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Last Friday’s decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn remaining state laws banning same-sex couples from getting married generated apocalyptic responses from America’s Religious Right and their…
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Religion Dispatches
In a much talked-about Op-Ed in Time last week in the wake of the Supreme Court’s ruling on same sex marriage, Rod Dreher wrote that Christians “really have to accept the fact that we really are…
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Reactions from conservatives (and those courting their votes) range from angry to apoplectic. With a strong dose of the ridiculous.
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In Russia, church and state are increasingly aligned in promoting “traditional Russian values” over those of the West.
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Vatican: Pope will meet married gay activist; warns against “secularism and relativism” A Paraguayan LGBT organization announced that it has received and accepted an invitation to meet with Pope…
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Political Research Associates
The new president of one of the most powerful conservative organizations in the country is well-steeped in the Christian Right’s scheme to redefine the meaning of religious freedom into a weapon designed to roll-back minority rights and justice.
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Political Research Associates
The Pope’s words and actions carry tremendous weight, and with them he has the power to either sanction or condemn the ongoing persecution or LGBTQI people around the world. The question is, will he?
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Religion Dispatches
PlanetRomeo released a global “ Gay Happiness index,” placing Iceland at the top and Uganda at the bottom of 127 rated countries. Last Friday, HBO’s Vice broadcast “A Prayer for Uganda,” a documentary…
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Political Research Associates
The news that a Christian lawyer named Matt McLaughlin submitted a proposed ballot initiative in California that would require the execution of all LGBTQ people may sound laughable in the United States, but…
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Religion Dispatches
Just a few months ago, Jeb Bush was being hailed as the GOP presidential candidate who would change how Republicans talk about gay marriage in 2016. “Has Jeb Bush offered the Republican Party a new…
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