Religious Exceptions Not So Exceptional According to New Study
One of the assumptions behind those seeking a religious exception to the contraceptive mandate in…
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Religious Hostility to Gay Nigerians; The Pope’s Visit To Africa; Ireland’s Religious Schools Can’t Discriminate Against Gays; Orthodox Church in Georgia Leads Anti-Gay Forces; Global LGBT Recap
International Human Rights Day is Thursday, December 10. On Saturday, December 12, OutRight International (formerly…
Read MorePope Francis Dismisses Condoms in AIDS Fight
Apparently finding a way to bend church rules to allow divorced Catholics to receive communion…
Read MorePope Mum on LGBTs in Uganda; Church Defends Anti-Marriage-Equality Efforts in Australia; Cyprus Passes Civil Partnerships; Global LGBT Recap
World AIDS Day will be observed on December 1. Also this week, ICASA, the International Conference…
Read MoreWhen Welcoming the Stranger Was Not Just a Religious Value
Thirty-six years ago, as Americans prepared to celebrate Thanksgiving, a Catholic, a Protestant, and a Jew went…
Read MoreMasturbation & Porn Bigger Priority Than Planet & Poverty for US Bishops
In another sign of just how far the agendas of the U.S. Conference of Catholic…
Read MoreUNESCO 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
Asia: UNESCO on religion, culture and anti-LGBT bullying and violence UNESCO released a report on…
Read MoreU.S. Bishops Reject Pope Francis’ Priorities
The U.S. Catholic bishops have now gathered four times for their semi-annual meeting since Pope…
Read More“Give Me Your White, Your Rich… Yearning to Earn Fees”
In honor of the shameful refusal to accept Syrian refugees, a rewrite of the “Statue of Liberty” poem.
Read MoreRefugee Crisis in the Age of Trump: Getting Holocaust Analogies Wrong
Some of the Republican presidential candidates are fond of Holocaust analogies. Mike Huckabee, for example,…
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