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RDPulpit: I Am Not A Number: Gays and Lesbians and Opinion Polls

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…rcent), and a majority of young evangelicals support either marriage or civil unions.” The numbers remain in line with other recent polls, like one commissioned by the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)—and I’ll admit my friend Debra Haffner has every right to be encouraged by these statistics—but I can’t get over my anger that my life even has to be the subject of constant polling. Why does the temperature of the populace have to…

Paul the Pluralist: Jesus’ Number Two Was Not a Christian

By Pamela Eisenbaum

…a religion hadn’t even been invented yet anyway. He means all Jews and Gentiles will be part of the family of God. They will be related but they will not be the same. Although it may seem simplistic, I believe Paul’s message is conducive to thinking about religious pluralism, which is certainly one of the most critical issues facing us today. To be sure, Paul did not anticipate the religiously complex world in which we live. His view was too simpl…

Sharing Many of the Same Flaws as its Subject ‘The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill’ Podcast Puts Blame Anywhere But Where It Belongs

By Jessica Johnson

…istianity Today podcast hosted by Mike Cosper, begins with the query—”Who Killed Mars Hill?” This first episode ends by answering its own question, “we all did it,” upending the true crime genre its title suggests. There are no cliffhangers or clues, but an episode-by-episode autopsy of a dead-on-arrival corpse that represents more than a single body. “This is hardly an isolated phenomenon” Cosper notes, “Why do we keep doing this? Why are we regu…

Gays Losing Value to “Value Voters”?

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…gs to worry about than what the gay couple up the street does in bed. When they go to the ballot box next year, the majority of Iowans (63 percent to be exact) say it will be other issues that will determine how they vote and not their fear of Adam and Steve or Amanda and Eve….

New Poll Reveals a Paradox in Evangelical Support for Donald Trump

By Daniel Schultz

…ion of church and state. That’s higher than other demographics, but it’s still not a majority. A slightly higher number (35%) wanted to maintain the church-state boundary. Before secular government enthusiasts get too excited by this number I would point out that, for a fair number of evangelicals, the worry is that the state will interfere with the church, not the other way around. Similarly, a little more than one in four White evangelicals said…

Conversion Story #643 (not a real number)

By Amina Wadud

…sive level. This was ten years later and by then I had attained fluency. Still, Arabic is for me a means to an end, not the end in itself. The end—and still my on going quest—is greater and greater understanding of the Qur’an. Of course in the ten years between the shahadah and attaining a proficiency in Arabic, the politics of conversion were in full force. One aspect of these politics has to do with what to call oneself as a convert. Some Muslim…

Anonymous Utah Group Distributes Vigilante “Illegal Immigrant” Watchlist

By Joanna Brooks

…tinos, including names, birthdates, workplaces, addresses, social security numbers, names of children, and, for pregnant women on the list, due dates. The list was originally sent to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement in April, but when no response was observed Concern Citizens sent the list to a number of Utah sheriffs, police chiefs, legislators, and media outlets. Governor Gary Herbert has called for an investigation to determine if state r…

Uganda Isn’t Alone in Persecuting Gays

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…r up to 14 years. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg: Nigeria has a similar bill (to the Ugandan legislation) waiting to reach its statute books and already allows the death penalty for homosexuality in northern states, as does Sudan. Burundi criminalised homosexuality in April this year, joining 37 other African nations where gay sex is already illegal. Egypt and Mali are creeping towards criminalisation, using morality laws against same-sex…

Marriage Vote ‘Transforms’ Not-So-Catholic Ireland; Activist to Malaysian PM – ‘Love Is Not Terrorism’; LGBTs Find Growing Acceptance in Colombia, Not At World Meeting of Families; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…You think I don’t know who your mum is who your dad are? Carry on and you will be killed,” another reads. Germany: Lesbian teacher rehired under bishops’ new employment policy New Ways Ministry reports on the case of a German teacher who is getting her teaching job back after the implementation of a new policy by German bishops that is more welcoming of LGBT church workers: A German educator fired for her plans to marry a woman will return to her…

DeSantis is a No-Show, the Right’s ‘Secret Sauce,’ and Final Thoughts on Pray Vote Stand

By PRA Staff

…single megachurch, drove home the degree to which institutions like the Family Research Council run a tight ship, and are well-resourced, heavily-networked and strategic in their pursuit of moral persuasion and political power. As a researcher of the Right, I am unfortunately all-too-familiar with much of the rhetoric voiced from the stage. There was little that surprised me about the anti-LGBTQ and especially anti-trans vitriol; the gender essent…