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Even Calling the Debate a ‘Shitshow’ Normalizes the Threat to Democracy

By John Stoehr

…: a measure of fairness to the candidates, and the disapproval demanded by news consumers who are putting more and more pressure on elite reporters to speak truth to power. Reporters are trapped in an abusive relationship proportional to their unwillingness to confront their abuser. It was neither. Moreover, it was harmful to the republic. By characterizing the debate as a “shitshow” in which Donald Trump and Joe Biden were equally bad and equally…

Seventh-Day Adventists & Gay ‘Cures’; Legal Victory for Kenyan LGBTs; Political, Religious Leaders Spar on LGBT Issues in UK; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…America, where he believes he’ll find a receptive audience in Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Peru and Colombia, where gay rights have advanced. At the Advocate, Matt Baume looks at the campaign being waged by a newly formed right-wing group that is trying to “drum up outrage” over the fact that Rick Estridge, the vice president for overseas finance for Catholic Relief Services, is gay and married. “It is increasingly difficult to take CRS seriously…

Senator Punts Televangelist Inquiry for “Self-Reform Within the Community”

By Sarah Posner

…e Finance Committee who three years ago launched an investigation into the finances of six leading televangelists, released staff reports detailing the results of its probe into the ministries. While the probe was initially launched to examine whether the ministries had abused their tax-exempt status by using tax-exempt funds for personal enrichment, Grassley is not recommending any changes to the tax law to prevent such abuse, but rather a review…

Poor, Persecuted Dinesh D’Souza

By Sarah Posner

…no doubt were paying him a handsome sum for a keynote speech on Christian truth and values. The “Truth” conference took place in September 2012, a month after prosecutors allege that D’Souza arranged for the straw donations to Long’s campaign, using Joseph as one of the straw donors. From the Times: The government, in its papers, asked that the judge, Richard M. Berman, allow it to introduce evidence that it says showed that Mr. D’Souza understoo…

Televangelist Watchdog May Be Forced to Close Its Doors

By Sarah Posner

…e principals. Sen. Charles Grassley, at the time the ranking member of the Finance Committee, urged “self-reform” within the community. Yet, as Trinity has argued repeatedly, the problem results from gaps in the tax code, and lax enforcement of rules within it: because televangelism ministries, granted tax-exempt status as “churches,” do not have to file tax returns, their financial activities remain hidden. What’s more, although IRS rules prohibi…

‘Barbaric’ v ‘Progressive’ Islam; Catholic Church Objects to Mexican Court OK For Gay Adoption; Malaysian Court Weighs Boundaries Of Civil and Shariah Law; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…t to favor the law. From International Business Times: The state law was struck down in a 9-1 ruling. Presiding Judge Luis Maria Aguila said the decision was made keeping in mind the protection of adopted children. “I see no problem for a child to be adopted in a society of co-existence, which has precisely this purpose. Are we going to prefer to have children in the street, which according to statistics exceed 100,000? We attend, of course, and p…

World Congress of Families Meets, Seeks a New Dark Ages

By Gillian Kane

…reat ideal, is to build a Christian civilization from the ruins of the modern world just as the medieval world arose from the ruins of the Roman world.”…

Hajj Journal: The Journey Begins and Ends

By Amina Wadud

…t marks me as ‘other,’ but in a useful way. Plus, people like to use their English because it also marks them in that situation. I find someone who speaks English and takes my receipt, then walks away. And this leads to the same question, where am I from? But he takes passport receipt and walks into the room. I start to feel hopeful, but after a few minutes he returns and says, not yet. You have to wait. Still, I have no clue what I am waiting for…

Pro-Gay Christians Breaking Out

By Peter Montgomery

…has changed his beliefs for political advantage, particularly on marriage. Rudd responds that he came to his decision “through an informed conscience, and a Christian conscience, that it was the right thing to do.” Rudd goes on to say he doesn’t think people choose to be gay. “It is how people are built,” he says, adding that he considers it a “completely ill-founded view” to think of homosexuality as abnormal. But things get really interesting…

Anti-Gay Violence Rages in Gambia; Conservative ‘Complementarity’ Confab; Coming Out in Iraq Can Be Death Sentence; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…cy reversals” on LGBT issues. The parents of Matthew Shepard are headed to Russia today for a five-day trip at which they will join a screening of the documentary “Matt Shepard is a Friend of Mine” at a gay film festival in St. Petersburg, and will visit Moscow where they hope to meet with parents of gay children. Associated Press points out that anti-gay politician Vitaloy Milonov has suggested that the sponsors of the film festival be sanctioned…