The Archbishop of Wales says that while the proposals for gay marriage raise important and complex theological arguments for the churches, civil marriage equality should be welcomed. The Archbishop of Wales has lent his support to gay marriage today, saying:…
Monthly Archives: April 2012
A Catholic “It Gets Better”: Dignity, Washington
Congratulations and many thanks to the good folks at Dignity/Washington who this week launched an “It Gets Better” video on YouTube. Dignity/Washington is a community of LGBT Catholics and other Christians, their families and friends. The “It Gets Better” project…
Seattle’s Cathedral and 3 More Parishes Refuse Marriage Petitions
Archbishop Peter Sartain of Washington enthusiastically supported the campaign to overturn the state’s new marriage equality law, sending out letters to all parishes, asking for help in the signature drive now under way. His own cathedral parish however, will not be participating.…
The Ex-Gay Myth: “Exchanging God’s Truth For a Lie”
In London, Mayor Boris Johnson has pulled some bus advertising for the ex-gay movement on the grounds that is is offensive, and that the city is “intolerant of intolerance”. He should rather have done so on the grounds of truth…
Irish Catholics Overwhelmingly Support Reform on Sexuality, Ministry
An Irish opinion poll has shown that most Catholics want priests to be allowed to marry, support women’s ordination, want bishops to serve fixed terms, and disagree with Church teaching on homosexuality. Almost nine in 10 Catholics in Ireland want…
Christians Together at (World) Pride.
Gay Pride in London this July will be World Pride. A couple of hundred Christians from many different denominations will be marching as a group, under the name “Christians Together at Pride”. As the northern spring progresses towards summer, the…
Cutting Edge London Conference, April 21st 2012
The Cutting Edge Consortium (“CEC”) is a British Alliance of faith-based and LGBT organisations working together with the following aims: Promoting equality and human rights across religions and beliefs Gathering into association people of all religious and non-religious beliefs, to…
Australian Police Probe Suicides of Church’s Sexual Abuse Victims
One of my earliest memories from primary school religion lessons is that suicide is a grievous sin, one of the worst of all. If that is so, how serious is it to be responsible for another person’s suicide? And how…
“The Bible In Drag”: Introducing a Queer - centric Reading of Scripture
As I look back on how Queering the Church has developed over three years, I have some satisfactions in its achievements- but I am also deeply conscious of what I have not achieved, the many things that I set out…
Homosexual’s success scares off priest: Austrian Independent)
A Catholic preacher plans to withdraw from his local parish after a gay man entered the community council. Florian Stangl, a homosexual carer of disabled children, received a majority of votes in the recent Stützenhofen parish community council ballot. Viennese…
