Introduces the blog “Queering the Church”, which deals with religion from a gay or lesbian perspective. Considers gay and lesbian theology, queer theology, queer readiings of Scripture and queer spirituality. It also examines broader issues of progressive Catholicism, agy an the modern worldd queer history, and tracks the progress of gay equality in the modern world.
Monthly Archives: March 2010
The Doors of This Church Are - Open!
“Queering the Chuch” blog on religion from a lesbian, gay or transgendered perspective is now open at a new, self-hosted Wordpress domain.
Lesbian Mums, Catholic Schools: The Voice of Experience
On Exclusion from a Boulder Catholic School, One Parent Speaks From Her Experience of Gay Parents In the last of four interviews on parents’ reactions to the decision by Sacred Heart School to exclude the children of Lesbian parents, NCR…
For Irish Catholics, A Modest Proposal
No substantive posting today, as I have been out all day on retreat with the Soho Masses congregation, with with as retreat director.Fr Bernard Lynch. Bernard is Irish, and is even more concerned about the poor position of women in…
Lesbian Parents, Boulder Catholic School (3)
Boulder Catholic School Has Defied Guidelines of the US Bishops’ Conference In the third of its reports on reaction to the decision by Sacred Heart School to turn away the children of lesbian parents, NCR quotes one concerned parent, Joan…
Gay Marriage: India
Two men, Sandeep Soibam and Nikhil Sharma Hidangmayum got married publicly this weekscrimnation agaisnt gay . This was the first gay marriage solemnised in the state since the Supreme court ruled that discrimination against lesbians and gay men was in conflict with the constitution.
Towards a Sound Sexual Ethic
In several recent contributions to the Open Tabernacle comments threads, reader David Ludescher has made the very sound observation that if we reject the Church’s teaching on sexual ethics, what are we to put in its place? I agreed with…
“Confirmed: God is slightly gay”- (Columnist Mark Morford)
New research in the animal kingdom shows that some homosexuality occurs in virtually every animal species. It has long been known that some animals engage in homosex, but the new research shows that this is in fact far more widspread than previously recognised.
MURRAY, Stephen O: Homosexualities.
One of the world’s leading authorities on global homosexualities has produced a magnum opus. Breathtaking in its historical and geographical scope, Stephen O. Murray’s landmark work provides a sweeping examination of the construction of male and female homosexualities, stressing both…
GREENBERG, David: The Construction of Homosexuality
“At various times, homosexuality has been considered the noblest of loves, a horrible sin, a psychological condition or grounds for torture and execution. David F. Greenberg’s careful, encyclopedic and important new book argues that homosexuality is only deviant because society…
