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Updated: Netflix’s Gay Jesus Upsetting Brazilian Christians Has a Centuries-Old History

By Bernard Schweizer

…t history, then the Brazilians’ protests against the gay-Jesus comedy skit will be as effective (or ineffective) as the widespread protests against Life of Brian or the angry letter-writing campaigns against Jesus-as-loser on South Park. They may constitute a brief inconvenience and perhaps put a dent into the profitability of the Porta dos Fundos YouTube channel, but they’re unlikely to put a stop to the steady march of the triumph of humor. For…

2016 Was the Year Queer and Trans Muslims Entered the Public Consciousness: Mahdia Lynn On This New Era

By The Editors

…ition—we need to do this work. It doesn’t work unless you believe that you will win. The other thing that happened in 2016 was the Pulse shooting in Orlando. And that was the first time queer and trans Muslims were an idea in the public consciousness. There’s just a big change in the way that we perceive our community and the way the outside world perceived us. And so it was like the one-two punch of Orlando—suddenly all cameras are on us—and then…

What’s Huntsman’s Game Plan?

By Joanna Brooks

…ernor of a deeply red state, but Huntsman campaign headquarters will be in Orlando, Florida. 2. Moreover, he will not allow his Mormonism to define him. In his ABC interview with George Stephanopoulos, Hunstman vastly improved his previously dodgy answer to the question of his religious affiliation, declaring that he believed in God, that he considered himself a “good Christian,” and that he was “very proud” of his “Mormon heritage.” He also remin…

Russia Expels Gay American Pastor, An Epidemic of Anti-LGBT Violence in Brazil, And More in the Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…y. Here’s how Anderson had responded to the massacre at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida: “These homosexuals are a bunch of perverts and pedophiles, that’s who was a victim here, a bunch of disgusting homosexuals at a gay bar,” he said. He later added: “The good news is that at least 50 of these pedophiles are not going to be harming children anymore. The bad news is that a lot of the homos in the bar are still alive, so they’re going to contin…

Harry Jackson Shakes Religious Right Money Tree for “Below the Radar” Anti-Obama Campaign

By Peter Montgomery

…, who might normally be Democrats. We saw this happen in California and in Florida in 2008. Florida and California both went for Obama but both states also passed marriage amendments, because a lot of the same people who voted for Obama also voted for marriage. The strategy is that there are enough people who are upset over this issue, who feel that Obama and the Democrats have gone too far, that this may be the deal breaker. Jackson was initially…

What ‘Faith Groups Do X’ Journalism Reveals About the Press’s Priorities

By Chrissy Stroop

…ically, are doing good. Take this Orlando Sentinel headline from October: “Orlando-area Faith Leaders Grapple With Far-Right Views After Capitol Riot Puts Spotlight on Christian Nationalism.” If faith leaders are “grappling” with the far-right in their midst, then they can’t be complicit, right? And surely there aren’t faith leaders who are fomenting Christian nationalism? (To be clear, yes, yes there are.) To be sure, the framing here tacitly adm…

Bearing Witness: The Work of Hospital Chaplains

By Wendy Cadge

…ofession that is both religious/spiritual and medical, and that includes a wide range of people doing a wide range of tasks in their institutions, the challenges are complex. After listening to many chaplains in Orlando and across the country, I am convinced that to fully understand who chaplains are and what they bring to patient and family care, we need to think more about their broader contexts. I support the development of standards of practic…

Burying the Future: Youth Violence in Chicago

By Ibrahim Abusharif

…cts on the toll of youth violence.] It’s a small grace of life that people with winsome projects are easy to spot. As I waited for a train at the LaSalle Street station in Chicago, I met an elderly lady from Washington State who drove to the Midwest only to take pictures of lighthouses. There are many lighthouses in the Great Lakes region, she told me, more than 140 of various shapes and histories. She drove alone and spent more than $800 worth of…

An American Muslim Abroad, Or, Things I Saw in Dubai

By Haroon Moghul

…f the moon, so one night it may only be dimly lit (the new moon); or fully flooded with light (for the full moon). Returning to my point, namely that the UAE is a more Indian Ocean-oriented, and South Asian, society than a stereotypically Arab one, this mosque clearly continues in the vein of Mughal and Indo-Islamic architecture and owes far less to traditionally Arab-Islamic architecture. Compare to the Taj Mahal, and Badshahi and Jama’ Mosques o…

Pride Month & Prejudice; ‘Worrisome Time’ For LGBT People; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…n . . . is part of what got people riled up.” But another factor is the growing influence of hard-line groups like the Islamic Defenders Front (IDF) and Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), the latter of which claims over 40 million members. Nahdlatul Ulama, an organization that believes that LGBT people are “deviant,” “a form of perversion,” and “a desecration of human dignity,” called for an anti-gay propaganda law strikingly similar to Russia’s in February 20…