It’s that time of year for looking back on the past 12 months, and anticipating the next, but I’m not going to go into that in any depth. As many other sites have pointed out, in many respects it has…
Monthly Archives: December 2011
Demonic Hysteria Continues.
Over at La Salette, the hysteria over perceived demonic influence at this site continues. This time, the concern is directed at Fr JohnQ’s defence of my original post. Once again, the crazy’s attempted refutation depends on extended observations that are…
Spiritual Health Warning: Demonic Influences at Work at QTC.
PAUL ANTHONY MELANSON at La Salette Journey has devoted an entire post to the alarming subject of Terence Weldon: Homosexual Activist, in which he accuses me, among other things, of blasphemy. Terence Weldon has engaged in blasphemy against the Lord…
David the Prophet & Jonathan, His Lover
The story of David and Jonathan is one of those most frequently quoted in any discussion of biblical same sex relationships. As with the stories of Ruth & Naomi, or of Jesus and John (the “beloved disciple”), it is similarly…
Dec 27th: John, the (Queer) Evangelist.
The Gospel of John is of particular interest to queer people of faith for its repeated references to the “beloved disciple”, or to “the disciple that Jesus loved”. These references make clear that whoever he was, this disciple had a…
Irish Broadcaster Leaves Church Over Its Refusal to Ordain Women
Broadcaster Olivia O’Leary has, very publicly, left the Catholic Church. The Carlow-born journalist renounced Catholicism because of the church’s refusal to ordain women, though the institutional cover-up of clerical child sex abuse was a “proximate factor”. This Christmas, Ms O’Leary,…
Conservatives Rallying to Preserve Gay Marriage, New Hampshire.
Sometime next month, the GOP-controlled legislature in New Hampshire will take up consideration of a bill to repeal marriage equality that was introduced when the state was controlled by Democrats. One of the fascinating features of this proposal has been…
Marriage equality gains, world – wide.
In a thoughtful review of LGBT gains in 2011, San Diego Gay and Lesbian News picks out three especially notable features: the final end of DADT in the US, the emergence of LGBT activists in Africa – and further notable movement…
“Women Deacons: Past, Present Future”
I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a deacon of the church in Cenchreae. 2 I ask you to receive her in the Lord in a way worthy of his people and to give her any help she may need from you, for…
Gay Man “Apologizes” For Destroying GOP Leader’s Marriage
Supporters of marriage equality have often asked their opponents to clarify their argument, to explain just how gay marriage can threaten their own. Now we know – and in Minnesota, where GOP politicians and Catholic bishops are working to entrench…
