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Clergy May Soon Find Taxes Soaring As Result of an Under-the-Radar Ruling

By Patrick Hornbeck

…than their salaries might suggest. At issue is section 107 of the U.S. Tax Code, which contains two subsections pertaining to “the case of a minister of the gospel.” (The term was originally intended to refer only to ordained Christian clergy, but its meaning was later expanded by the Internal Revenue Service to include their counterparts in other religious traditions.) The first subsection, 107(1), allows a minister to exclude from taxable income…

‘Anti-Romeo’ Vigilante Squads Target Men Suspected Of Being Gay; More in the Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…l Justice Reform “has lambasted the Aceh administration’s Islamic criminal code bylaw, or Qanun Jinayat, saying it could potentially provoke discrimination and over-criminalization of LGBT communities and other vulnerable groups.” The Aceh province is governed by the conservative Islamist legal code. Notes the Jakarta Post: Qanun Jinayat imposes criminal sanctions on both Muslims and non-Muslims found to have consumed liquor, dated in public or ca…

Uganda Isn’t Alone in Persecuting Gays

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…the first time, make homosexuality a crime in Rwanda. A vote on this draft code will occur before the end of the week. The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) has learned that the proposed Article 217 of the draft Penal Code Act will criminalize “[a]ny person who practices, encourages or sensitizes people of the same sex, to sexual relation or any sexual practice.” If the Chamber of Deputies approves, the draft code will…

Trump Election Could Threaten LGBT Rights Globally

By Peter Montgomery

…on ORAM…. But activists in countries where US support has been critical to promoting LGBT rights say they are afraid more broadly that a Trump victory could tacitly encourage governments with weak commitments to human rights or democracy. “I don’t think he’d be able to hold our leaders accountable or uphold American values abroad,” said Clare Byarugaba, who co-chaired the coalition of groups in Uganda that fought the sweeping Anti-Homosexuality Ac…

Global LGBT Recap: Promise and Peril in the New Year

By Peter Montgomery

…’s LGBT director. He cites the recent advent of gay marriage in Argentina, Uruguay and Mexico City. And in the last two years, Ecuadorean authorities closed down 15 “clinics” that supposedly cured homosexuality, their patients often admitted by their families against their will. Violence has also spurred some positive political response, says the story. In 2012 Chile passed an anti-discrimination law that had been stalled in Congress for seven yea…

Liberation Theology is Alive and Well

By Mary E. Hunt

…ians, activists, pastoral and base community leaders from Peru, Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, and more were typical of the people who attended the theological event. They stayed on for the Social Forum—better ambassadors from the world of religion than any Catholic Church officials I can imagine. Such meetings always include exposure to the local reality—lest liberation theology be done in a vacuum. This was no excep…

Malawi Catholic Bishops Call For Enforcement of Sodomy Law; Ukrainian Thugs Disrupt Equality Festival Opposed by Orthodox Church; Indonesian Islamists Continue Rhetorical War on LGBTs; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…right to compromise with sin.” “We cannot and will not remain silent when promoted sin is corrupting the human soul and body,” the bishop wrote, saying it was especially inappropriate for the event to take place during Lent. The bishop also emphasized “that we do not bless our faithful to take part in any protests” and urged against temptation “to aggression or condemnation of others.” (English via Google translate) Event organizers released a st…

“Fast for Families” Immigration Reform Effort Enters 20th Day

By Joanna Brooks

…ally opened my eyes to this issue. And your [LDS proselytizing] mission to Uruguay impacted you as well. I got a different perspective living outside the U.S. Plus, my Spanish got a lot better, and I really started to understand things in a larger context. When I came home from my mission I knew I wanted to go to law school and do immigration work. Two years ago LDS Church leaders went on record in support of compassionate immigration reform. Ho…

Israel Votes to Limit Sheldon Adelson

By Sarah Posner

…ution of Israel Hayom (Israel Today), the free newspaper owned by American casino magnate and Republican super-funder Sheldon Adelson. The same Sheldon Adelson who, at the inaugural meeting of the Israeli American Council in Washington on Sunday, said, “I don’t like journalism.” Haaretz’s Anshel Pfeffer explains the anti-Adelson bill that advanced today: The law, proposed by MK Eitan Cabel (Knesset) and sponsored by members of five other Knesset p…

Dear Evangelicals, A “Begrudging” Vote for Trump Is Still a Vote for Trump

By Neil J. Young

…, traditional Mormon proves more challenging than backing a thrice-married casino owner who can neither name a verse from the Bible nor has ever needed to ask God for forgiveness. Still, the remaining soldiers of the #NeverTrump movement continue their attack on the candidate and his Christian supporters. In the Washington Post, George W. Bush’s former speechwriter Michael Gerson continued his year-long case against Trump and his backers. Last mon…