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“Like sunshine in the darkest abyss I’ve ever experienced.”

By Joanna Brooks

…r LDS families; you can find them here. “Families are Forever” is a twenty-minute film that takes us inside the very Mormon household of Tom and Wendy, committed and conservative LDS parents, and their adolescent son. It screens this week at a special event at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah. I spoke with Wendy about her experience as a faithful LDS person who has chosen to be supportive of her gay teenage son. RD: It’s a big deal to come o…

Be Prepared: Preachers’ Daughters, Episode Eight

By Sarah Morice-Brubaker

…rom being vulnerable. In Olivia’s case, she invited the youth to spend ten minutes in silence writing their sins and struggles on a piece of paper, with the intention of nailing the papers to the cross. During the silence, Olivia approaches some of the youth individually, and inquires about their struggles. Here is what one girl, Molli, says. Bear in mind that Olivia guesses that Molli is probably fifteen or so: “About two years ago I went to a p…

The Case Against Despair Over the Two-State Solution

By Sarah Posner

…against despair over the prospects for peace:…

Noah vs. 1929 Epic Noah’s Ark

By Gwynne Watkins

…ke hundreds of other silent films) is lost to history, and the existing 75-minute restoration appears to be out of print. I’m going with what we know about both films from critics and historians, and that’s actually quite a lot. Noah’s Ark is usually referenced today in conversations about the hazards of filmmaking, particularly in Hollywood’s early, unregulated days. Michael Curtiz was a famously rude and possibly sadistic director. He shot the f…

Talking to Noah Screenwriter On Being an Eco-Wacko

By Brook Wilensky-Lanford

…me) that when I heard that The Bible App was reporting a 300% increase in numbers of people reading Genesis 6, I figured it was all due to pundits like myself doing last-minute exegesis. But who was I kidding, I still had questions about this unique Genesis interpretation. So why not go directly to the source? I enjoyed the interview you and Aronofsky did with Paul Raushenbush at the Huffington Post where you talked about your process of interpre…

Scott Lively Defends Anti-Gay Uganda Work in Federal Court

By Peter Montgomery

…ion. According to a news report in The Republican newspaper, during the 90-minute hearing Ponsor “said he was troubled by the lack of connection between anti-gay rhetoric of local evangelist Scott Lively and acts of oppression against gays in Uganda.” But Ponsor also “expressed skepticism about Lively’s request to dismiss the case before trial, noting that the courts have set a high legal threshold for throwing out cases.” Paul LeGendre of Human R…

The Politics of Anti-Gay Persecution: Gambia, Egypt, Jamaica, Russia, with a Helping Hand from US Religious Conservatives; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…o press the case of a lesbian seeking asylum in the country who won a last-minute, but possibly temporary, reprieve from deportation to Uganda this week. She told PinkNews that she would rather die in a British detention center than be returned to Uganda. “Campaigners say Ms Twikireze was forced to undergo ‘a torturous exorcism’ ritual in Uganda as a young child in a bid to ‘cure’ her from being gay.” A Catholic monk who is the director of a Scotl…

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

…ion: “Father Rodríguez says the past few years have seen an upsurge in the number of baptisms into the Catholic Church in Spain of children who have been born to or adopted by same-sex couples, and that this has posed a new challenge for priests and parish leaders which often leaves them with questions and confusion.” The guide encourages respect, as well as pastoral sensitivity, for gay and lesbian couples who bring their children to be baptized….

‘I Don’t Buy It’: The Gospel According to Frank Underwood

By Cathleen Falsani

…articulate. He said more in a wad of spittle than he could have in a five-minute monologue. Frank talks to God twice in Season 1, the first time during his eulogy for a girl in his hometown Gaffney, S.C., who dies when she steers her car into a giant peach-shaped water tower while texting. He begrudgingly agrees to speak at the girl’s funeral (he feels neither remorse nor responsibility for her death) where he begins by saying, “You know what no…

“Jack” Willke, Pro-Life Demagogue Dies at 89

By Daniel Silliman

…llke nevertheless stood by his claims, telling the New York Times the real number was “way under 1 percent.” In part, the claim was justified by distinguishing between types of rape, which was exactly the thing that upset people so much about Akin’s statement. Willke’s rhetoric could also exhibit some of the more hysterical tendencies of the pro-life movement. In one letter to supporters, for example, he alleged that abortionists were harvesting a…