The day the Supreme Court’s Obergefell v. Hodges ruling came down in 2015, establishing a constitutional right to same-sex marriage, I called one of my dearest, oldest friends, a fellow writer, who is gay, married and lives in Oklahoma. Our conversation was over two hours long and one of the most vulnerable, loving talks we have ever had. I said to him, “Tell me every way this ruling makes your life better”.
One story he told sticks in my memory. A few months before, his husband, Brian, went to the emergency room with a serious cardiac condition. My friend told me that on the way to the hospital, amid this horrifically scary situation, one other fear whispered in the back of his mind.… Seguir leyendo »
The United Methodist Church voted recently to continue its long-standing church bans on ordaining openly LGBTQ clergy and on performing same-sex marriages. Methodist delegates from around the world approved what was called the “Traditional Plan” and rejected an alternative proposal, backed by Methodist bishops, that would have allowed individual churches to decide for themselves on both issues. Many American Methodists — 60 percent of whom say homosexuality should be accepted — were dismayed by the decision and began talking of secession from the global church.
However, my research suggests that Protestant opinion on LGBTQ issues in the “Global South” — particularly in Africa — may be more malleable than it seems.… Seguir leyendo »
«Il nous faut faire la preuve que nous sommes définis davantage par la vie que menaient [les victimes de la tuerie d’Orlando] que par la haine de l’homme qui vient de nous les arracher.» Le message du président des Etats-Unis, dimanche 12 juin, en réaction au massacre perpétré par Omar Mateen dans une boîte de nuit homosexuelle, n’a évidemment pas empêché Donald Trump de rappeler aussitôt la proposition de barrer l’entrée des Etats-Unis aux étrangers musulmans, proposition qui avait lancé sa campagne pour la nomination républicaine après les attaques de San Bernardino, six mois plus tôt.
En retour, c’est Hillary Clinton, la candidate démocrate, qui se trouve sur la défensive : d’un côté, elle suit l’exemple de Barack Obama en dénonçant «le piège tendu par le lobby des armes» ; de l’autre, contrairement à Barack Obama, elle finit par céder à la pression de son rival républicain en utilisant l’expression d’«islamisme radical», au risque de tomber dans le piège que lui tend celui-ci.… Seguir leyendo »
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