https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to human rights en https://religiondispatches.org/2016/12/20/solstice-devotional-faithless-trumps-america My prayer for 2017, then, is simple: I pray that we, the people, live up to the brave and beautiful example the rebels, the resisters, and the agitators have set for us. Tue, 20 Dec 2016 03:24:10 EST Sunnivie Brydum b6b40059-6433-4ad1-a56f-eff5213cfbb4 https://religiondispatches.org/2016/11/14/trump-election-could-threaten-lgbt-rights-globally A Trump administration could hold serious consequences for the entire global human rights framework. Mon, 14 Nov 2016 06:17:18 EST Peter Montgomery 78aa5316-7c56-47c1-9dec-b9da1b052a9c https://religiondispatches.org/2016/09/27/it-time-american-orthodox-christians-protest-russias-persecution-lgbt Silence is no longer an option. Tue, 27 Sep 2016 03:59:44 EDT Katherine Kelaidis 67b738f8-ef0a-45bc-93ac-b8783bc5d151 https://religiondispatches.org/2016/03/25/contested-religious-powers-baseball-display-cuba On a historic trip to Cuba this week, and in the wake of a terrorist attack in Brussels, President Obama sat in a Havana stadium extolling the sacred power of baseball to a trio of ESPN commentators: I did not… Fri, 25 Mar 2016 10:55:20 EDT Sean O'Neil f7102a59-5e5e-46db-925a-357fbac86f0e https://religiondispatches.org/2015/08/28/did-church-create-or-co-opt-human-rights After Ireland made history in May 2015 by becoming the first country to legalize same-sex marriage by popular referendum, the Vatican secretary of state did not make history by calling the event a “defeat for humanity.” Speaking to the press… Fri, 28 Aug 2015 10:22:09 EDT Austin Dacey 8475f624-ff68-4406-bc9f-f67849fc25d3 https://religiondispatches.org/2015/08/05/how-can-you-exclude-naacp-and-liberal-protestants-human-rights-history No, we can’t simply thank anti-communist, anti-Enlightenment Catholics for the elevation of human rights language. Wed, 05 Aug 2015 01:36:35 EDT Austin Dacey 7792f6dc-86eb-4472-ae3d-8cd7bf3e892f https://religiondispatches.org/2015/07/31/would-we-have-no-commitment-equality-without-christianity Readers of my last post, and readers of English more generally, could be forgiven for thinking that in his essay, “ Christian human rights: An introduction,” and in his forthcoming book, Christian Human Rights, the Harvard intellectual historian Samuel Moyn… Fri, 31 Jul 2015 12:17:22 EDT Austin Dacey 6fa8985c-f947-427f-babe-dc94f31d8ddf https://religiondispatches.org/2015/07/19/do-we-owe-human-rights-christian-right Historian Samuel Moyn argues that the history of “human rights” begins only in the twentieth century—and it may owe more to Christianity than to secular ideals. Sun, 19 Jul 2015 10:40:13 EDT Austin Dacey 198fc15c-ed49-4df4-b8c7-f8862d3ec4e7 https://religiondispatches.org/2014/09/23/un-conservative-christian-agenda-cloaked-human-rights-language U.S. conservatives join forces with authoritarian regimes at the UN to resist LGBTQ rights Tue, 23 Sep 2014 05:03:43 EDT Austin Dacey 6ac4585c-5d9b-4d4b-a161-f9ffc7dfe5ce https://religiondispatches.org/2013/05/18/racial-politics-atheism The absence of historical and sociological context for atheist politics, and its disconnection from social justice activism, will keep it in the lily-white one-percent column. Sat, 18 May 2013 03:25:29 EDT Sikivu Hutchinson 90167c97-09dc-44f2-9a2b-bf59978a6108 https://religiondispatches.org/2013/03/14/new-pope-accused-conspiring-kidnapping Kidnapped Jesuit priest accused Bergoglio of virtually handing him over. Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:52:57 EDT Nicole Greenfield 8f4d521e-59ed-40d3-ade3-6d9eaced956c https://religiondispatches.org/2013/03/12/pentecostal-history-hate-speech-selected-president-brazils-human-rights-body As Brazil’s evangelical population continues to rise a religious right has begun to consolidate power, bringing the church into the state and in some cases threatening to roll back hard won human rights advances. Tue, 12 Mar 2013 04:56:17 EDT Jandira Queiroz 6f80514d-9ebc-4fe0-9269-7e5a2ad2e8d9 https://religiondispatches.org/2013/01/15/european-court-religious-beliefs-do-not-trump-anti-discrimination-law Count on US religious right leaders to raise hell about human rights ruling. Tue, 15 Jan 2013 01:12:43 EST Peter Montgomery 936f34a1-9097-43a9-ac12-8a29ba4aa421 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/05/29/religious-freedom-atheists A state that attempts to use the force of law to stop blasphemy must select certain identities for protection to the exclusion of others. Tue, 29 May 2012 02:26:18 EDT Austin Dacey 99da7e25-bb24-451d-8699-37ea7d203899 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/04/17/vatican-gay-rights-opponents-are-real-victims According to Vatican representative Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, ending discrimination against gays, lesbians, and transgender persons would make those who oppose such human rights the real victims. Tue, 17 Apr 2012 04:31:58 EDT Joseph M. Palacios d39bb69b-c4c9-46ef-a7b0-09d80d794aec https://religiondispatches.org/2011/03/18/kill-gays-bill-may-pass-ugandan-parliament-within-week While the world focuses on Japan Uganda’s lame duck parliament may force the bill through. Fri, 18 Mar 2011 07:54:15 EDT Candace Chellew-Hodge 72a470da-68a7-4b93-b9ba-b426e4501bc9 https://religiondispatches.org/2011/01/27/ugandan-gay-rights-activist-murdered-us-evangelicals-must-take-responsibility David Kato was one of 100 homosexuals whose name, address, and photo had been published in a Ugandan paper urging readers to kill them. Thu, 27 Jan 2011 10:43:49 EST Candace Chellew-Hodge 2f7caf7c-078f-4d61-9194-ba66e8ef8e2f https://religiondispatches.org/2010/11/24/gays-attacked-uganda-after-mag-publishes-info American evangelicals have helped cultivate the homophobic atmosphere in Uganda that has begun to translate into violence. Wed, 24 Nov 2010 03:41:47 EST Jody May-Chang e68d9fd6-f7d3-4fa7-ab1f-a032bd9f89f4 https://religiondispatches.org/2010/07/07/hoax-underscores-urgency-lgbt-people-uganda The false story seems to have been spread by an estranged reverend. Wed, 07 Jul 2010 03:59:27 EDT Candace Chellew-Hodge b3b23a80-b126-45e4-90a4-1d8fc407fa46 https://religiondispatches.org/2010/07/07/updated-gay-activist-beheaded-uganda-it-hoax Will the Anglican Communion step up and condemn the violence despite talk of a schism? Wed, 07 Jul 2010 03:58:25 EDT Candace Chellew-Hodge 850f29cb-4268-4ca5-8c7f-43b05f7ffb73 https://religiondispatches.org/2010/06/29/comedy-writer-confronts-mind-shredding-evil-uganda British comedy writer and celebrity journalist Jane Bussmann had a revelation while interviewing actor Ashton Kutcher at a Hollywood café: She really had to find something more meaningful to do. So she embarked on a Google quest for the most evil man in the world and found Joseph… Tue, 29 Jun 2010 02:08:18 EDT Frederick Clarkson 185c63ef-7957-41a1-9913-56d1ed0d51f4 https://religiondispatches.org/2009/06/17/gays-great-danger-iraq After months of silence, the US State Department finally condemns the murders of 24 young men who were gay, or perceived to be gay. Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:05:42 EDT Bill Berkowitz a14e6e46-9aa0-49c2-a3d9-9afaccf6180b https://religiondispatches.org/2009/06/17/horror-mugabe-doesnt-want-world-see Bishop Desmond Tutu calls for the world to take action against the regime of Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe and the Nobel Prize-winner has signed the preface to a harrowing new report from Physicians for Human Rights on the man-made situation that may, if ignored, match Rwanda. Wed, 17 Jun 2009 08:42:24 EDT Frederick Clarkson 557f37c3-2392-40db-a563-e3d1f6fdff27 https://religiondispatches.org/2009/06/17/cynical-use-freedom-religion On the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, we pay attention to the ways that religious groups are trying to claim that their right to religious freedom entitles them to oppress others. Wed, 17 Jun 2009 08:20:26 EDT Kate Childs Graham d887d3c4-0045-4860-9d0b-621962129e2d