Pope Francis: Gay People Not Welcome in Clergy
Indonesian City to Begin Fining People For ‘Immoral Same-Sex Acts’ and ‘Transvestite Activities’
Pariaman, a city in the Indonesian province of West Sumatra, passed a new law on Tuesday penalizing “immoral same-sex acts” and “transvestite activities” with a $70 fine. That total may not seem like much, but taking differences in per capita income into account, it’s more like $1,300 in the United States.
While homosexuality is not illegal in the majority Muslim nation, Pariaman City Council Chair Fitra Nora told The Guardian that LGBTQ people “will be subject to sanctions and fines if they disturb the public order.”
Deputy Mayor Mardison Mahyudin said the proposal resulted from “anxiety” toward LGBTQ people in the town of more than 80,000 people.
LGBTQ ‘Immoral Acts’ To Be Fined in Indonesian City
HTC Founder’s Non-Profit Backed Anti-Gay Groups Fighting Marriage Equality in Taiwan
A pair of nonprofits run by HTC executive Cher Wang allegedly backed U.S.-based hate groups organizing in Taiwan ahead of a Saturday referendum on same-sex marriage. According to a report in Hong Kong’s Apple Daily, Wang’s VIA Technologies Faith Hope and Love Foundation and The Chinese Faith Hope and Love Foundation (known collectively as “Two Organizations”) have invited representatives from the International House of Prayer (IHOP) to the self-governing island “every year for the past five years.”
As early as 2013, Two Foundations reportedly sponsored a four-day summit at IHOP’s branch in the Zhongli District of Taoyuan City. That event allegedly included an address from David Sliker, a Kansas City-based missionary and author who believes same-sex marriage “doesn’t exist.”
“Here’s the problem with gay marriage: there is no such thing,” the IHOP leader claimed in a 2013 blog post.