Sunday morning at Calvary United Church, a simple white building hard against the sidewalk in a neglected part of Kingston. The rummage sale in the hall is semi-permanent. Doughnuts are ready for after-church visiting. A poster on the wall reads:…
Monthly Archives: May 2011
Polling Evidence for Minnesota GOP’s Big, Big Mistake on Gay Marriage.
Earlier this week, Minnesota state Senator Scott Dribble said that the state’s Republicans had made a “grave, grave mistake”, in passing an amendment to put gay marriage to a vote, and that they would see that “soon”. I don’t know…
Gay Clergy: Presbyterian Ratification a Tipping Point for LGBT Inclusion in Church
This week, the PCUSA ratified GA 10-A, removing the obstacles to the admission of openly gay or lesbian, partnered candidates to ordination or seminaries. Let’s be clear on this: the immediate implications are limited. National obstacles have been removed, but…
Swiss Bishop Calls for Radical Reform, Women Priests.
Hard on the heels of the controversy over the dismissal of Australian Bishop Morris over some very cautious remarks he made years ago, on the need to condider ordaining women priests, comes this report of a Swiss bishop, who has…
European Civil Unions Edge Closer to Marriage
From the EU high court in Luxembourg this morning, a judgment today that pushes gay civil unions in Europe a small step closer to marriage. At issue is a thorny conflict between European Union law and the laws of its member…
Church Weddings for Danish Gays, Lesbians?
In the modern history of gay marriage, Denmark is an anomaly. It was the first country in the world to introduce a form of legal recognition, as civil unions. These were not full marriages, but were widely described as such…
Breaking Good News! PCUSA Amendment 10-A Ratified, LGBT Ordination Approved
By email from More Light Presbyterians: Grace and peace. We give thanks to God that the 219th General Assembly’s Ordination Amendment 10-A was ratified tonight as Twin Cities was the 87th presbytery to approve it by a vote of 205…
More Polling Evidence that Support for Gay Marriage, Adoption is Growing
By now, we should be used to the mountain of evidence that support for queer equality, including same - sex marriage and adoption by gay men and lesbians, is growing - but this is Virginia, where the latest survey shows…
In the Navy: Chaplains Permitted to Conduct Same Sex Weddings
How times have changed! A year ago, DADT was still official policy, and DOMA formally supported by the US administration. Now, with DADT on the way out, new guidelines show that not only is it OK to be gay, but for…
Welcome, …..Everybody!
Believe Out Loud has an advertising campaign promoting the simple idea that all are welcome in church. This should be a simple enough, uncontroversial idea, but when they tried to book advertising time, they found that this was not so,…
