Satan, Contributor to Teen Vogue‘s New “Sodomy” Section?
It’s possible, I guess, that contracts are being signed in blood at Condé Nast headquarters. But I doubt it.
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Religious Traditionalists Resist Marriage Equality, Artist Questions What Is “Un-African” & More in This Global LGBT Recap
ILGA notes that some women in more than 50 countries went on strike on Wednesday’s…
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Apoplectic about Abortion: One Woman’s Emotional Roller Coaster
I used to be angry, now I am apoplectic. I also used to be fraulein and now I am a frau. I used to be a mademoiselle and now I am madame, a señorita and now a señora. In other words, I am a mature woman whose human rights are vanishing before her very eyes. For a long time, I have become habituated to freedom, confusing myself, apparently, with a human being—or even a man. I don’t like it when Congress treats me like a girl by hacking away at abortion rights and talking about eliminating funds for family planning.
Read MoreA Catholic Bishop on sex ed, where Jewish singles mingle, and Queen Antoinette’s cult?: The Week In Religion… Poetically
A roundup of the latest from the world of religion.
Read MoreTeachers Threatened with Arrest for Teaching Sex Ed
Evangelical district attorney may throw educators in jail.
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New Report: More Sex in the Pulpit
While religious conservatives are vocal on issues of sexuality—from pre-marital sex to masturbation to abortion—progressive religious leaders have largely ‘abstained’ from discussing these matters in the pulpit. A new report urges more clergy education and openness on sexuality issues.
Read MoreAbstinence-Centered Sex Education Works Best Without God
Kids don’t respond to religious guilt trips.
Read MoreAbstinence-Only Education Might Work?
Religious right is touting a new study — but it doesn’t prove what they claim it does.
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AIDS Progress is Paradoxical
When you consider the Pope on condoms, a hospital’s failure to follow simple precautions, and the fading of activism, we’re still coming up short in the fight against AIDS. Still, even at the intersection of AIDS and religion, the news ain’t all bad.
Read MoreTeen Births Rise; Can Faith-Based Leaders Help?
Only a minority of Obama’s faith-based leaders have any expertise on the topic and most are far more philosophically attuned to abstinence-only sexuality education
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