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Religious Conservatives Fight Rash of Gay Marriages

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…ic Church is running away from gays and lesbians and their families, it’s nice to see at least one religious group running full speed to welcome home God’s prodigal sons and daughters….

‘No Room’ for Gays in Country that Worships God [Kenya] | Churches Fight to Keep Sexuality Out of Sex Ed [S. Korea] | Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…Media Matters reviews the anti-LGBT credentials of several legal scholars promoting “religious liberty” laws that would allow organizations and individuals in the U.S. to claim religious exemptions from anti-discrimination laws. Among those profiled is Helen Alvaré, a law professor at George Mason University in northern Virginia. Some additional information on Alvaré’s role in the Catholic Church’s international campaign against LGBT equality: Al…

Gambian Leaders Portray Anti-Gay Law as Defense of Islam, Ugandan Politicians as ‘Christmas Gift’; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…tations which, though very evil, antihuman as well as anti-Allah, is being promoted as a human right by some powers.” Fatou Camara, who briefly served as Jammeh’s communications director and hosted a Gambian television program before she was charged with sedition and fled to the United States, noted that the current wave of arrests took place just before Jammeh made a state visit to the Persian Gulf state of Qatar. While there, he signed a coopera…

Dear Gay Kid

By Peter Montgomery

…, seek friends who share your values, and you can find deep, meaningful, lasting relationships—and the love of a lifetime. I know—I have. And, if it is important to you, you can find Christian churches that will welcome you as a child of God, will celebrate your gifts, and will bless your relationship. Many churches don’t put God in the same box Matt does. Listen to your heart and follow where it takes you….

Evangelicals Want Immigration Reform. Why Won’t Republicans Listen?

By Sarah Posner

…tives. “At the heart of why evangelical Christians believe we should love, welcome, and seek justice for immigrants is our commitment to the authority of Scripture over every aspect of our lives,” states one of its documents. But the survey the Evangelical Immigration Table itself commissioned showed that evangelicals aren’t necessarily motivated by those biblical imperatives when it comes to immigration, with only 12 percent choosing the Bible as…

Fasting and Faithy Friends of Convenience

By Sarah Posner

…as one of President Obama’s “spiritual advisors,” and was one of the early promoters of, and advisors to, Obama’s Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. But on this issue, Wallis seems to have lost—if he ever actually had—his influence. As E.J. Dionne (also a fan of government partnerships with faith-based groups) wondered in the Washington Post yesterday, in reacting to Rep. Paul Ryan’s budget proposal: Will President Obama welcome…

New Doc Strives for Christian Unity—But What if Unity is the Problem?

By Noah Berlatsky

…tly despite itself, it ends up demonstrating the ways in which compassion, welcome, and faith can be weaponized as political tools against marginalized people who stand outside the circle of compassion. Unity is never universal, which means that when people call for unity, the first questions should be: unity for what? and: unity against whom? When Christians today start talking about the need to bridge divisions among themselves, LGBT people—thou…

The Left Behind: Why Are White American Christians So Racist?

By Daniel Schultz

…the most progressive denominations. In that sense, his book may serve as a welcome call to repentance to Christians who think their church is doing better on racial issues than it really is. But will White Too Long be able to provoke change on a broader, more systemic level? I’m less sure of that. Obviously, there aren’t too many white churches where people sit around on Sunday morning talking about ways to do a racism in the coming week. There ar…

Israel Claims Holy Sites, Reignites Religious Flashpoint

By Orly Halpern

…fter passing through a military checkpoint. Christians and Muslims are not welcome. As an occupying power, Israel is required by international law to preserve the status quo and to act for the benefit of the local civilian population. But Israel claimed security reasons for its Jewish-only access. “These are Muslim holy sites,” explained Sheikh Taysir Tamimi, head of the Palestinian Shari’a Islamic courts. Tamimi remembers praying in the Bilal Mos…

Confession Fail: iPhone App Controversy Muddies the Sacramental Waters

By Elizabeth Drescher

…clesiastically robust Penance app has managed. (Note to developers: You’re welcome.) Nonetheless, even more careful, socially-sensitive design cannot be guaranteed to save the doctrinal day in a world defined much more by improvisation than by obedience. That is, regardless of how developers intend for an application to be used, the very nature of the culture shaped by digital social media allows that users will come up with new, creative, and, in…