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Meeting on the Bridge: Fr. James Martin’s Ministry to LGBT Catholics Becomes a Book

By Kaya Oakes

…ou can’t even use the word LGBT. They’ll use something like “Spectrum” or “Welcome Ministry.” It has to be so coded that it doesn’t ruffle any feathers, and that’s not the case for women. And that’s very sad. To me, LGBT people are sometimes treated like lepers. One of the things I’ve learned in this informal ministry is the unbelievable things priests, sisters, brothers and lay associates will say to LGBT Catholics. It’s just horrifying. One of t…

‘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…

“You’ve Never Met a Muslim”

By Hussein Rashid

…ot turn ignorance to fear, and fear into hate. Returning to my city, I was welcomed once more. And I encountered the vibrancy of faith that I missed so much in my time away. The symphony of the Sh’ma, of the Lord’s Prayer, of the Fatiha, of Om Namah Shivaya, of “Fuck God,” was all around me. And in that diversity I understood my own faith. I grew up in one of the most diverse Jewish areas in America, and saw the parallels in my own faith. I knew o…

Fear of a New Jewishness

By Jacob S. Dorman

…ms, all Jews might decouple our peoplehood from our racial pasts, sanction patrilineal descent, and recognize the vast and enriching continuum between Jewish and partially Jewish forms of religious practice. If Jews took these steps we might validate and welcome, as Jews-in-process, all of the Jews and near-Jews who are the children, partners, and friends of Jews of all faiths, and all hues. Like this story? Your tax-deductible $5 or $10 will help…

Ummah: Solitude and Connection

By Amina Wadud

…e” until the month of fasting is done. Indeed last night, my shaykh said, “welcome home.” And so it is. Not only nestled in the stunning beauty of the Shenandoah, with stars so bright against a deep dark sky that those of us used to city lights cannot walk under the canopy of trees without constantly commenting on the sparkling display; but also in the company of the faithful with the fullest intent to celebrate those special occasions of devotion…

Some Of My Best Friends Are Nazi Reenactors! And Soft Porn Producers!

By Sarah Posner

…Kosher home, his wife Chris, and their children Ian and Devon, are always welcome. . . . Anytime the subject comes up Rich is not shy about his stance on Israel and the importance of it remaining a Jewish state. I know he also traveled to Israel to train with their airborne troops. You have to love this. A Republican who likes to dress as a Nazi enlists his business partner — a Jewish soft porn actor and producer from Hollywood — to defend him o…

“Ex-Gay” is Anti-Gay, Disguised as Compassion

By Tanya Erzen

…sment.” The difference is that Haffner believes the church must accept and welcome queer youth. Exodus Youth wants to help pastors and churches provide resources to keep young people from identifying as gay. Haffner cites a study that showed that 6 out of 10 mainline churches support LGBT rights. While this is an encouraging sign, her article neglects to mention that within Christianity, conservative and nondenominational megachurches increasingly…

Why Anti-Gay Bullying is a Theological Issue

By Cody J. Sanders

…lently embraced gay and lesbian members for years must publically hang the welcome banner. How long will we continue to limit and qualify our messages of acceptance, inclusion and embrace for the most vulnerable in order to maintain the comfort of those in our communities of faith who are well-served by the status quo? In the current climate, equivocating messages of affirmation are overpowered by the religious rhetoric of hatred. Silence only ser…

Mormonism in 92 languages

By Joanna Brooks

…nto, Pohnpeian, Portuguese (Portugal), Romanian, Serbian, Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swahili, Tahitian, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese, Yapese I’ll also be thinking about local translators sitting in their home countries, relaying translations back to the Conference Center to be combined with video for almost simultaneous rebroadcast in Aymara, Armenian, Cebuano, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Guara…

Why Pollsters Still Don’t Get Religion

By S. Brent Rodriguez Plate

…nostics. I mean questions like: What is the proper way to light candles to welcome the Sabbath? How do I perform ablutions before Salat? What is the correct posture for Zazen? These are things Jews, Muslims, and Zen Buddhists know, because they perform it with their bodies. It is experiential knowledge, and as such difficult to measure. I enjoy Stephen Prothero’s continued work on “religious literacy,” and by no means think that information and pr…