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6 Years Later, Arab Spring May Only Have Just Begun

By Haroon Moghul

…ugly geopolitical alliance against democracy, pluralism and a responsible international architecture. There is no easy insulation from this, of course, and the many indicators of how ugly the near future can be. There’s a chance, though, that those who rose up, and saw their hopes and dreams extinguished by international malice or apathy, their causes hijacked by sectarianism and extremism, will learn a lesson that makes them a more potent oppone…

Who is Mat Staver, Counsel for Anti-Gay Activist Against Suit from Uganda?

By Sarah Posner

…s founder and chairman Mat Staver said, “is a gross attempt to use a vague international law to silence, and eventually criminalize, speech by U.S. citizens on homosexuality and moral issues.” Last year RD Senior Editor Sarah Posner, wrote about Staver and his other role as Dean at Liberty University Law School, which revealed how he taught his students that they should engage in “civil disobedience” against court orders that conflict with “biblic…

The Zeitgeist Debate

By Sarah Posner

…than for understanding Loughner. The movement has a following, and unknown numbers — perhaps millions — of people have watched the films. It’s fringey but it garners a write-up in the Times or the Huffington Post, as if it’s just another interesting movement of people who believe our social structures are unfair or unsustainable. Watch the section on the Fed and you find some of the most pernicious conspiracy theories that still abound in the far…

Ugandan Gay Rights Activist Murdered, US Evangelicals Must Take Responsibility

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…o Uganda by American conservatives.” “Kato’s murder is a heavy blow to the international human rights community,” said Rev. Kapya Kaoma, the director of PRA’s Project on Religion and Sexuality. “Those U.S conservatives who have lit the brushfire of homophobia in Africa have to bear some responsibility for this tragic death and for the conflagration that now threatens to consume all gay Ugandans.” Those U.S. evangelicals include Scott Lively, the f…

Gay Rights Activists Condemn “Spiritual War” in Uganda

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…is that Kato’s death is now being used to whip up new pressure to pass the internationally-condemned “kill the gays” bill. “We’re not sure of anything, but if you look at everything that preceded (Kato’s) death you can’t help thinking that this is a conspiracy of some sort, or it is being used to reignite greater hostility in the public around this issue to support the bill,” Kaggwa said. LeGendre points out that even if the bill is reintroduced i…

The Strategic Caution of the Muslim Brotherhood

By Zaid Hassan

…the Brotherhood is well aware of the potential backlash, both locally and internationally, if it is seen to have captured the state, which is certainly a factor in how it approaches the coming transition. In the introduction to the 2008 edition of his book, Who Needs An Islamic State?, Dr. Abdelwahab El-Affendi writes: [T]he Muslim Brotherhood’s electoral success ha[s] made it more vulnerable as a target of the ruling regime. It has also become…

“Kill the Gays” Bill May Pass Ugandan Parliament Within a Week

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…liamentary Affairs Committee after its introduction in October 2009 caused international outrage. Now, with the eighth Parliament in its lame duck session, sponsor David Bahati appears to be working to move the bill from committee, and finally into law, as early as next week. Stephen Tashobya, Chairman of the Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee told NTV: “The Anti-Homosexuality Bill has generated a lot of debate and interest in our populatio…

Blood and Hammers: Elderly Anti-Nuclear Activists Sentenced to Jail

By Kristen Tobey

…shares’ motion for pre-trial permission to proceed with a defense based on international law and necessity (in which a criminal act is excused if it is undertaken as “necessary” to preventing a greater harm), “that they can turn their trial into what they perceive to be a referendum on United States defense strategy.” That motion was denied, as typically happens. Even when the defendants are prevented from speaking about necessity and internationa…

Where Trump and Climate Deniers Seem Very Far Away: COP22 in Marrakech

By Donna Schaper

…the debt of the planet. That was social and cultural thinking. Yes, we are buying carbon offsets for our trips here. We were amused at our green souls traveling in the air and increasing her carbon footprint in order to decrease it. We decided next year we will bike. To compensate for the greenhouse gases a trip generates, you can send money to a project that will reclaim carbon dioxide from the atmosphere or prevent it from being emitted at all….

Texas Board of Education to Review Intelligent Design-Promoting Materials for Science Classes

By Lauri Lebo

…led with creationist and intelligent design claims. An organization called International Databases Inc., based in New Mexico, has submitted supplementary material featuring outright promotion of intelligent design. NCSE’s Josh Rosenau also said the material was filled with misspellings and typos. According to TFN: NCSE found creationist claims and factual errors throughout International Databases’ materials, including: * Religious claims such as “…