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LGBT Human Rights in UN Sustainable Development Negotiation; Swiss Bishop Says Speaking of ‘Family Diversity’ is ‘Attack on the Creator’; Canadian Food Bank’s Anti-Gay Dogma; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…k News: However following an intense backlash on social media, including a Change.org petition, Bishop Zornoza has changed his mind. “I am very happy because of what this means for me, but above all, because what is good for me is good for other transsexuals who are Catholic and want to be part of the Church,” Salinas said. United Kingdom: MP says anti-extremism laws threaten Christian teaching A Conservative Member of Parliament, Mark Spencer, is…

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

By Peter Montgomery

…a longtime opponent of civil partnerships and same-sex marriage, has had a change of heart, reports Michael Madigan at the Courier-Mail: The committed Christian and marriage celebrant, who spearheaded former premier Campbell Newman’s rejection of Labor’s civil partnerships, says his change of heart follows some deep introspection on the nature of marriage, and the evolving nature of society. “Supporting civil partnerships, and supporting same sex…

Equally Blessed: Wear a Rainbow Ribbon to Mass

By Alex McNeill

…rms with other people and hear other people’s perspective, it is easier to change hearts and minds and then change policies from there. What are the biggest obstacles in the way of policy change in the Catholic church? With LGBT issues, the greatest obstacle is silence, though the obstacles run the gamut from silence to violence. By breaking the silence, even in small ways, we are planting the seeds of change. What’s next? The ultimate goal is to…

RD News Round-Up—September 29, 2008

By Bill Berkowitz

…“[o]ne of the most widely debated environmental subjects is global climate change: whether it is happening, what causes it, and what to do about it.” Evangelicals are among the most skeptical population segments when it comes to global warming—just 27% firmly believe global warming is happening. In particular, evangelicals express the greatest caution regarding their perception that media has hyped the story (65%), their belief that cyclical clima…

May GOP Save Us From Chaos: Mircea Eliade on Election 2010

By Ira Chernus

…tty well sums it up. Obama identified himself and his party with the word “change.” Since change is always unpredictable, it always portends the threat of chaos. This year, unlike 1994, the Republicans did not even call themselves “the party of change.” They no longer see any advantage in using that word. They want to make themselves the party of resistance to change, which is what most voters seemed to want this year. But let’s remember that most…

Indonesian Clerics Issue Anti-Gay Fatwa; Anti-Civil Union Peruvian Lawmaker Cites Hitler; Is Christianity more ‘un-African’ than Homosexuality?; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ng equality. Hatred still exists, but public opinion has experienced a sea change towards accepting difference. The Rev Jackson George Gabriel, the curate of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan and Sudan, tells me that he welcomes outside encouragement, confirming that the American branch of his church “are telling us to stand firm against homosexuality”. In a country where President Salva Kiir has said that homosexuality will “always be condemned…

Anti-Gay Comments Change MD Lawmaker’s Vote

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…v. Martin O’Malley has signaled his willingness to make it law. Before his change of heart, Brochin had planned to introduce a civil union amendment to the bill, and says he still will. But when that amendment fails, he says, he’ll “vote for gay marriage.” “I’m not going to be part of the vilification of gays on the Senate floor,” Brochin said. “I’m uncomfortable with the word ‘marriage’ but I am much more uncomfortable with the vilification of ga…

Pro-Gay Christians Breaking Out

By Peter Montgomery

…te should be able to recognise same-sex marriage. I also believe that this change should legally exempt religious institutions from any requirement to change their historic position and practice that marriage is exclusively between a man and a woman. For me, this change in position has come about as a result of a lot of reflection, across a long period, including conversations with good people grappling with deep questions of life, sexuality and f…

World AIDS Day: Sacralizing Change

By Susan Henking

…llions with AIDS/HIV is itself sacralizing—let us hope that it is sacralizing hope, sacralizing justice, sacralizing change….

Welcome to the “Spin-od”: Conservatives Look to Halt Reforms on Divorce and Other “Family Matters”

By Patricia Miller

…trine was not going to be touched during the synod, but it was possible to change pastoral practice to reflect today’s realities. … The new practices, it was claimed, simply fit better with the current situation of many people in the Church. But that wasn’t manipulation—it was the key purpose of the synod and the question Francis asked it to address. Most of what conservatives term “manipulation” was newly empowered progressive bishops pushing for…