As expected, the Illinois legislation approving civil unions for same sex couples easily passed in the State Senate. The bill now goes to the governor, who has promised to sign. This should take effect from June 1. What impressed me…
Monthly Archives: December 2010
What Part of the Gospels, Bishop Soto, is “Hard for Gays to Accept?”
An interview with Sacramento Bishop Jaime Soto, published in the Sacramento News and Review, neatly illustrates the muddled thinking and selective morality we so often hear from bishops and other spokesmen for Catholic orthodoxy. In a wide-ranging interview, Jeff von Kaenel…
So, Let’s Talk About - Condoms and AIDS Prevention
Is it really true that Pope Benedict’s approval of condoms to prevent the transmission of HIV/AIDS is backed by very traditional teaching of Augustine and Aquinas? James Heffernan, writing at Huffington Post, seems to think so. First, he refers to…
Queer and Catholic? Join the Conversation.
One of the challenges in the past in dealing with the political issues around LGBT equality from a Catholic perspective is that the conversation has too easily been dragged down to the level of a shouting match which puts “religious…
Illinois Joins the “Arc of History”: House Approves Civil Unions.
The Catholic Church and NOM in Illinois have failed in their attempt to derail the state’s move towards marriage equality. Yesterday, the House narrowly approved legislation that should see civil unions introduced for same sex couples from early next year. The…
