The 2010 mid-terms were quiet on the marriage front, with no ballot initiatives to restrict marriage, anywhere. That will change in 2012, with the marriage wars returning in a number of states. This time, there could be a big difference:…
Monthly Archives: July 2011
Gay Marriage - Colombia? (In two years).
The momentum towards marriage equality continues, in heavily Catholic Latin America. Colombia was one of the first South American states to provide for near equality by way of civil unions for same-sex couples, but has stalled on that one extra…
Gay Priests, Creeping Out of the Closet (2): Next Steps at the Queer Church.
When I began writing yesterday about my perception that some gay priests are beginning slowly and cautiously to come out of their closets, I concluded by noting our obligation to offer help and support - where possible: At great personal…
News feed: combating hate.
Apple removes iTunes from Christian Values Network - New Media - New Media | siliconrepublic.com Apple has removed its music service from the controversial Christian Values Network after more than 35,000 people joined Change.org and AllOut.org’s protest against the network’s…
Gay Priests, Creeping Out of the Closet.
Coming out is a process, not a single event. It begins when we come out to ourselves, and (ideally) to God. Later, we may come out to friends, family and work colleagues. How fully we come out is variable: it…
A Question Of Trust
If a week is a long time in politics, we seem to be catching up with the political world when it comes to religious affairs. I will limit myself to two matters that serve only to make my faith in…
Vatican II themes: The people of God | Who or what is the church? It is first and foremost people. It is also an institution. But it is primarily a community. The church is us. A second major ecclesiological principle…
Wedding Bells, NY: Families Join the Celebration.
I do not want to add too much to the flood of stories and great pics celebrating the start of marriage equality in New York: these are all over the net, and you can easily find them yourself. I do…
How “Natural Law” Supports Gay Marriage, Gay Adoption.
“Natural law” is widely quoted as justification for arguments against homoerotic relationships and sexual expression: many of the laws that used to exist, where they did not use the word “sodomy”, relied on terms such as “crimes against nature”. However,…
News Feed: LGBT Inclusion
Gay Methodist minister hopeful as suspension ends As she awaited the jury’s June 23 verdict on her penalty for performing a same-sex wedding in violation of United Methodist Church rules, the Rev. Amy DeLong braced for the worst. “I really…
