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Why Kaepernick’s Refusal to Stand Is an Act of Religious Dissent

By Benjamin E. Zeller

…epernick, who dared to challenge the meaning of the flag and in doing so challenged the “reality” behind it. So as some wonder why Kaepernick couldn’t just stand up quietly during the national anthem, or why the response to his actions was so heated and even hateful, Durkheim’s theory of religion looms large. If we wanted proof of the robustness of American civil religion—with its totem of a flag and hymn-like national anthem—the public flare-up t…

Anti-Gay, Anti Catholic Evangelical Sworn In As Mayor of Rio; More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…mes. Catholic church leaders were also active locally. According to MalayMail Online, Fr. Francis Tambala told marchers in the major city of Blantyre, “We say no to gay and lesbian unions. (Lawmakers) must vote no to homosexuality as history will judge us harshly if we don’t stand against abortion and same-sex marriages.” …Actions by Catholic officials come about nine months after Malawi’s bishops called for the government to begin enforcing the n…

New Mag Provides a Platform for Christians of Color

By Anita Little

…e inaugural print issue, you mentioned how churches pay lip service to racial conciliation, but “white privilege is never nailed to the cross.” What do you think causes this disconnect between what leaders say and what actually ends up happening in churches? There is disconnect because there is a lack of empathy, lack of deeper understanding, a lack of walking in the other person’s shoes and taking on their perspective. We need to move beyond them…

Trump v LGBT People At the UN; ‘Bible Beer’ Backlash in Australia; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…nitiatives that support clean water, eradicating hunger and poverty, maternal health and abstinence. OutRight Action International has launched a petition to Nikki Haley, US Ambassador to the UN, calling C-Fam a hate group and urging that the group be removed from the delegation. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, meanwhile, has threatened that the US will withdraw from the Human Rights Council unless it implements “considerable reform.” Graeme…

Warships, Animals, Pubs Eligible For Blessings From Church of England, But Not Same-Sex Couples; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…course of the radical clerical right-wing directed against the constitutional values of Croatia, supported by a tactic approval of the Croatian Government. We have already warned about Governments´ lack of appropriate response to the fascist outbursts in relation to the destruction of the memorial plaque in Jasenovac, as well as the silence of the Government in condemning any form of incitement to hatred. Yesterday´s attack clearly and unequivocal…

Hungarian Mayor Wants to Import White Christians, Ban Muslims & LGBT People; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

February 6 was International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation. US-based anti-LGBT activist Brian Brown traveled to Russia to build support for his new International Organization for the Family and its recently launched manifesto. In Politico, Casey Michel examines the evolution of the relationship between Russian social conservatives and the American Religious Right during Putin’s reign. Kindle Magazine’s February 2017 issue is…

Trump Order A ‘Death Sentence’ For Some LGBT Refugees? Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ong chance that they will find that the order is unlawful or unconstitutional. Allowing it to stay in place while it is reviewed would have caused irreparable harm to hundreds of thousands of people, including thousands of LGBTQ and HIV-positive people from seeking safety in the United States. United Nations: Independent expert on SOGI gets to work; activists await new U.S. role The Independent Expert charged with investigating violence and discri…

Will Justice Gorsuch Prioritize “Religious Freedom” Over Civil Rights?

By Sunnivie Brydum

…s administration, which prioritizes religious freedom over other foundational pillars laid out in the First Amendment. Regardless of whether Senate Democrats make good on their vague threat to filibuster Gorsuch’s confirmation, it’s clear that the Trump-Pence administration is hell-bent on dismantling the separation of church and state. Gorsuch might help expedite that process at the Supreme Court, but the destruction of that wall of separation se…

In This Week’s LGBT Recap: Are Gay Priests Overdue for a Stonewall Moment?

By Peter Montgomery

…sers of the march. “Citizens’ March for Life and Family is an open call to all Malawians to love their country by standing up for what is morally right today in the face of the hugely funded campaign for the ‘killing of unborn children’ (abortion) and legalisation of homosexuality which are a direct attack on life and family respectively,” continued the statement. Back in March of this year, the country’s Catholic bishops sent a letter to parishio…

Gay Men Detained and Killed in Chechnya, and More in the Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…fornia, won the John Schlesinger Award at the 2017 Palm Springs International Film Festival in January. The couple was married in January 2015 after months of delays and refusals by local officials to approve a marriage license even thought they had received a federal court order allowing them to marry. The movie is on the festival circuit now. A trailer, in Spanish with English subtitles, is available online; it shows religious protesters opposin…