Rev Cindi Love is an ordained pastor and executive director of Soulforce. Writing at Huffington Post on the rising tide of homophobia in Africa and the real risk of the death penalty being written into law in Uganda (and other…
Monthly Archives: December 2010
Put Christ Back Into Christianity: The Body of Christ
Absolutely fundamental to the Christian religion is the belief that God, as the second person of the Trinity, took on human form and became man. Jesus Christ, whose incarnation we celebrate at this time, was fully divine - and also…
Come Out, For Christmas?
I’m not the only one arguing for the repeal of the Catholic Church’s own version of DADT. At the Washington Post, Anthony Stevens-Arroyo makes the same point, adding an argument that I ignored. In days gone by, he says, a…
In “Catholic Theological Tradition”, Catholic School Stages “Laramie Project”, Combats Homophobia.
Discussing his school’s decision to stage a production of “The Laramie Project” with its story of the murder of Matthew Shephard, Xavier High School President made an important observation about the essence of Catholicism: “I’m thrilled we did it,” Jack…
Fr Owen O’Sullivan on Gay Inclusion (Pt 7): We will be judged on how we have loved
Many of the passengers on the 9/11 flights, when told they were going to die, phoned their families to say that they loved them. In former times, we might have thought that a better response would have been to beg…
Gay advocates win victory at U.N. - Salon
“Gay people are a minority group in need of special protection from unjustified killings,” revised resolution says BY ASSOCIATED PRESS: U.N. member states have restored a reference to sexual orientation that was dropped amid much controversy last month from a…
If the Mormons, Why Not the Catholics.
A Mormon, gay detente? The California marriage wars have produced a bitter feud between gay rights activists and the LDS church, which underwrote much of the campaign against same-sex marriage there. But the Salt Lake City ABC affiliate reports on…
Put Christ Back Into Christianity: Robert Goss’ Queer Theology – Renewing Christianity
In her account of the historical development of gay and lesbian/ queer theology, Elisabeth Stuart says that the weakness of both the gay liberationist and the feminist/lesbian approaches is that by working from the basis of real life experience of…
Three Young Men in the Burning Fiery Furnace: Dec 17th
Last week the church marked the feast of three young men, Shadrack, Mesach and Abednego, the companions of Daniel the prophet. I missed the opportunity to comment on the due date, which was unfortunate: they are important for highlighting a…
When Will the Catholic Church Repeal Its Own DADT?
My colleague Bart and I clearly think along the same lines. This was his response to my post on the repeal of DADT: When is the Catholic Church going to follow suit? The way the Church leadership is dealing with…
