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A Third Reconstruction? Rev. William Barber Lifts the Trumpet

By Peter Laarman

…hen today we ought to be able to use the Internet, Twitter, Facebook, cell phones and our growing network of churches to educate the new Southern Electorate—black, white, Latino, Asian, gay, straight, labor, Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, agnostics, atheists, atudents and their elders, environmentalists—all who want a better life for all God’s people. The South matters because it is the native home of America’s original sin. Yes, we m…

‘Religious Liberty’ and the Origins of the Evangelical Persecution Complex

By Randall J. Stephens

…onservatives published a full-page open letter to the Supreme Court in the Washington Post. The statement, upholding what signers called the “biblical understanding of marriage,” received the endorsement of high-profile figures, many who had focused their careers and ministry on defending what they called “family values.” These included Franklin Graham, James Dobson, John Hagee, Tom Delay, Rick Santorum, Jim Garlow and Alan Keyes. The open letter…

Global LGBT Recap: World Vision Caves, World Congress of Families Vamps, God Weeps

By Peter Montgomery

…lly” Brewster that he would not be allowed to attend with his husband. The Washington Blade’s Michael Lavers reports that some religious leaders continue to object to his ambassadorship. But Andrés Duque reports this week on Blabbeando that Brewster and his husband met with Dominican President Danilo Medina and his wife at the previously postponed diplomatic reception: The event sparked a diplomatic row earlier this year when Vatican envoy to the…

Is Coverage of Liberal Religion a Media Fail?

By Sarah Posner

…r didn’t settle on an answer.) On the religion question, Ed Kilgore at the Washington Monthly noted that, according to Arana, Klein “found Ambrosino’s background as a gay Christian compelling and is trying to cultivate ‘ideological diversity’ as well as gender and racial diversity at Vox.” Kilgore shot back: It kind of makes me crazy when someone appears to assume that only Christian conservatives are authentic religious voices, and that finding a…

Global LGBT Recap: Francis’s First Year; Homophobia and Development; African Activists Push Back

By Peter Montgomery

…the presumption of innocence, and to the right to civic participation. The Washington Blade reports, “The activists also contend Ugandan parliamentarians approved the measure late last year without the necessary quorum.” At Box Turtle Bulletin, Jim Burroway has a link to the legal complaint. Luiz Loures, the UNAIDS official who spoke at the World Bank this week, told BuzzFeed’s Lester Feder that UNAIDS is ready to join the Ugandan activists’ lawsu…

Act, Pray, Tweet: What the H*ll To Do About Gun Violence?

By Marcia Pally

We’re now averaging more than one mass shooting per day, The Washington Post reported last August. But the mounting frustration of chasing solutions is the good news. The Daily News piece “God Isn’t Fixing This,” articles in the Atlantic and Washington Post, the Nation’s compilation of candidate reactions to the San Bernadino shooting, Daniel Schultz’s parallel list of reactions relative to NRA campaign contributions, The Huffington Post’s collec…

Anglican Bishops Punish Episcopal Church Over LGBT Inclusion; Secularization’s Role in Moving Latin America ‘Beyond Machismo’; Greek Orthodox Bishop Says Gays Deserve Respect; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…for same-sex marriage, which will be addressed at its synod in July. (The Washington Post’s Sarah Pulliam Bailey notes that there are more Anglicans in Nigeria than in the U.S. and Canada combined.) There was no mass walk-out by African bishops, but Ugandan Archbishop Stanley Ntagali left the meeting on January 12, explaining later that he did so because his resolution asking the Episcopal Church USA and the Anglican Church of Canada “to voluntar…

Global LGBT Recap: Ugandan Law Unleashes Vigilantes, Anti-Gay Americans Want to Boost Homophobia Exports

By Peter Montgomery

…ght against the creators of an online support group for gay teenagers. The Washington Blade reported this week that activists fear that, with the Olympic spotlight no longer on Russia, human rights activists are worried that lawmakers will consider a bill that would take children away from gay parents. Slovakia: Activists in Uphill Battle Anti-Gay Revision to Constitution According to ILGA-Europe, the Slovak Parliament is scheduled to discuss a co…

Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…of homophobia.” And in advance of Thursday’s National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C. (an event organized by the Fellowship, an American evangelical group closely tied to anti-gay politicians in Uganda), Human Rights First urged faith leaders to speak out on human rights issues: “The United States has long been a beacon of hope for oppressed people who yearn to live in freedom, and has an historic commitment to refugees who have fled religio…

Catholic Church Campaigns Against Gay US Ambassador; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…respect for a United States ambassador is unchecked and unprecedented. The Washington Blade has more details about the campaign against Brewster: Nearly 32,000 people have signed the petition that a group of Dominican evangelicals posted to the White House’s website earlier this month. A group of Catholic bishops in the Dominican Republic have urged Medina’s government to formally complain to the U.S. about Brewster’s “conduct” that includes visit…