their stories Tokai Television Broadcasting released a series of ads with people talking about their experiences of being LGBT in Japan. Ukraine: Lesbian couple profiled on challenges of family and child-raising without legal recognition The Kyiv Post profiled a lesbian couple who are raising two children; while they are open about…

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

By Peter Montgomery

…entified only by his first name. “There’s never been a law against gays in Japan.” “A lot of gay men in Japan would rather lead a double life,” Yuki added. “Many Japanese gay men went to Taipei to walk in the parade, but would be afraid to do so here.” In a related story, a new poll finds support from a majority of Japanese for changing the law to recognize same-sex unions Kenya: Anglican priests suspended for being gay sue for defamation, reinsta…

Can Expelled Teach Us a Thing or Two?

By Arri Eisen

…ans would be attracted to, appreciate and consider careers in science (the number is decreasing annually). I bet we’d have more productive conversation among students and leaders of science and religion around the many profound issues in our nation that engage both: abortion, medical care, stem cells, homosexuality, and genomic research. The battle rhetoric would fade and, more than likely, movies like Expelled wouldn’t be made in the first place….

Swift-Boat Veterans of American Jewry Charge Anti-Semitism at Occupy Wall Street

By Jay Michaelson

…es ECI’s leadership – knows this to be the case. Which makes ECI’s video a cheap lie — yet another in a long litany of desperate efforts by the far right to convert the largely liberal American Jewish community to neo-conservatism, hawkish policies on Israel, and the belief that “Barack Hussein Obama” is a Muslim. That said, there actually are two interesting forms of antisemitism going on here. First is the antisemitism of ECI itself. To tug at…

Mitt Romney’s Prosperity Gospel

By Peter Laarman

…I fervently wish that Mr. Obama would say a bit more about the problem of cheap grace. Reminding us that people who work very hard for very little are not the abusers of cheap grace, but that others in well-feathered nests who are preaching sacrifice might be in real trouble on the cheap grace front. Obama cannot and should not condemn those in the electorate who buy into Romney’s “there will be showers of blessing” message, but he probably does …

Francis Visits the Church that John Paul Broke

By Patricia Miller

…umber of marriages within the church has declined by nearly half. Only the number of Catholic funerals has held steady. And while the number of Catholics overall has remained level, that’s largely due to Hispanic migration to the US; some 40 percent of those born Catholic have left the church. But numbers don’t tell the whole story. The church Francis will encounter is fundamentally different in character from the church of John Paul in two import…