The progress to acceptance in the ECLA and Episcopalian churches is well-known: both were all over the news back in the summer. There is progress across the board though, low-key and incremental rather than large-scale and dramatic – but progress…
Monthly Archives: December 2009
Gay Marriage (and Arrests) – in “The Warm Heart of Africa”
Back in the bad old days of Apartheid, White south Africans knew there were few places around the world that would welcome them with open arms – and even fewer in “Black” Africa. One notable exception was Malawi. With few…
The Power of Film
I seem to be seeing an awful lot of stories of new documentaries on queer faith. This is great- film is a powerful medium, and lends itself well for use in getting discussion going in parish or other faith groups.…
“men who have sex with men” is NOT a good translation of 1 Cor 6:9
We in the Catholic Church are too often insufficiently familiar with Scripture, which tends to put us on the defensive and insecure when confronted with the clobber texts. There are some very good Catholic resources we can turn to, both…
Creeping Towards Acceptance in Faith: Russian Orthodox Church, Gay Jews
The erratic and halting movements towards acceptance that I have remarked on regularly are not limited to the Western Christian churches. Two items from Box Turtle Bulletin that I had missed earlier, remind us that others too(in this case, Russian…
Prostitution in the Service of the Lord?
From Australia comes a story of a father who allegedly forced his 14 year old son to have sex with a prostitute, because he suspected the boy was gay. There is nothing new in enlisting the services of prostitutes to…
The Value of Applying Pressure:Uganda
For several long months, criticism from (mostly US) gay groups and bloggers directed at Uganda’s hostile legislation appeared to be hopeless, as church and mainstream rights groups remained silent, and the Ugandan bigots garnered high -profile support from some American…
The See of St Peter: Compare & Contrast
Watching news coverage of the attack on B16 during Midnight Mass, I was struck by the magnificence of the interior of St Peter’s. It is central the the theory of the papacy that is stands in a direct line of…
Gay King Wenceslas
Kittredge atJesus in Love Blog has a Christmas treat for the followers of the queer saints that she and I both like to explore: “Gay King Wenceslas“. In a notable achievement, she is drawing on some unpublished research, and also…
O Little Town of Bethlehem
As a corrective to the sentimental, emasculated “Baby Jesus” take on Christmas, I offer instead this remarkably adult advent hymn which we used at the end of our LGBT Soho Mass last Sunday: Recessional: We cannot tell (The Londonderry Air…
