February has come to an end, and there’s still no sign of the threatened bill to repeal marriage equality – a bill that was originally promised as a priority for the New Year, then was delayed until after the January…
Monthly Archives: February 2012
“The Problem With Marriage”: Gay Minister, Marvin Ellison.
In the global struggles and movement towards marriage equality, we have gone well beyond the simplistic assumption that this is a contest between conservatives fighting for religious belief and family values on the one hand, and liberal struggles for civil…
Reaction to Communion Denial
There has been strong, and encouraging, reaction to Fr Guarnizo’s refusal of communion to a woman at her mother’s funeral. First, and most important, is the official reaction of the Archdiocese. In a short statement, they said they would look into…
Faith and “Internalized Homonegativity”: Contribute to Reality Based Theology.
For the first day of Lent, part of the readings referred to “taking up our cross”. One part of conventional Catholic teaching on homosexual persons, is that our orientation is the cross that we must take up, and deal with.…
The mamas and the papas: What it’s like for Catholic parents of GLBT children
Parents have much to say about the church and their children. The young priest preached on the sanctity of life at a Denver hospice. Afterward an older couple asked him if their son, who had died of AIDS, would be…
Soho Masses, 5th Anniversary: Archbishop Nichols Confirms They Continue.
As we prepare for the fifth anniversary of the “Soho Masses” with a particular welcome to LGBT Catholics, Archbishop Vincent Nichols of Westminster Diocese has confirmed in a press statement that this pastoral provision will continue. The Soho Masses Pastoral Council, which…
In Denying Communion at Mother’s Funeral, Priest Contravened the Catechism
A Catholic priest has refused communion to a lesbian, solely because she is a lesbian – at her mother’s funeral. He said to her directly that he did so because she is living with a woman, and that is a…
Remembering Peter Gomes: Black, Gay, Baptist Pastor
Peter Gomes, who died a year ago today, was an anomaly in the growing ranks of out and open gay or lesbian clergy: he was raised Catholic, but became a Baptist pastor. He was also African American, and a Republican.…
Religious Freedom: Baptists oppose gay-marriage ban
In marked contrast to the some US and Scottish Catholic bishops, who oppose permitting gay marriage in the name of religious freedom, a Baptist congregation in North Carolina is using the same principle to oppose a ban on gay marriage.…
Beginning the Lenten Journey: Take the Rainbow Bridge to God.
As I listened to the readings in Mass this morning, I was struck by the prominence of the rainbow. I doubt that when the early pioneers of the gay liberation movement adopted it as a symbol, they were thinking in…
