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UNESCO on Religion, Culture and SOGI in Asia; Orthodox Family Sues to Stop Cremation of Israeli Trans Woman; Struggles of Iraqi Queer Activists; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…LGBT human rights remain a tool for political manipulation and blackmail. Uruguay: Country joins global quality effort Uruguay has joined the Global Equality Fund, a public-private partnership, “a public-private partnership the State Department manages with the U.S. Agency for International Development,” reports the Washington Blade’s Michael Lavers. Marriage equality became the law in 2013; the country will host a global LGBT rights conference in…

As Trial Approaches, Accused in IHOP Murder Case Challenges Evidence

By Sarah Posner

…“resurrected saints” who will “possess supernatural abilities.” When Jesus rules as “King over all dominions and spheres of society,” these resurrected saints will rule with him, “as kings and priests.” Bickle is a major figure in what is known as charismatic Christianity, a sprawling movement with no clear organizational structure or hierarchy, led by magnetic and often authoritarian figures who proclaim themselves to be modern-day prophets and a…

Did You Read About Conservative Judaism’s Anti-Black Antisemitic Smearing of Hebrew Israelites? Neither Did I

By A. E. Brooks-Key

…t (Reform) Halacha (rabbinic Jewish law) is sacred but non-binding (Reconstructionist) Would the representatives of USCJ publish an op-ed declaring Reform Jews and Reconstructionist Jews to be practitioners of another faith even if they disagree with their stances on Jewish law? No, they would not. So again, we are back to race as a major factor in the delegitimization of Black Judaism and Hebrew Israelites, which is sometimes done at the behest o…

Inventing “Jihad”

By Asma Afsaruddin

…background and apparent interest in radical Islamist narratives, the very word “jihad” was enough, for the average news reader, to account for the violence he and his brother carried out in Boston. After all, are not religious male Muslims supposed to carry out the military jihad against non-Muslims as an essential requirement of their faith? Such popular perceptions of jihad are often predicated on the assumptions that a) jihad is relentless, bl…

The Anglican and the Evangelicals: Insights from the Sudanese Genocide

By Frederick Clarkson

…aid he agreed “100 percent” with Wolf. Wolf’s tirade underscores the hard truth that the international system has little capacity to prevent mass atrocities, or to stop them in the early stages. The pioneering work of the privately, but seat-of-the-pants-financed, Satellite Sentinel Project has shown what can be done to document and expose aggressive military postures and on the ground horrors, notably mass graves. Bishop Andudu called on the U.S….

Vatican: Gay Rights Opponents are Real Victims

By Joseph M. Palacios

…ice doctrine that have been developed since the first social encyclical, Rerum Novarum, of 1891: • Social-Psychological: Dignity of the human person; Human development of the whole person • Social Rights: Option for the poor and marginalized in society • Basic Human Needs: Right to employment, housing, health care • Cultural: Freedom of participation and association in civil society • Political: Human rights protections; Right to migrate • Religio…

Pence Amendment not Just About Abortion, but About Thwarting Contraception

By Sarah Posner

…control” measures like Title X. The Howard Center is the organizer of the World Congress of Families, whose international gatherings draw religious right, anti-feminist, anti-choice, and other conservative “pro-family” groups from around the world. Its 2009 conference, held in Amsterdam, featured American speakers from numerous influential organizations including Focus on the Family, the Alliance Defense Fund, Concerned Women for America, The Her…

Amid Horrors, Muslim ‘John Hancocks’ Forge Secular Sudan

By Frederick Clarkson

…ounced the more formidable military alliance (which now included JEM) made world news in November, it made no mention of the political visions of August. “The military guys want to minimize our differences,” Ismail said, “and get on with the military activities.” The coalition politics of a revolution can be tricky. Eric Reeves told RD: “Of the SRF, I would say, very briefly, that it brings together such diverse actors, including the Islamist elem…

Anti-Gay Marriage NOM Documents Reveal Racial Wedge Strategy and More

By Peter Montgomery

…Europe and Latin America: “Marriage needs to be a national (and ultimately international) effort, not just a local or regional issue,” says one document. One refers to an “International Organization for Marriage” and says, “The movement for gay marriage is global. The counterrevolution protecting marriage needs to have a similar reach. We need to take what we have learned about winning marriage battles in the US and assist groups fighting marriage…

Exodus Declares Opposition to Criminalization of Homosexuality

By Warren Throckmorton

…ational issued a statement denouncing the criminalization of homosexuality worldwide. The statement on the organization’s website reads: Exodus International believes that every human life, regardless of sexual orientation, is of inestimable and equal worth to God and that defending this principle is foundational in offering a Christian response to any issue. As such, Exodus International has not supported and will not support any legislation that…