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Peru’s Civil Unions Bill Killed as Bishop Calls Sponsor ‘Faggot’; Germany Fines Men For Trying To Force Gay Muslim Teen Into Hetero Marriage; LGBT Global Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve. “He said I needed to repent my sins. “I felt belittled. I am a gay Christian and I am accepted by my church and I am accepted for who I am. When the defendant’s lawyer asked whether freedom of speech entitles someone to say things that are offensive, Chalmers said he didn’t want to be “victimized” by another person for being gay. Another witness “described Mr Overd’s style as “ranting” and said she heard him make…

Thoughts from the “Bad Hombre” Debate

By Candace E. West

…ults on Nov. 8 if he loses, thrusting the nation into uncharted territory. Free and fair elections, with the vanquished peacefully stepping aside for the victor, have been the underpinning of America’s democratic tradition since the country’s founding 240 years ago. The Republican National Committee immediately disavowed Trump’s statement. There is no evidence of widespread voter fraud, and election officials across the country have denied and den…

The Gray Lady’s Regard: Ritual and the Wedding Pages

By Kathryn Lofton

…lovelorn concur: reading the Times wedding pages is periodical porn. Where else are subjects still celebrated for who they are the “son of” and “daughter of”? Where else are parents confirmed, publicly, that dropping $40,000 a year on a liberal arts education may pay off with the Gray Lady’s regard? The New York Times Practical Guide to Practically Everything (2006) summarizes the essential outline of an announcement: Mention your alma maters, cur…

Biggest, Best & Worst LGBT Religion Stories of 2016 and more in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…-LGBT religious activists are expanding their global reach, including the relatively small and extreme group MassResistance, which has boasted in recent months about helping anti-equality activists in Mexico and launching a new chapter in Nigeria. Last Tuesday, the group wrote about the assistance it is providing Christian groups who are opposing the advance of marriage equality in Taiwan. BuzzFeed, the polling firm Ipsos, and the Williams Institu…

Inspired by the Anti-Abortion Movement and QAnon, Anti-Trans Rhetoric is a Blatant Call for Violence

By Annika Brockschmidt & Thomas Lecaque

…o playbooks which rely on the demonization of entire groups of people, it relies on the same eliminatory principles. Between 1993 and 2016 eleven people were murdered by anti-abortion extremists, and there were 26 attempted murders; and between 1977 and 2015 there were 7,200 reported instances of anti-abortion violence. This includes some 200 instances of arson and bombings of abortion clinics. And, even with legislation passed in their favor, the…

Bonnaroo 3: With a Buzz in Our Ears

By E. David Morgen

…f sound and flesh that cannot be located in a dictionary. It might be a stretch to suggest that this rhythm is in time with sacred chants of the world over, but that was something of the power we felt as the warm bodies around us hung on the notes of Icelandic or Hopelandic or whatever “Gobbledigook” contains. We do know one thing for certain. The band’s newest album is titled Meo suo í eyrum vio spilum endalaust, meaning “with a buzz in our ears…

Beck Botches Social Justice

By Daniel Schultz

…25:4 Isaiah 41:17 Isaiah 58 Jeremiah 5:28 Jeremiah 7:5-7 Jeremiah 22 Ezekiel 16 Ezekiel 22:29,31 Matthew 5:42 Matthew 6:2-4 Matthew 6:24 Matthew 19:20 Matthew 25:31-46 Luke 1:46-55 Luke 3:11 Luke 4:16-21 Luke 6:20-33 Luke 12:33 Luke 12:44 Luke 14:12-14 Luke 16:19-25 Acts 2:44 Acts 4:32-35 2 Corinthians 8:9 2 Corinthians 9:7 Ephesians 4:28 Galatians 2 1 Timothy 6:10 James 2:5 James 5:1-6 1 John 3:17 Now, this is just a quick and dirty list that I…

On the 20th Anniversary of Waco

By Kate Blanchard

…never be discovered embezzling money, enjoying kinky sex, or (The Da Vinci Code notwithstanding) fathering surprise children. It’s not necessary to label something a “cult” to understand the potential peril involved in looking to a living guru. However honest and virtuous that guru might be, she—like the rest of us—is susceptible to tripping and falling right up until the day she dies. What makes some folks willing and able to trust in a charismat…

Alums Speak Out Against Anti-Gay Christian College

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…to the school newspaper describing the “doubt, loneliness, and fear” they felt while attending the school. One hundred fellow alums signed on. Instead of circling the wagons and strenuously defending the “homosexual practice” forbidden in its code of ethics, the school is reaching out. 51 of the school’s 92 faculty members responded, seeking “forgiveness for ways we might have added to your pain.” “We’re hoping to do a better job of talking to and…

Christian Radio, Muslim Radio

By Svend White

…s, and community forums geared to Muslims. As result, these groups though relatively small in number within the Muslim community outgunned their philosophical rivals for years online; their “full-spectrum dominance” only coming to an end in the late 1990s. And like many evangelicals on the radio today, they fail to remember that even the strictest literalism is ultimately an interpretation or that no one is free of bias or a priori assumptions. Wh…