When the Arab Spring erupted in Tunisia and Egypt six months ago, it almost coincided with a theologians’ revolt in the German-speaking countries of Germany, Austria and Switzerland. There have been further reports of groups of Catholic priests organizing for…
Monthly Archives: August 2011
Opposition to Gay Marriage Not Socially Acceptable? Millenials Leading the Way.
Opposition to Queer Equality Becoming Uncool Many people will remember a time when smoking was not just socially acceptable, but almost a social requirement: I knew several people when I was young who described themselves as “social smokers” - those…
Maryland Archbishop “Out of Step” With Catholics on Marriage Equality.
Archbishop O’Brien, on this political issue, clearly doesn’t speak for Maryland Catholics,A Grove Insight poll conducted in February 2011, showed that 55% of Catholics in Maryland support civil marriage. This is several points higher than the state at large, so the idea…
Fun and exploration with the “objective queer Bible scholar”, BW16
A comment yesterday to my post on the Gospels’ Queer Values read Thanks for this. I’ve recently started a blog (a little less serious!) on queer Bible criticism and will keep an eye on your blog as things progress.…
A Transgender Sister in Christ
“Pastor, I need to know if I’m welcome in this church!” It was with these words, blurted out as she ambled across the threshold of my office doorway, that I was first introduced to Sami (not her real name), a…
Lutherans Vow to Prevent Bullying
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), the nation’s largest Lutheran denomination, passed a resolution to join the church at all levels in efforts to seek out, curb and work to prevent bullying in church, school and society.…
In Politics and in Business, Homophobia Becoming Toxic. What About the Church?
CGBG, the “Charity Giveback Group” (formerly the Christian Values Network until a March name change), is upset with gay activists, whom they accuse of misrepresenting their business as homophobic. They have good cause to be anxious: their activities are based on…
Gay marksman, Catholics clash over his choice of queen Dirk Winter isn’t the first gay man to be crowned King of the Shooters or, in German, “Schutzenkoenig.” His marksmanship is not in question. It is his choice of his shooting…
Two gay ministers uniting the church - SX News
By now, the movement towards full inclusion in church for openly lesbian or gay (and partnered) clergy is strong, and widely reported - for the US. The process is in fact also evident in many other areas. In Protestant Europe,…
Pope gives me 10 000 readers - in a day!
When I first spotted, earlier this evening, that one of my posts had hit over 6000 page loads today, I assumed I was reading it incorrectly, or that it was some some kind of error - but no. A few…
