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Bill to Stone Gays to Death Introduced in Kenya

By Peter Montgomery

…in any political or advocacy-based issues. Most damaging, this charity model promotes the privatisation of social services for evangelical target groups over the right to health and education for all Ugandans. It strips Ugandans of dignity and bypasses the government, absolving it of responsibility. Piecemeal projects like World Vision handing out discontinued Superbowl t-shirts or Samaritan’s Purse’s shoebox gifts do nothing to strengthen or ref…

Unreasonable Doubt: Vincent Bugliosi Defends Agnosticism

By Eric Reitan

…universe does not force itself upon us, and we are left with an important element of freedom and responsibility in our response to it.” Most people in the pews would concede this point straightaway—which is why they are inclined to use the language of faith rather than knowledge to describe their religious convictions. The real question is what to do in the face of uncertainty. Can it be legitimate, as I have argued, to choose to live as if a hop…

A ‘Vows’ Piece in ‘The Times’ Shows How Doctrinaire Christian Celibacy Has Become Compared to its Ancient Roots

By Joseph Amar

…referred to as a ‘Josephite marriage.’ The term is inspired by the widely-held belief that Joseph and Mary lived as brother and sister throughout their marriage. As the author of the article explains in great detail, the arrangement was undertaken at the request of the Catholic Church while the labyrinth of circumstances surrounding his parent’s marriage was being worked through. What the author is either unaware of or fails to mention is that an…

Play to Extinction: Religious Groups Unite Against Predatory Gambling

By Frederick Clarkson

…ross the country—increases in crime, bankruptcies and suicides—but has compelled religious communities to rethink their historic approaches to the ancient debate over the morality of gambling. New approaches have quietly developed in the shadows of the so-called culture wars that have pitted religious groups and factions so fiercely against one another for decades. Undeterred by this history of conflict, the organized religious community has grown…

A Religion Scholar Gets It Wrong on Indiana’s RFRA

By Danny Fisher

…sion to the legislation, but the political struggle continues. “Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) may have grabbed the most attention, but it’s just scratching the surface,” Peter Montgomery reported last week. In fact, as he reminds us, Republican lawmakers have introduced more than 25 RFRA bills as of early April. So I’d like to return to Indiana for a moment, and to the contentious public discussion around “religious freedom” t…

Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…y that remains largely conservative.” But, the story says, the ruling and relatively pro-equality Congress Party is expected to be replaced in upcoming elections by the more conservative Bharatiya Janata Party, which would harm chances for legislation to repeal the colonial-era sodomy law. The bias of many lawmakers is not surprising in a country where homosexuality has still to win wide social acceptance. The challenge to the initial judgment ove…

Innocuous SCOTUS Ruling Opens Door For Discriminatory Religious Institutions to Access Public Funds

By Sunnivie Brydum

…at limiting their access to all resources is an attack on their ability to freely exercise their religion,” Herrin continued. That tactic isn’t novel, of course, but a Supreme Court ruling that affirms this strategy sends a strong message to other “religious freedom” advocates that they can have their cake and eat it, too. As long as an individual or group expresses a “sincerely held religious belief,” adherents will expect to be granted sweeping…

Bishop Says Gay Couples Cannot Be Part of Parish Life; Does Rising Evangelical Political Power in Brazil Contribute to Anti-LGBT Violence?; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…o the start of the parade, Reverend Brent Hawkes spoke of the need to actively welcome everyone within the LGBTQ tent – especially people of colour. He cautioned those who bandy the slogan “all lives matter” as an attempt to discredit the black queer movement. Leaders of all three levels of government sat at the front row as Hawkes gave the speech. A group of gay conservatives associated with a group called Queers Against Islamic Apartheid joined…

Flagship Biblical Studies Group Faces Bitter Divide Over Statements on Israel/Palestine

By Seth Sanders

…to keep.” Noam, the aforementioned Talmudist, was harsher, drawing a parallel between SBL members and deadly terror groups: “what concerns you is that those people will be ‘intimidated’? Are you also concerned lest ISIS supporters be intimidated?” These responses fit the mood in Israel, where it is illegal to protest the war and people have been jailed for anti-war social media comments. And Brettler, an American scholar, disagreed with the questi…

The Economy is Racism: Ending Race-Based Economic Violence is the Real Challenge of This Moment

By Peter Laarman

…otely. And yes, investors understand that the pandemic will damage or entirely eliminate certain sectors. But that’s okay, too, as long as the Federal Reserve is standing by to provide unlimited long-term assistance to big capital even as the losers drop away. I say all this to make the point that the new normal—with pain and misery at the bottom and staggering wealth at the top—is really the old normal of this country’s uniquely race-based form o…