Religion Dispatches
With murder of David Kato, human rights activists’ greatest fear has come to pass.
Read MoreAmerican evangelist supports “restraint” and “punishment” of homosexuality.
Read MoreUgandans dispute his account of not supporting the Anti-Homosexuality Bill.
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Under fire from LGBT rights activists, the American anti-gay crusader claimed he didn’t know about the Ugandan Anti-Homosexuality Bill, even as he organized an event decrying homosexuality in Uganda. A report from Sunday’s rally in Kampala shows that despite Engle’s denials of support, other speakers were calling for the bill’s passage.
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Obama is scheduled to address the National Prayer Breakfast, organized by ‘The Family,’ which has ties to the ‘kill-the-gays’ bill in Uganda. Religious leaders, including a member of the president’s faith-based Advisory Council, are calling on the president to condemn homophobia and offer an alternative, inclusive prayer event.
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In his latest book Frank Schaeffer speaks to those Christians who have grown weary of religious right hatred and political power plays.
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It was a hot summer for the Family, the exclusive conservative Christian group with designs on DC power—three politicians with ties to their C Street headquarters were caught in sex scandals. Jeff Sharlet, author of the definitive book on the secretive group, talks with us about the flickering media spotlight, and the future of the Family.
Read MoreOver time, some politicians deceive themselves into believing that their desires are in sync with Jesus’ call for their lives: “Thy will be done” becomes “God bless my will.”
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From the media influence of the “birthers” to suggestions that the president wants to euthanize the elderly, a propaganda campaign against Obama is in full swing. Who, exactly, is behind it?
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Forget the standard litany of the best-selling books and most popular movies… This year’s list includes comics, rock bands, Battlestar Galactica, “Hava Nagila” sung to the tune of “The Twist,” and “I Am the Walrus” translated into Aramaic.
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