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Uganda Isn’t Alone in Persecuting Gays

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…factions from America. An investigation by Political Research Associates (PRA), and its project director Reverend Kapya Kaoma shows a direct connection between right-wing religious proselytizing on the continent and the rise of anti-gay measures: Kaoma argues that the US Right – once isolated in Africa for supporting pro-apartheid, white supremacist regimes – has successfully reinvented itself as the mainstream of US evangelicalism. Through their…

Broken Courts, Big Lies and Genocide Rehearsal: A Review of 2022—And What We Can Expect From 2023

By Annika Brockschmidt

…their own. Then, during nine long, sweltering days in June, the captured Supreme Court delivered a number of rulings attacking the very foundation of egalitarian democracy, effectively announcing their intention to roll back whatever progress has been made since the establishment of the civil rights order in the 1960s. But no case rattled and enraged the nation as much as Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, in which the Court overruled t…

Creators of Missing Lowe’s Ad Tell All

By Hussein Rashid

…that the majority of Americans cherish.” Lowe’s subsequently bowed to the pressure, claiming that the program had become “a lightning rod” for those with “strong political and societal views”—a decision that not only sparked a heated discussion, but the satirical “missing Lowe’s ad” (watch it the end of the interview below), directed by Gregory Bonsignore and starring Rizwan Manji and Parvesh Cheena, both of whom starred in the NBC sitcom Outsour…

By the Way: Religious Right Losing its Grip?

By Randall Balmer

…scind the invitation to Obama. Such protests from hard-right Catholics are predictable. What might be tad surprising, however, is that Notre Dame has no intention of buckling to such pressures. In the words of Buffalo Springfield, “Something’s happening here.” The rift between younger evangelicals and the Republican Party has been widening for several years now. Put simply, younger evangelicals—and, apparently, even those at places like Regent Uni…

Sex Abuse in the Catholic Church: When Adults are Victims

By Kathryn Joyce

…ollaboration with ordained church leaders; and receiving church training appropriate to their roles. Lay ecclesial ministry, the bishops argued, “entails an explicit relationship of mutual accountability to and collaboration with the Church hierarchy.” The Jesuit School of Theology that helped train Hernandez has a special training program for Hispanic ministry, the Instituto Hispano, which seems inspired by this call. “Since the Second Vatican Co…

I Met God, She’s Black: An Exhibit Makes the Black Female Body a Temple

By Anita Little

…showed up at the reception found a place for themselves where they were appreciated. A number of the women who showed up were from the black church and a number were deans or presidents of colleges, so it was this really wide range of experiences in this space. I think this is a very historic moment. Where else would you get to see more than 100 pieces of artwork from black women? You don’t. If you went to the de Young museum or to MoMA, you woul…

International reax to US Marriage Ruling; Official violence at Turkey’s Pride; Marriage Advances in Mexico Over Church Objections; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…dicted that 30,000 people would participate in the service, but the actual number appeared to number around 2,000. “Our prayers will open the sky and the homosexuals will fall, we will be blessed with victory,” said Lee Young-hoon, head of the leading organization in the anti-LGBT coalition. Mexico: Supreme Court embraces marriage, Church and some political officials resist As we have been reporting, the marriage equality movement has been movemen…

Contraception Isn’t Meat

By Sarah Morice-Brubaker

…e without sunsets. Which, again, is not illegal, though it may earn them reproach from principled vegetarians and animal rights activists… who, incidentally, the would-be reformers also hear from. Now, let’s be clear: Some of these meat enthusiasts might make bad Jains. But should that matter where the government is concerned? Is it the government’s job to make sure that they’re not facilitating anyone’s being a bad Jain? Well, no. And that might…

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

By Peter Montgomery

…human rights during his visit to Indonesia: Specifically, we ask that you press President Jokowi to… publicly condemn all major incidents of anti-LGBT violence and harassment. ‘Direct the Indonesian police internal affairs division to investigate incidents of police collusion with militant Islamist groups in attacks on LGBT people and activists, and hold those responsible accountable. ‘Order all ministries to rescind anti-LGBT edicts, and ask the…

C Street Scandal, the Media, the Future of the Family: An Interview with Jeff Sharlet

By Bill Berkowitz

…. The Las Vegas Sun didn’t want to giggle with Maureen Dowd about sexual improprieties; they wanted to follow the money, and they did, brilliantly. What is C Street currently up to? How do they connect with people’s day-to-day concerns, like health care, the economic crisis, Afghanistan and other issues, and how do they affect policy? The Family would say that it doesn’t do policy, and in the strictest sense, that’s correct. For years, the confid…