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Changes in Role of Mormon Women Can’t Be Discussed—But Let’s Discuss Them Anyway

By Holly Welker

…pic for the foreseeable future; the fact that discussion of this matter is officially verboten means there can be no official clarification, and even external corroboration of facts may be slow. For instance, though unofficial documentation exists of a survey about perceptions of temple in the 1980s (I love the question about whether people fell asleep during the endowment ceremony), I couldn’t find verification of reports of a recent survey of ot…

Should We Believe ‘Bombshell’ Report on Pope’s Knowledge of Sexual Abuse?

By Daniel Schultz

…g him from celebrating mass, travelling, or representing the church in any official capacity. But nobody seems to have known about it, and multiple people report having seen McCarrick presiding over masses and signing “Happy Birthday” to Pope Benedict in Rome around the same time. Most of Viganò’s evidence comes down to memos he says were undelivered or went unread, private conversations that can’t be documented, or actions taken by people who are…

Cafeteria Christianity in the Age of Social Media: What’s Old Is New Again

By Kate Blanchard

…on of Christianity would prevail, developing a biblical canon, determining official formulae for Jesus and the Trinity, and approving only certain ways of doing baptism and communion. By the end of the century, Theodosius I would outlaw all “wrong” forms of Christian belief and practice and punish them severely. The emergence of an “official” or “orthodox” or “pure” Christianity in the fourth century, however, does not mean Christians haven’t cont…

Pope Backs Anti-Gay Referendum; Islamic State Executions Include Gay Syrian; ‘Conscience Clause’ Debated in Northern Ireland; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…and: High-ranking woman comes out Jayne Ozanne, one of the highest-ranking officials in the Church of England, came out as a lesbian. Trevor Grundy at Religion News Service reports that Ozanne revealed that she had subjected herself to various forms of conversion therapy, including one “where clergy tried to case out a sexual orientation they deemed demonic.” “God is a God of surprises,” said Jayne Ozanne, 46, as she took up her new job as directo…

Rand Paul’s Messianic Campaign Video Shouts “Yes I Can!”

By Gareth Higgins

…eek with the dissemination of “A Different Kind of Republican Leader,” the official Rand Paul campaign trailer. Painting Paul as a kind of superhero—framed against garish red light with a thumping guitar and synth soundtrack—reminiscent of Tony Stark at the end of the first Iron Man movie, declaring the super-robot’s true identity and smirking up a new audience for himself. Paul is decidedly not an enthralling public speaker, but the music and qui…

2 Steps Forward, 3 Steps Back, 1 Step Sideways: The Chaotic Progression of LGBTQ Inclusion at Christian Colleges

By Donovan Ackley III

…student group, which affirms marriage equality, is still not acknowledged officially by Biola.) Clearly, attitudes around LGBTQ inclusion are changing rapidly in the evangelical Christian community but they’re not following a linear path toward progress. Rather the change has been in a dynamic and almost chaotic way—two steps forward, three steps back, and one to the side— seemingly driven more by passionate emotions (especially fear) than reason…

For Men (and Heterosexuals) Only: A MEMO To Catholic Theologians and Educators

By Mary E. Hunt

…o simple but important ways. I urge us to implement these changes ahead of official reworkings that may be some decades away. Catholic theology is done by a variety of laborers in the vineyards: some who are part of the institutional church and others in the larger Catholic community. These observations come from the latter with the hope that the former might also implement them. First, official Catholic teachings on “The Sacrament of Matrimony” r…

How Can You Exclude The NAACP and Liberal Protestants from Human Rights History?

By Austin Dacey

…” occurs in Frederick Douglass’ 1845 autobiography). The FCC maintained an official stance opposing racial discrimination and urging all denominations to work towards non-segregated religious communities and a non-segregated society. The FCC was one of forty-two nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) that had secured an invitation from the Secretary of State to serve as “consultants” to the American delegation at the 1945 conference in San Francisco…

Kim Davis, County Clerk, is Not a Person

By Ivan Strenski

…ncludes the use of the personal name that gets attached by signature to an official state document. I think we need to be clear that these legal fiction persons are not identical to the real people bearing the same names. Simply, “Kim Davis, County Clerk” does not mean the same as “Kim Davis, herself, or as daughter, wife, mother, sister, and so on.” They may point to the same human body, but they don’t mean the same thing. Once Kim Davis, County…

Pope Mum on LGBTs in Uganda; Church Defends Anti-Marriage-Equality Efforts in Australia; Cyprus Passes Civil Partnerships; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…s would “tell fellow believers that we are human beings like them,” church officials had downplayed the possibility: John Baptist Odama, the Archbishop of Gulu, did not believe that the Pope will address homosexuality because “There is a clear teaching of the church on homosexuality. “Because the aim of it is not to promote life but to act against it, those with that tendency are called to abstinence.” While in Uganda, Francis visited a shrine to…