In the eyes of the British courts, the answer is clear:discrimination against lesbian or gay people is against the law, and religious freedom is not a justification for denying equal treatment to all. In a British example, one married couple…
Monthly Archives: January 2011
Pope Benedict’s Strong Argument for Gay Marriage, Queer Families.
Last Sunday, I picked up a little book at the Soho Masses bookstall called “Christians and Sexuality in the Time of AIDS“, a useful little book, which I bought at a ridiculously low bargain price. Some of the insights have…
The Many Routes to Marriage
In the many high profile struggles around “legalising” same sex marriage, we too often forget that legalization is not what is required: with just a very few possible exceptions, marriage is already legal for all couples, everywhere - and the…
Jewish (Gay) Wedding in the Netherlands.
Here at the Queer Church, I confess an unfortunate bias in coverage in favour of the USA (alas, that is where most of the publicized news seems to come from), and to the Catholic / Christian faith. However, I freely…
Sexual health, responsible love
Rummaging through a pile of books waiting to be read, I picked up Sex Camp (Brian McNaught) and took a cursory look at the contents. I thought: Well, this is just what I need to read right now! The book details…
Man At Work: Slowdown Ahead
For the next two weeks, I will be heavily tied up invigilating university examinations. For the first week in particular, this will include morning, afternoon and evening sessions, and will leave me no more than a couple of hours late…
Expert View on Gay Adoption: Beneficiaries are the Children.
Opponents of LGBT adoption regularly argue (correctly) that this is not a matter of gay/lesbian rights, but of the best interests of the children. Where they go wrong, is in making the false assumption that the best interests of the…
Some Questions for Heterosexuals:
This Heterosexual Questionnaire has been around the net for a while, but remains pertinent. The formulation below comes from socyberty: Questions for Heterosexuals to answer: 1. What do you feel caused your heterosexuality? 2. When did you decide that you were a…
Are Evangelicals Embracing LGBT Inclusion?
For years, there has been evidence that major sections of the US Mainline Protestant churches, and Protestant denominations in Europe, have been substantially reconsidering their attitudes to same - sex relationships. The evangelical churches on the other hand, like the…
Rethinking Church and Sexuality: London Conference
One of the features of last year’s extensive publicity over sexual abuse and Catholic clergy, was the appallingly inadequate preparation that priests received in their training for matters of sexuality - their own, or that of others in their pastoral…
