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The Myth of “King David” Petraeus and Iraq

By Ira Chernus

…and largely off the record. Out of sight, out of mind. If we knew the real numbers, we might all go out of our minds. That’s a far cry from the days of the Vietnam War, when another mythic General, William Westmoreland, made his reputation by inflated “body counts” that flashed in charts on network news shows every night. (My students still get pretty shocked when I tell them about those colorful scorecards over the anchorman’s shoulder.) Westmore…

Why Trump’s Religious Liberty Order is “a Whole Lot of Nothing”

By Sunnivie Brydum

…ns that someone can be denied health insurance for, adding sexual assault, domestic violence, a cesarean section, or postpartum depression. It also allows insurers to refuse to cover mammograms and “gynecological services,” according to New York magazine. If that version becomes law, the healthcare provisions in today’s executive order are effectively moot, since reproductive care will no longer be classified as routine healthcare to which all tho…

Marriage Debate in Australia Shifts To Push For Religious Exemptions; and More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…he Human Rights Commission has criticized a legislative proposal to create domestic partnerships for same-sex couples and withdraw from them the right, won in the courts, to be legally married. The Commission said that it recognised “many” in the community were “strongly against” same-sex marriage, in some cases due to religious and moral beliefs. It added: “We also recognise that there are sectors of our religious community that are supportive of…

The Duggars To Headline Values Voters Summit

By Sarah Posner

…China under that country’s one-child policy, which it claims has killed a number of people “comparable to the horrendous genocides by Hitler and Pol Pot.” (The eugenics falsehood is also disseminated about Planned Parenthood, and in this country, conservatives of late have been promoting the film Maafa 21, which claims that Planned Parenthood has been engaged in a plot to engage in “black genocide” — when in fact black women in the United States…

There’s a Controversy Brewing in Wisconsin You Might Want to Keep an Eye On

By Daniel Schultz

…then separately registered with her partner of 15 years under Wisconsin’s Domestic Partnership Law. She reported both actions to the church’s Wisconsin Annual Conference, the governing body for the church in the state, as part of her annual accounting of her ministry. I have not much to add to that. Historically, these church trials have not ended well for the defendants, even when the courts sympathize with them. The UMC’s Book of Discipline is…

Elections Show Growing Support for LGBT from People of Faith

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…oyment Non-Discrimination Act, Defense of Marriage Act repeal, and passing domestic partner benefits for government employees would be nonstarters in the 112th Congress. But most also agreed that “don’t ask, don’t tell” repeal might still garner bipartisan support. The only gay people who seem to be happy with the results are the gay Republicans over at GOProud. Christopher Barron, chairman of the Board of GOProud said the LGBT community should se…

Indonesian Clerics Issue Anti-Gay Fatwa; Anti-Civil Union Peruvian Lawmaker Cites Hitler; Is Christianity more ‘un-African’ than Homosexuality?; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

….” The international community must be led by the advice and priorities of domestic groups before speaking to or engaging with African governments on matters touching on queer equality due to the hazardous weaponization of queer equality as a political tool in sovereignty battles between Africa and the west. Caution must be had before diplomats and heads of states from the west make any LGBTIQ themed statements to African leaders in any forum. Suc…

LGBT Victories at Olympics, Struggles in Brazil; Catholic Bishops Organizing Anti-Marriage Equality Protests in Mexico; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ter the Anti-Homosexuality Act was passed (and before it was quashed), the number of cases of violence against LGBTI people increased, Jjuuko said. “Trans people are at particular risk of violence: they are the most visible.” Beatings had been becoming more infrequent, he said. HRAPF met with police on a local level and institutions, but then raids and crackdowns such as the Aug. 4 incident happen and Jjuuko realizes that, for example, “police off…

The Myth of the ‘Lone Wolf’ Shooter Blinds Us to the Reality of White Supremacy

By Ivan Strenski

…lf pack” of white supremacists. But how can we even be sure the individual domestic terrorists in El Paso or Pittsburgh represent a “pack”? And how can we act while protecting our First Amendment right to free speech? Leaving aside spectacles of wolf-pack frenzy like Charlottesville’s torchlight parade, we don’t routinely see these wolf packs rallying at the local VFW hall. Yet, we know these shooters run with a “pack” of their own kind. We know w…

Persecution of Ugandan Bishop Continues In United States

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…not belong. With its attacks on Senyonjo, IRD blends its international and domestic agenda. IRD spokesman Jeff Walton said in a press release: “Not content to compel Americans to surrender to their agenda of constantly fluid notions of gender and sex, liberal Episcopalians who resent Africa’s traditionalist beliefs now want the U.S. government to compel poor African societies to bend to permissive, secular Western mores.” Ah, yes, we gay and lesbi…