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God’s Body, God’s Plan: The Komen Furor and Abortion as Black/Latino “Genocide”

…a nationwide billboard campaign dubbed “TooManyAborted.com” that targeted communities of color with billboards characterizing abortion as “black genocide.” Mother Jones recently reported that a House Bill advocating the prohibition of “race-selection abortions” has been proposed to Republican lawmakers. The Bill argues that “abortion is the leading cause of death in the black community.” Protecting Minority Life Along those lines, the current fur…

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All Your Dead Mormons Are Belong To Us

…ding the names of family members to be posthumously baptized. If my Jewish community is outraged about posthumous baptism, my LGBT community is equally outraged about the Mormons—the folks who once brought us polygamy and the doctrine that black people are cursed by God—suddenly becoming the defenders of family values at the expense of gay people. It’s still LDS doctrine that homosexuality is a choice, and, of course, the church has bankrolled ant…

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Why Won’t the President Say “Islamic Terrorists?”

…ent in order to achieve power or control. More specifically, terrorism has come to mean perpetuating violence on civilians, making it distinct from other exercises of violence to achieve power—for example, military combat. Assuming this somewhat loose definition (without reference to who the terrorists are and who the civilians might be) leaves open questions of what kind of power is exercised and to what end. These questions lie at the heart of “…

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What Irish Marriage Vote Means for Catholic Church; The Lonely Fight for Equality in Belize; Progress and Backlash in Tunisia; Global LGBT Recap

…, whatever organised religion may say, our way of loving is right. No holy communion is more holy than the human communion of two people in love. I believe that we can honestly assert that what we have learned first and foremost is that it is the oppression and repression of human sexual fulfillment that are the primary cause of sickness in our human communities, both straight and gay. In contrast, Christopher J. Hale wrote for TIME Magazine that…

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The NFL’s Prayer Problem

…Husain Abdullah was penalized for praying after a pick6…. Smh pic.twitter.com/G2j7plEawE — NBA RETWEET (@RTNBA) September 30, 2014 UPDATE: This is revealing: a 2012 slideshow from Bleacher Report, “Tim Tebow and the 10 Most Religious Players in NFL History,” cites only Christian players, even though Abdullah had played in the league since 2008 and was known to observe the Ramadan fast even while playing football. “I’m putting nothing before God,…

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LGBT’s, Opponents Prep for Vatican Synod; UN Rights Council Adopts LGBT Resolution; Brazil’s Evangelicals Eye Presidency; Global LGBT Recap

…ctober 6. This week filmmaker Ben Steele talked about his documentary with Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart. Cameroon: Seven Arrested, Charged with Homosexuality Seven men were arrested and charged with “homosexual relations, prostitution and pimping,” according to the website 76Crimes.com. The article quotes the officer in charge of the case: “Lesbians, gay men, men who sleep with men, women who sleep with women, men who act that way — all that is il…

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Church=State in Putin’s Orthodox Empire?; Evangelical-Orthodox Anti-Gay Alliance; Malaysian Court Protects Transwomen; Catholicism (Still) Declining in Latin America; Global LGBT Recap

…n the culture of Malaysia’s dominant Malay ethnic group. Friday’s decision comes at a time when the Islamic authorities have become increasingly assertive in seeking to govern the behavior of Malaysian Muslims, who make up 60 percent of the population. Muslims are subject to an increasingly confusing and sometimes overlapping tangle of Islamic and civil laws. Lawyers accuse Islamic government councils of stretching the boundaries of their authorit…

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Anti-Gay Violence Rages in Gambia; Conservative ‘Complementarity’ Confab; Coming Out in Iraq Can Be Death Sentence; Global LGBT Recap

…ming Out is a Death Sentence’ The International Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission published this week “When Coming Out is a Death Sentence,” a report on the persecution of LGBT Iraqis, and “We’re Here: Iraqi LGBT People’s Accounts of Violence and Rights Abuses.” From IGLHRC: LGBT people in Iraq have long been persecuted. But the rising tide of turmoil today puts many at imminent risk of death. The Islamic State prescribes death for the “practi…

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Now That ‘Serial’ is Over: 2014’s Best Podcasts about Religion

…of storytelling. The second runner up, You Made It Weird, is ostensibly a comedy podcast where stand-up comic Pete Holmes interviews fellow comedians. Relevant to our purposes is Holmes’ unabashed interest in each guest’s religious upbringing and spiritual disposition. Visit the You Made it Weird channel at Nerdist.com to pick from any of a wide number of fun and thoughtful interviews. For a crash course on Holmes’ own religious beliefs you can l…

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Jesus Backs Gender Equality at the Oscars

…many others) shouting vehement amens…   …yet one Twitter user noticed yet another endorsement of Arquette’s call… Rare photo of Jesus blessing Patricia Arquette during her acceptance speech. pic.twitter.com/C4nr8Pp9Az — Tim Lyzen (@TLyzen) February 23, 2015 It’s actually actor Jared Leto, but this wouldn’t be the first time a child of hippies was mistaken for the Prince of Peace….

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