After Orthodox Priest Suspended for ‘Stop the Steal’ Activity, a Renewed Spotlight on the Orthodox Far-Right
When insurrectionists stormed the Capitol building on January 6, 2021, most news reports focused on…
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Pence Meets With One of Putin’s Top Clerics: Strange Bedfellows at BGEA’s World Summit in Defense of Persecuted Christians
Yesterday, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence made headlines for his appearance at the Billy Graham Evangelistic…
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Warships, Animals, Pubs Eligible For Blessings From Church of England, But Not Same-Sex Couples; Global LGBT Recap
Vitit Muntarbhorn, the UN independent expert charged with investigating discrimination and violence on the basis…
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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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More Bleak Times For Indonesian LGBTs; South Africa Bans Extremist Anti-Gay US Pastor; Mexican Marriage Struggle Heats Up; Global LGBT Recap
OutRight Action International’s Rashima Kwatra reviews the record of human rights work by Vitit Muntarbhorn,…
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Pope and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Declare Shared View of Marriage & Family; Government & Muslim Officials Ramp Up Anti-LGBT Rhetoric in Indonesia; Australian Religious Leaders Ask Parliament to Act on Marriage Equality; Global LGBT Recap
Pope Francis and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill met in Cuba last Friday, the first meeting between…
Read MoreRussian Orthodox Patriarch Blames Gays For ISIS; ‘Christian Nationalist’ Sworn In As Guatemala’s President; Vatican Resists Civil Unions in Italy; Global LGBT Recap
US Vice President Joe Biden addressed a group of business leaders gathered in Davos, Switzerland…
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Transgender Europe celebrated its 10th anniversary. In the U.S., the Union for Reform Judaism, the…
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Why Moscow Wants to Crack Down on Foreign Funding for Minority Religious Orgs
In Russia, church and state are increasingly aligned in promoting “traditional Russian values” over those of the West.
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A new study by the Williams Institute at UCLA law school and NORC at the University…
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