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Anti-Trans Bus Tour Is Not Very Welcome In Spanish Cities; Gay Rights As A Weapon In Nationalist War On Muslims; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ection of religious freedom in church education, (4) Limits on LGBT public promotion. We believe these amendments make explicit what the Constitution already implies. [NEAB Vice President Scott Stirm] also reported that the new Trump administration in Washington has committed to appoint a pro-family values US ambassador to Belize. That is what our recent petition, signed by almost 200 pastors, had requested. We needed such an ambassador in place o…

Welcome to the RNC’s Elmer Gantry Tent Revival

By Paula Cooey

Watching the GOP convention is like watching a bad sequel to Elmer Gantry. Written by Sinclair Lewis and later produced as a film starring Burt Lancaster and Jean Simmons (the actress, not KISS founder, Gene, aka Chaim Witz), Gantry served as Lewis’ satire of American revivalist religion. A self-proclaimed preacher and healer given to alcoholic and sexual excess, Gantry preys on sincerely believing, unwitting people. After serving as the manager…

Welcome to the “Spin-od”: Conservatives Look to Halt Reforms on Divorce and Other “Family Matters”

By Patricia Miller

Now that Pope Francis has concluded his historic US visit, all eyes turn to Rome for the second part of the Synod of Bishops on family life. Opening the synod yesterday, Francis demonstrated the challenge before the bishops, calling for a church that acts as a “bridge,” not a “roadblock” to people who have erred, but also saying the church must hold fast to Catholic teaching that is not “changed by passing fads or popular opinions.” The first par…

The “Pro-Family” Crowd Should Welcome Polygamy

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

A recent segment on Fox News between host Laura Ingraham and Dr. Keith Ablow was so full of red herrings and comedy it’s hard to begin with what was the most ridiculous. First, Ablow, who has alleged that Pres. Barack Obama is obsessed with gun control because he was abandoned as a child, makes the standard history-denying argument that government should butt out of marriage and leave it to the church. Which completely disregards the fact (ah, th…

Welcome to the “Career College” Scam

By Peter Laarman

The following is a guest post by Peter Laarman So it’s the worst economy and worst job market in decades, especially for relatively poor students of color with limited academic skills. So guess who benefits most from this catastrophe? Answer: the sharks who run so-called proprietary colleges or trade schools. Like the sleazy one that runs incessant and obnoxious infomercials on cable television: American Career College. These schools do especiall…

Set to Privilege Christianity in Public Schools, Texas Sends a Message About Who is Welcome — And Who is Not

By Steven K. Green

The Texas Legislature is set to enact three laws to redefine the rules concerning religion in public schools. One will allow students and teachers to engage in Bible reading during the school day; a second will require the posting of the 10 Commandments in public school classrooms; the third will authorize “chaplains” in public schools. All three proposals are highly unconstitutional under current law. In 1963, the Supreme Court ruled that school…

Welcome to the Gayborhood: Jason Brown on This New Era

By The Editors

The following is an exclusive excerpt from Kaleidoscope, a podcast featuring conversations on religion with the people often left out of conversations on religion and politics hosted by Deborah Jian Lee. As each new episode is released, Religion Dispatches will be featuring special remarks from the show’s guests that reveal how their worldview has changed in this new era. In 2013, Jason Brown was a queer student at Biola University, a conservativ…

What Irish Marriage Vote Means for Catholic Church; The Lonely Fight for Equality in Belize; Progress and Backlash in Tunisia; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…buggery laws in 2003.) In Belize, antigay laws extend beyond the criminal code: Homosexuals are still technically an explicit class of prohibited immigrants, along with prostitutes, “any idiot,” the insane and “any person who is deaf and dumb.” ….In Belize, church leaders are granted deference in the press and by lawmakers on social issues. But in large part, the ecclesiastical focus has always been on the spiritual rather than the political real…

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

By Peter Montgomery

…ople think and remind the church that there are passages in the Bible that promote love.” Part of Kotlolo’s artillery in this bid were posters scrawled with Biblical text such as “Love thy neighbour as you love yourself” and “But he who loves God is known by God”. Another protester, Geoffrey Ogwaro, a human rights advocate specialising in LGBTI rights with the University of Pretoria Faculty of Law’s Centre for Human Rights, said: “We are saying th…

Catholic Cardinal Slams Jesuit’s Bridge-Building Book; and More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…o women. There is also a bill in Parliament to revise the current criminal code, which was basically translated from the Dutch criminal code. The latest version apparently does have a sodomy article. So we actually face the criminalization of homosexual acts.” Somoa: Prime Minister Says ‘Christian Country’ Will Never OK Abortion, Same-Sex Marriage Prime Minister Tuilaepa Seilele Malielegaoi said in a radio interview that Samoa is a Christian count…