Morality and Marriage Vigilantes and More in Global LGBT Recap
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No Shocker for This Gay Ex-Jesuit, Vatican Rejects Gay Priests (Again)
I am not shocked by the Vatican’s recent affirmation of the 2005 ban on admitting…
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A Solstice Devotional for the Faithless in Trump’s America
My prayer for 2017, then, is simple: I pray that we, the people, live up to the brave and beautiful example the rebels, the resisters, and the agitators have set for us.
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Time to Face Facts: White Evangelicalism Has Always Been Right Wing
Even the protests of progressive evangelicals themselves offer proof that progressive initiatives have never be more than an aberration to the overwhelming prevalence of evangelical conservatism.
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In This Week’s LGBT Recap: Are Gay Priests Overdue for a Stonewall Moment?
“Unless gay priests decide that it’s time for their Stonewall moment, Church leaders–some of them closeted, sometimes self-loathing, homosexually-oriented men themselves–will continue to utter the slander that affects not just ordained gay men and seminarians, but every LGBTQ person in the Church.”
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For International Human Rights Day, a Snapshot of LGBT Rights from the Vatican to Cape Town
The International Organization for the Family rolled out its “Cape Town Declaration” in South Africa Friday, reaffirming the “critical role” of traditional man-woman marriage as the bedrock of civilization.
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Good Mourning Modeled by Chaplains and Clergy at the Oakland Ghost Ship Fire
At the fire site, chaplains have carried flowers and photographs through the fencing to create a makeshift shrine, because the building is still sealed off from the public.
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“Man of Steel” Brings Muscular Message to Oppose Right-to-Die Legislation
Hanson is a tempting spokesperson for the anti-aid-in-dying movement because he represents its “traditional” family values, a nostalgic view of male independence and dominance within an idealized conception of nuclear families.
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Gambian Voters Reject Anti-Gay Strongman Jammeh; Activists Ponder Trump Impact on LGBT Human Rights; Global LGBT Recap
APCOM produced an animated video about the Yogyakarta Principles, which have provided a foundation for…
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Why We Can’t Afford to “Wait And See” How Trump Dismantles LGBT Rights
If you have the privilege of being able to “wait and see” how the Trump administration comes after your family, please use that safety to speak out.
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