Gay and lesbian theology has been around as a distinctive sub-discipline of theology for several decades. Later, Queer Theology developed with its own distinctive identity, as Stuart describes in “Gay & Lesbian Theologies: Repetitions With Critical Difference“, a book I…
Monthly Archives: March 2011
Queer Families: A Personal, Catholic Case For Gay Marriage
Brian Cahill is the former executive director of Catholic Charities in San Francisco, a pillar of the local church. He has also incurred the wrath of the readers of California Catholic Daily, for daring to speak honestly about family realities…
First Steps for the Queer Christian
For a Christian who is just beginning to come to terms with a minority sexual orientation or gender identity, or for someone who is comfortably out as queer but who is only just starting to take religious faith seriously, reconciling…
Queer Families: A Child’s Song of Praise For His Two Dads
As gay men and lesbians, our greatest allies are (usually) our families, and within that broad grouping - our children. My daughter Robynn is clear in articulating her own view of gay parents - she recommends them, she wrote on…
Most Popular Posts: 30 Days
Readers who have come to this site by following links from elsewhere, or who have been automatically redirected from my previous domain, may be somewhat confused to find themselves on my home page, and not at the specific post they…
Lesbian and Gay Ministry: Los Angeles
When news of Cardinal Mahoney’s retirement as Cardinal Archbishop of Los Angeles hit the news recently, numerous commentaries on his tenure and achievements began to appear. I read several of these, looking for observations on one particular aspect of his period…
The Objectors to Marriage
It is now so obvious that the only groups still objecting in significant numbers to same sex marriage are the Republican party (and not even all of them), and religious conservatives (and not all of them, either). The evidence continues…
Top 50 Posts: 30 Days
This a listing, in order, of the 50 most popular posts and pages of the last 30 days (before migration to this new domain): “The Gift of Gay” - The Priest Who Came Out, aged 90! Irish Archbishop Agrees: Catholic…
New to the Queer Church? Start Here.
This blogsite began a little over two years ago, as a personal attempt to provide a resource for gay/queer Catholics attempting to reconcile their faith and sexuality. Over those two years, it has changed in character: there has been much…
“Be Not Afraid”: First Steps for the Queer Catholic
A Catholic confronting for the first time the recognition of a gay or lesbian sexual orientation can find it a seriously threatening experience, believing the dual identity to be irreconcilable. For many people, the only solution is to renounce one…
