Why ISIS War Would Make Paris Attacks a Success
Update: According to CNN, “the French air force carried out bombing missions on ISIS targets…
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Conservative Bishops Unhappy At Synod, But Ignore Walkout Call; Australian Religious Leaders Step Up Marriage Equality Opposition; Italy Debates Civil Unions; Global LGBT Recap
Novelist Marlon James became the first Jamaican author to be awarded the Man Booker Prize….
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Clashing human rights visions for LGBTs at United Nations; More Mixed Messages from the Vatican as Family Synod Begins; Timeline of Worsening Homophobia by Turkey’s AKP Party; Global LGBT Recap
The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (pronounced iggle-hurk) announced last Monday that it…
Read More‘Barbaric’ v ‘Progressive’ Islam; Catholic Church Objects to Mexican Court OK For Gay Adoption; Malaysian Court Weighs Boundaries Of Civil and Shariah Law; Global LGBT Recap
Islam: ‘Barbaric’ and Progressive The United Nations ambassadors from the US and Chile have invited…
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Catholic ‘Soul-Searching’ as Ireland Votes on Marriage; Churches, American Activists Join Kenyan Anti-Gay Group’s ‘Family’ Confab; Indian Mom Seeks Spouse For Gay Son; Global LGBT Recap
PlanetRomeo released a global “Gay Happiness index,” placing Iceland at the top and Uganda at…
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French Theologian Urges Islam to Self-Critique, Fails to Notice Log in Own Eye
In a piece published in Le Point on January 12th (translated and reprinted in Sightings on January 30th) eminent philosopher-theologian…
Read MoreLGBTs in Philippines Reflect on Papal Visit; Francis Meets Trans Man Shunned by Parish; French Group Turns ‘Bar of Sodom’ into ‘Pub of Mercy’; Global LGBT Recap
International Holocaust Remembrance Day was observed around the world this week. While America’s globetrotting anti-gay religious…
Read MoreGambian Leaders Portray Anti-Gay Law as Defense of Islam, Ugandan Politicians as ‘Christmas Gift’; Global LGBT Recap
Gambia: President, Foreign Minister Portray Anti-Gay Persecution as Defense of Islam, Africa We have reported…
Read MoreLGBT’s, Opponents Prep for Vatican Synod; UN Rights Council Adopts LGBT Resolution; Brazil’s Evangelicals Eye Presidency; Global LGBT Recap
Catholic Church: LGBT Catholics, Conservative Christians Jockey as Family Synod Approaches The Ways of Love:…
Read MoreEgypt Goes After Gays to Silence Islamist Critics; South Africa’s ‘Open Mosque’ is Closed; Global LGBT Recap
In the U.S., two major religious right gatherings are taking place this weekend. The Values…
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