Just in case anybody should suspect that I am somehow ant-Catholic, and opposed in principle to everything done by the institutional church and its bishops, I want to assure you that this is not so. There is far, far more…
Monthly Archives: August 2011
Christians want marriage equality,
The opponents of marriage and family equality regularly try to present the struggle as one that pits Christians against secularists. It is not: there is mounting evidence that in many denominations, there are significant groups of Christians who see marriage…
Majority of Colorado Republicans support LGBT relationship recognition
The evidence that most Americans, including most in Colorado, support some form of legal recognition for same-sex couples, is now so well-established, that it is hardly worth noting every new poll. What makes this one particularly interesting, is that it…
The Gay Marriage Debate Hits Latin America
A year after Argentina became the first Latin American country to pass legislation to legalize homosexual civil unions, the gay marriage debate has heated up, as several countries consider similar bills. Just this past week, Chilean President Sebastián Piñera proposed…
A Lesson in Couple Stability From Homosexual Zebra Finches
Is it possible for male couples to form lifelong, stable and faithful relationships? Well, we know that some do - just look at the pics of couples lining up to tie the knot every time a new state or country…
Bursting The Vatican Bubble
In a comment to my friend Terry’s post Bishops’ Double-Speak: Gay Ministry, Liturgy, a reader who goes by the name PrickliestPear (I just love the name) said the following: I’m not sure that the majority of Catholics who disagree with…
“Runaway bishop cannot hide from truth forever”
FR JOE McGuane speaks for most of us when he says it is time for Bishop Magee to return to Cloyne to answer criticisms outlined in the Commission of Investigation report. The continuing refusal of Bishop Magee to explain his…
Two-thirds of Scots support gay marriage EQUALITY campaigners have called for swift legislation to allow Scots the right to same-sex marriages, after a new study showed the number who support the move has soared. The Scottish Social Attitudes Survey…
Ugandan bishop set to challenge ‘sexual apartheid’ A bishop from Uganda, presently in Edinburgh, is set to challenge the ‘sexual apartheid’ of discrimination and oppression against LGBT people at a meeting today. Bishop Christopher Senyonjo is speaking on Saturday 13…
(Columbian) Church ordered to pay $238,000 to child abuse victims A Colombian court orders the Catholic Church to pay $238,000 as compensation to the families of two victims of a pedophile priest, newspaper El Tiempo reported Tuesday. According to El…
