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Obama’s Gay Marriage Support Shocks Black Church

By Anthea Butler

…some black religious leaders the president’s thinking represents a de-evolution, but for many others the president’s declaration was welcome news. The National Action network posted a letter signed by Rev. Al Sharpton, Julian Bond, Melanie Campbell, and Rev. Dr. Joseph Lowery embracing the decision, while Rev. Jamal Bryant, megachurch prosperity pastor, was vocal in his opposition: Our faith reserves marriage for a man and a woman. President Obam…

The Story Behind the Catholic Church’s Stunning Contraception Reversal

By Patricia Miller

…ic couples were saying privately: the rhythm method not only didn’t work, but put extraordinary strain on otherwise happy marriages. “A man and a wife may follow all the current methods for predicting the time of ovulation, they may be armed with an arsenal of slide rules, thermometers, glucose tests, they may abstain for the proscribed period with dogged perseverance, and they may still find that the method has failed. The rhythm method keeps cou…

American Jewish Leaders Get Gaza Wrong

By Sarah Posner

…view? Are they hungry, without jobs, without economic possibilities, without a future, and fearful of Israel’s military might? Three Israeli civilians were reportedly killed today in the southern Israeli town of Kiryat Malachi. A rocket from Gaza has reportedly fallen (inflicting no injuries) near Tel Aviv. I’ll state the obvious: this is unacceptable, and must stop, as the Israeli human rights group and occupation opponent B’Tselem stated today….

Great Moments In Bipartisanship: Bible Edition

By Daniel Schultz

…crats refer bills back to committee. [Luke 2:1-8]: Persistent questions about the birthplace of Jesus distract from his soteriological agenda. Hearings produce a number of shepherds willing to testify that Jesus was born in a Bethlehem-area stable, but doubters refuse to concede, pointing to a document showing a Nazareth birth three years before the founding of that city. [Luke 6:20]: Jesus says, “Blessed are the poor, for yours is the Kingdom of…

Mormon Leaders Slam ‘Counterfeit’ Gay Families; Vatican Resists Gay Ambassador; ISIS Executes Man for Homosexuality; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…married. Naith Payton writes for Pink News: Archbishop Eamon Martin spoke out about the difficulties faced by Christians who believe in the “Church’s understanding of marriage and the family”. During Chrism Mass at Saint Patrick’s Cathedral, he said: “To be like Christ in an increasingly secularised world often means being different, counter-cultural, and not easily swayed by the prevailing attitudes and opinions around us. This is not easy. “The…

Morality and Marriage Vigilantes and More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…chools and anti-marriage equality flyers were recently found being handed out to children on school buses in regional Victoria, and the group was called out in Parliament by Labor MP Tim Watt for depicting a woman with a rainbow noose around her neck. York has also lobbied for gay people to get a different term for marriage, called “garriage”. While the group’s links to the Liberal Party are well known, the source of the organisation’s funding has…

Blood and Politics — Christian White Nationalism in the Age of Obama

By Bill Berkowitz

…he invocation of the old Norse gods is not about theology or even ethics, but about style and promoting their subculture. In a similar sense, there are neo-Confederates and White nationalists who believe that “Christian-ness” is one aspect of their Western civilization—along with respect for tradition, authority, and Whites-only citizenship rights. For this wing of the movement, best exemplified in my book by a now-deceased Washington Times column…

The Demographic that Should Keep Rove Awake at Night

By Katherine Stewart

…e think abortion is wrong, we think same-sex marriage is wrong—didn’t get out. It did get out… It’s that the entire moral landscape has changed. An increasingly secularized America understands our positions, and has rejected them.” So why haven’t the “nones” gotten the political respect they deserve? Part of the answer is that discrimination against nonbelievers—a large portion of the unaffiliated—remains an acceptable form of bigotry. More than…

Scottish Episcopal Church Angers Conservative Anglicans With Embrace of Same-Sex Marriage; and more in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…entation is wrong. Bulgaria: Pride activists, protected by police, vastly out*]}*number far-right protesters The leader of the neo-Nazi National Resistance planned a counter-protest to Saturday’s Pride march; last week he urged people to bring “brooms and shovels with wooden handles” to “cleanse Sofia from garbage.” Human Rights Watch has some history: Sofia Pride marchers have faced hateful rhetoric and violence in the past, and only tepid police pro…

Lesbian Rabbi to Lead SoCal Board, Includes Orthodox

By Benjamin Weiner

…odox) Jews who have plenty of sympathy for gays and lesbians, and probably number many of them among their friends, but can’t yet see a way to harmonize this personal sentiment with their larger religious commitments. It’s important to bear this denominational scorecard in mind when considering Eger’s appointment, because a “board of rabbis” is, in its essence, a trans-denominational body. Existing in most major Jewish population centers, the enti…