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‘A Slice of Heaven’: Lakota Look to Buy Back Stolen Sacred Lands

By Johnny P. Flynn

…nsent of the indigenous peoples concerned and after agreement on just and fair compensation and, where possible, with the option of return.” [Emphasis added]. Eventually, the determined efforts by the Lakota to get the US Government to return the lands in the Black Hills drew the attention of the United Nations. In 2012, James Anaya, Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of Indigenous Peoples for the UN, met…

Conservative Bishops Unhappy At Synod, But Ignore Walkout Call; Australian Religious Leaders Step Up Marriage Equality Opposition; Italy Debates Civil Unions; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ong after, the former acquaintance called to threaten Subhi from a Turkish phone number. Power noted that Subhi spoke at a recent UN Security Council Session, the first-ever dedicated to LGBT rights, which she said was an important precedent to set: But also, it allowed us to convey, in a single voice, and with the authority of the Security Council – which is the premiere global enforcement body for peace and security – it allowed us to convey tha…

The Lesser and the Greater Pilgrimage

By Amina Wadud

…. That means you have to know where your flight is going. As it happens my flight will enter Saudi Arabia from a non-Muslim majority country, France, so will land in Jeddah, the transitional port. However, since my next stop is Makkah, and Jeddah is closer to it than any of the five miqat, then technically I have to make my intention and take on the ihram before I leave the U.S. (or in France, or mid-air). Everybody says it is great to clean up ag…

Norwegian Catholic Church May Stop Civil Marriages; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…light Attendants Seek Opt Out From Flights to Iran Earlier this month, gay flights attendants for Air France sought the ability to opt out of working flights on a new route to Tehran; female flight attendants were previously given that option after some objected to the requirement that they wear a head scarf when deplaning in Iran. Malaysia: Top Cop Says LGBT People Cannot Be Police A top law enforcement official said that LGBT people are not perm…

Wichita, the Sequel: A Clinic Reopens at Ground Zero in America’s Fight over Abortion

By Kathryn Joyce

…whether or not the clinic can be cited for minor code violations. With an air of boredom, Newman ran through the list of tactics he’d turn to if he couldn’t prevent the clinic from opening. They’ll run their “Truth Truck”—a large vehicle with side panels covered with images of late-term aborted fetuses—and plant 200 crosses outside the clinic every day. They’ll limit the number of clients willing to enter by making women “run a gauntlet of pro-li…

Mormons Fight Marriage Equality in Mexico; Is Catholic Church Italy’s Anti-Gay NRA?; Nigerian Anglicans Cut Ties With UK Diocese; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…h cuts ties with UK diocese; broadcasters get trans reality show taken off air across Africa The Anglican diocese of Akure cut ties with the diocese of Liverpool in the United Kingdom because an Episcopal Bishop from the U.S. was named an honorary bishop in Liverpool. The appointment drew criticism from Archbishop of Nigeria Nicholas Okoh, who chairs the conservative Anglican group Gafcon, who said “a line has been crossed” because the American bi…

Malta Adopts Marriage Equality Over Objections of Catholics and Evangelicals; And More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…re attacked with stones and beaten by opponents.” Czech Republic: ‘We are fair’ campaign hopes to spark debate on marriage equality Earlier this month, activists in the Coalition for Marriage (KZM) launched a “We Are Fair” campaign to encourage discussion of marriage equality. They hope that Germany’s move to legalize marriage for same-sex couples would help their cause. Same-sex couples have been able to register their partnerships since 2006. Ac…

LGBT Activists Challenge Church Anti-Marriage Efforts; Gov’t in Belize Creates Church-State ‘Public Morality’ Commission; Opponents Seek To Stop Finland’s Marriage Equality Law Before It Takes Effect; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…licly announced that the fan would no be allowed to attend any more games. China: Second unofficial marriage includes trans groom LGBT equality activists in China are vowing to organize 100 unofficial wedding ceremonies; the second, scheduled for this coming Wednesday, will join a woman and a transgender man. Sixth Tone reports that “because it is very difficult to change one’s registered gender in China, Yao and Liu cannot officially marry since…

The Burning Houses of Worship We Missed

By Gordon Haber

…ques is part of a larger Chinese governmental effort to expunge Islam from China. It’s directed against the Uighurs, a largely Muslim Turkic group spread throughout Central and East Asia. More than 11 million Uighurs live in Xianjiang District of Western China, where officials have reportedly bulldozed over 800 mosques. Authorities have also detained hundreds of thousands of Uighurs in re-education camps. The scale of the suffering is difficult to…

Is There Hope for a Truly Progressive Evangelicalism? An Interview with Deborah Jian Lee

By Eric C. Miller

…he cancer that had crawled across his body, had lain in bed at home with a phone against his ear while my pastor, who had called him from the pulpit, pointed a cordless phone toward the congregation; we all wept and sang him love songs as he lay dying. These are uniquely evangelical experiences that shaped me, that will always be a part of me. I still long for this kind of community—the kind that journeys together through all the peaks and valleys…