Religion
Church & state gang up on gays in Ukraine
by Jordan Arseneault on 31 July 2012
The build-up to this year’s EuroCup soccer championship shone an unexpected spotlight on the darker side of its host nation, the Ukraine. Along with co-host Poland and its onetime ruler, Russia, the former Soviet state has never been known for its tolerance towards LGBTs, but this time the rise of neo-Nazism and religious homophobia stood in bold relief…
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You Gotta Have Faith: Bruce Knotts stands up for gays at the UN
by Jordan Arseneault on 20 January 2012
Unitarian Delegate to the United Nations Bruce Knotts on patience, persistence, and religious responses to the global homophobia epidemic. His Compass for Compassion coalition of faith leaders and diplomats are trying to fight the homophobic fire with a fire for justice at the international level.
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UK to expunge gay sex ‘crimes’
by Rex Wockner on 7 January 2011
The United Kingdom is preparing legislation to expunge the “crimes” of adult men who were prosecuted for having consensual sex with adult men in earlier eras.
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