To judge from the press commentary, you could easily think that the Anglican Church was deeply divided over the issue of women bishops. In fact, repeating a pattern seen in the Catholic Church on many issues of sexual ethics, it…
Monthly Archives: July 2010
Catholic Clergy, Gay Sex - and Church History.
Last week, there were reports from Italy that undercover reporters had shadowed three priests, and had followed them to gay sex clubs. Video footage, allegedly of these priests in the clubs, in a private flat where one of them had…
The Future Catholic Church
At the Open Tabernacle (where I also write) we like to promote “Progressive Catholicism” - but are sometimes accused of spending more time and space specifying exactly what we are against (and why), and not enough clarifying what we are…
Authentic Christianity & the Belhar Confession.
I was reading this article about the PCUSA decision on ordination of gay and lesbian clergy, when I was struck by two features that hadn’t fully registered before. The first was the narrow margin that stood between simple passage, and…
Same-Sex Parents, Furred and Feathered.
There have been an increasing number of research studies which show that as parents, same sex couples are at least as good as opposite sex- couples. As a gay father and grandfather myself, I don’t really need to be told…
Just a Phase I’m Going Through…
( I came across this at Google images while looking for something completely different. It turned out to be from the always commendable Presbyterian site, Shuck & Jive. Thanks, Shuck.)
Lutheran Inclusion: LGBT Clergy Welcomed in San Francisco.
This past summer, the PCUSA General Assembly voted to recognise openly gay and lesbian clergy. Last summer, the ELCA did the same. In neither case, did the decision immediately end the problems of the past. First, ratification was required, which…
“Synod of the Baptized”, Twin Cities: Where are the Rest?
Instead of sitting back waiting patiently (and pointlessly) for the inevitable church reform to be introduced by the episcopal hegemony from above, why on earth are there not more groups of Catholics around the world following in the example of…
Gay Clergy: God’s Spirit at Work (Huff Post)
The decision by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of the USA to ordain openly gay and lesbian clergy has not yet been ratified (and may not be), but as I wrote at the time, ratified or not, this…
Ss Boris & George
Many gay men and lesbians are familiar with the names Sergius & Bacchus, the Roman soldiers and martyrs who are the best known of the queer saints. Somewhat fewer are familiar with SS Polyeuct and Nearchos, who were also Roman…
