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‘Hardwired’ for Hetero Marriage, LDS Tension Mounts Over LGBT Rights

By Joanna Brooks

…r became the Mormon prophet who received and implemented the revelation to welcome men of African descent into the lay priesthood—wrote in his book The Miracle of Forgiveness that homosexuality was one in a series of “ever deepening degeneracies” pursued by the sexually depraved. Although Kimball died in 1985, the view he articulated remained virtually uncontested until the early 1990s, when small, nuanced changes in speeches by high-ranking LDS C…

Comparing Gender Transition and Surrogacy to War and Human Trafficking, Vatican’s ‘Dignitas Infinita’ is an Intellectually Embarrassing and Harmful Mess

By Mary E. Hunt

…pep-rally type prayer) about how the Roman Catholic Church “encourages the promotion of the dignity of every human person, regardless of their physical, mental, cultural, social and religious characteristics…” Tell that to a trans person, a family growing through the generosity of a surrogate, or a pregnant person who decides to end their pregnancy. Their human dignity is erased by the content of this document. Their rights are threatened and/or r…

A Marriage Manifesto… Of Sorts

By Tom Ackerman

Editor’s Note: Welcome new readers! If you like this post sign up for RD’s daily email newsletter here. —- I no longer recognize marriage. It’s a new thing I’m trying. Turns out it’s fun. Yesterday I called a woman’s spouse her boyfriend. She says, correcting me, “He’s my husband,” “Oh,” I say, “I no longer recognize marriage.” The impact is obvious. I tried it on a man who has been in a relationship for years, “How’s your longtime companion, Jil…

Who Says the Tea Party isn’t a Religious Movement?, Part II

By Joanna Brooks

…y of prophetic millennialism. Beck, a convert to Mormonism, recalls the strident prophetic voice that distinguished Mormonism from 19th-century Protestant groups. Many Mormons have a long cultural memory of persecution. Though they may welcome their church’s modern emphasis on their similarities to other religionists, I believe there remains a longing in them for the ‘peculiar people’ identity conveyed by the divisive prophetic voice and the histo…

Is the NY Times “Dumbing Down” Religion?

By Lisa Webster

…nd felt a great thrill at this discovery”—and we rush for the keyboard to report that a scientist did a bunch of research and is, like, majorly stoked. We can’t help it; it’s those coke-bottle glasses we’re issued when we get our “welcome to your culture” info packets. Not vision-enhancing, those specs. Seems to me, though, that this public exchange between Wieseltier and Luhrmann is worth carrying forward somehow. Look to these pages for more in…

Gays Punked by New UCC Ad

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…quick cut away. Avert your eyes, people … the lesbians might kiss! You’re welcome here, just don’t do THAT! Oh, UCC … how you have disappointed me. Was the kiss in the original cut and then left out because someone said, “Oh, we can’t cross that line”? The UCC is the only mainline church to give its denominational support to same-gender marriage, but it’s too squeamish to show a lesbian kiss in their new ad? Punked, by my own denomination. Et tu,…

What’s Ahead in the World of Mormonism for 2011

By Joanna Brooks

…Tea-Party ideologues. (Not to mention a few liberals.) And that would be a welcome reminder indeed. Years ago, a high-ranking LDS Church official was reported to have compared working with Elder Boyd K. Packer to trying to “stage manage a grizzly bear.” In October 2010, after Elder Packer delivered a highly controversial and bruising talk on LGBT issues at the Church’s global General Conference, grizzly bears indeed may have been stage managed. Pa…

Laura Ingraham Hangs Up on Rev. Over Jesus/Abortion Comments

By Evan Derkacz

…munity. That did not happen. [Rush transcript may not be verbatim] *** LI: Welcome to our show. RT: Thank you for inviting me. LI: You are a minister so I take it you follow the teachings of Jesus. RT: Yes, that’s true. LI: If Jesus were here today do you think he would counsel a woman to have an abortion? RT: Jesus always showed compassion to women. He acted with respect even to the ones who were accused of sexual impropriety. I’m sure Jesus woul…

Are Messianic Jews Unfairly Shunned by Jews?

By Sarah Posner

…lar. It’s conservatives, not liberals, though, who have endorsed MJBI, and welcome Messianic Jews as partners, for the same reason conservative Jews embrace evangelicals: “love” for the Jews and Israel, as well as shared beliefs on other political and social issues. Past speakers at MJBI before Bush included Mike Huckabee and Glenn Beck. The Pew survey, notably, also showed shifts in American Jewish attitudes towards Israel, a development that mus…

Addressing Homophobic Rhetoric, and Not Just the Anti-Gay Initiatives in Africa

By Sarah Posner

…econciliation” and “equip leaders.” The proposed criminalization laws are a manifestation of this homophobia. Even without criminalization laws, LGBT people suffer discrimination and violence, including the verbal violence of religious leaders that Warren continues to promote. In a way, you can understand Ssempa’s bewilderment: why is he cut off, but not Akinola or Kolini? Warren’s belated condemnation of the proposed law is surely welcome, but sh…