by Shelley Curtis Weaver | 30 June 2023 | Yesterday, attorneys and legal council affiliated with the religious liberty work of the Seventh-day Adventist church had a major victory. In Groff v. Dejoy, the United States Supreme Court upheld postal worker Gerald Groff’s claim of discrimination when he was required to work on his day […]
by Loren Seibold | 21 June 2023 | Almost three months after Seventh-day Adventist archbishop Moses Maka Ndimukika of Uganda stood with other clergy in support of a law that would punish LGBTQ people with life imprisonment for being gay—which, according to the New York Times, led to LGBTQ people being hunted like animals—the Adventist […]
21 June 2023 | According to the Adventist News Network, the Uganda Union Mission (UUM) has released a statement in response to the global conversation regarding the current anti-homosexuality law in the country. While reiterating UUM’s commitment to the GC votes policies on sexuality, it appears to decry forms of persecution, violence, and bigotry, but […]
by Loren Seibold | 28 April 2023 | Recently, my friend Bryan Ness sent me a link to a New York Times piece about the effect of the new Ugandan law that promises life imprisonment for anyone who admits to, or is accused of, being LGBTQ. The story is enough to make one retch. Forgive […]
27 March 2023 | A recent bill passed by the Ugandan parliament to crack down on homosexual activities has become the subject of much debate internationally. While laws against it are already present, the bill introduces a new set of offenses including being imprisoned for identifying as gay, supporting gay rights in any way, distributing […]
