I am astonished that much as the religious right waxes apoplectic at the idea of lesbian or gay inclusion in church, or secular equality in marriage, family or employment law, what really gets them going is the notion of the…
Monthly Archives: April 2011
Hunter Flournoy’s “Erotic Body of Christ”
In the modern Western church, we have developed an unfortunate tendency to think of the person of Jesus Christ as definitely male, but also decidedly sexless, neutered. This is patently ridiculous. As one who was fully human, he will most…
Queering Genesis: “Male and Female (And Others) He Created Them”
The first, most obvious, feature of Genesis 1 & 2 has to be that it is a celebration of God’s creation - all of it. Before we get to the “male and female” bit, let’s consider the rest. On the…
10 Years of Gay Marriage, and the Christian Church
Ten years ago today, the world noted the first legally recognized gay marriage, in the Netherlands. On that day, four same sex couples exchanged vows in front of then mayor of Amsterdam, Jeb Cohen. It took two years before another…
