One of my major interests is tracking and promoting full inclusion in Church for LGBT Christians - which requires in turn that we must be out and visible, so that others may recognise that we exist in their midst. The…
Monthly Archives: May 2011
Queer Families, Arizona: Papa, Daddy, and 12 happy kids
Where does one start, to do justice to this story (“2 gay dads, 12 happy kids“)? It completely destroys all the usual arguments against gay adoption, by simply providing a powerful counterexample to the key assumption in the argument against:…
Minnesota Theologian: Banning gay marriage would harm the children.
A common theme in arguments against gay marriage is that (so-called) traditional marriage must be protected, in the interests of the children. Child care professionals have pointed out that this argument is invalid, that same sex couples make parents who…
ChurchTakes a stand - FOR Marriage Equality
Modern marriage is both a religious and a civil institution. Muddying the differences between them contributes significantly to the acrimony in debates and political struggles over civil marriage for same - sex couples. In much of Europe, the distinction is…
Gay Clergy & the Scottish Kirk
I’ve been closely monitoring the progress towards inclusion in the Presbyterian church of the USA, where the process can be tracked on-line, vote by vote. Comparable processes towards justice and inclusion are taking place in all major denominations, with varying…
Eunuchs in the Temple
Isaiah’s vision of hope 3 Let no foreigner who has bound himself to the LORD say, “The LORD will surely exclude me from his people.” And let not any eunuch complain, “I am only a dry tree.” 4 For this…
LGBT Clergy: Presbyterian Ratification Just 3 Votes Short!
Just this week, there have been four votes in favour of ratifying G10-A, which will remove the major obstacle to ordaining openly gay or lesbian, partnered clergy in the Presbyterian Church of the USA. This included one more switch from No…
Gay Marriage - Ghana!
It’s not easy to get at the facts behind the scandalized tone of this report, other than the central one that some sort of marriage ceremony for two men took place in Kumasi, Ghana. Kumasi GPRTU shocked over gay marriage…
