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Perry Taps Anti-Gay Crusader and “Prayer Lady” for Florida Team

By Sarah Posner

…tage. That’s our goal.” Lane was the national finance chairman for Perry’s August prayer event, The Response. According to a recent report in the Los Angeles Times, Lane is working with the non-profit group United in Purpose, backed by Silicon Valley venture capitalists, which “is using sophisticated data-mining techniques to compile a database of every unregistered born-again and evangelical Christian and conservative Catholic in the country.” Th…

‘Putin’s Children’ Push ‘Traditional Values’ in Latvia; Jewish Reparative Therapy Group Finds ‘Haven’ In Israel; Sikh Activist in UK Supports LGBT South Asians; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ofiles three LGBT Syrian refugees who fled ISIS and are part of “an untold number of LGBT Syrian refugees” who are building new lives in Turkey. “We are still not safe in Turkey,” says one, but “it’s a far cry from the dangers he faced while living in Syria.” Australia: Parliamentarians Push to Pass Marriage Equality Legislation, Avoid Plebiscite Marriage equality supporters are hoping to force a parliamentary vote on marriage equality legislation…

Is It Immoral to Believe in Miracles?

By Noah Berlatsky

…d the Supernatural is Unjustified Larry Shapiro Columbia University Press, August 2016 Belief in miracles, Shapiro argues, is unjustified and unsustainable. It is also, he insists, immoral. To believe that Jesus rose from the dead, Shapiro says, is a failure of both reason and ethics. He directs the book toward those who still believe, in an effort to get them to convert. One imagines Shapiro showing up at a church and pressing copies of his book…

Publisher Sues Televangelist Benny Hinn for “Moral Turpitude”

By Anthea Butler

…hment. Hinn admitted to the relationship, according to court documents, in August of 2010, and promised to pay Strang back the advance for three books — a total of $251,096.77 — by December 31, 2010. To date, Hinn has not paid this amount, nor have the books been completed. When the premier charismatic organization goes after one of its own, it is pretty clear that the avenues previously open to Hinn are closing. To be sued by Strang Communication…

‘Hello, Trump Warriors!’ Little-Known Preachers and Rabble Rousers are the Unregulated Id of the Felon’s First Rally

By Jeff Sharlet

…mailboxes. They’d dressed all in black and had worn matching ski masks in August, which had tipped Mark off to their shenanigans. Then he recognized them as his neighbors, which is why, if I follow, they tried to murder him with machetes. “Twenty million are expected to cross over between now and November,” interjects Paul, conjuring an image of the world’s largest machete mob. (This would require a roughly 2,000% increase over last year’s rates….

Marriage Debate in Australia Shifts To Push For Religious Exemptions; and More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ory was in sight for gay rights in this country. In a landmark decision in August, India’s Supreme Court ruled that the country’s citizens had a constitutional right to privacy. In its judgment, the court made special note of the gay community, writing that “sexual orientation is an essential attribute of privacy.” For lawyers building a case against a colonial-era law, known as Section 377, that criminalizes sex between men in India, the ruling w…

Mobilizing Religious Progressives on Health Care

By Wendy Cadge

…e call with President Obama and 140,000 people of faith that took place on August 19. An email from the Association for Muslim Health Professionals (one of the organizations that participated in the call) reported that it began with introductory comments about the need for health reform followed by prayers by religious leaders, comments by clergy, and personal remarks from several citizens. The director of the White House Domestic Policy Council l…

Blankets, Booties, and Jesus: Spiritual War on the Uterus in Rick Perry’s Texas

By Sarah Posner

…ty. This is God’s charge to us.” In the period from September 2010 through August 2011, The Source was reimbursed almost $85,000 by the Alternatives to Abortion program: they were one of 41 providers who collectively received over $3 million in reimbursements during that time period for counseling and referrals; childbirth, pregnancy, parenting, and family classes; and clothing, food, and furniture pantries. Because the TANF funds for the Alternat…

Rush Limbaugh’s Race-Baiting and Gaslighting of Obama Paved the Way for Trump

By Ian Reifowitz

…m, and had merely sought to “help” journalists better understand why large numbers thought the then-president was. Limbaugh then used the opportunity to repeat the same sentiments, further implanting the doubts about Obama’s Christianity into the minds of any listeners who had missed the previous broadcast. That’s how you spread hate, fear, and lies while deflecting any charges that that’s what you’re actually doing. I’ll also add that the whole s…

The Week in Religion, Poetically

By Michael J. Altman

…ing a fire permit. A Christian milita that had planned to provide protection for the church has withdrawn its support. The group, Right Wing Extreme, says the burning “does not glorify God.” Who knew national Go Topless Day (August 26th in case you’d like to join in) had religious roots? Turns out the event is promoted by the Raelian religion, a UFO religion “which believes that humans were created by advanced scientists known as the Elohim.” …