Sweden’s first LGBT altar was donated last week to the 1,000-year-old cathedral in Skara by artist Elisabeth Ohlson Wallin — but nobody showed up to accept it except the janitor. LGBT-friendly Church of Sweden? “I want to test the Church…
Monthly Archives: May 2012
Trans people need equality to get our marriages confiscated by the state back
Comment at PinkNews by Sarah Brown Cambridge Liberal Democrat councillor Sarah Brown explains from the perspective of a transgendered person why she’s supporting the Out4Marriage campaign. The current unfair and discriminating system of opposite sex marriages and same sex civil…
Peruvian priest stripped of powers
Isn’t it remarkable how quickly they can act against priests who are seen to be dissenting or disobedient - and ho w long to deal with accusations of sexual abuse? 22 May 2012 Lima Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani has stripped…
Archbishop John Sentamu’s False Claims on Civil Partnerships
The Archbishop of York claims the bishops in the House of Lords supported civil partnerships – but their voting and speaking record tells a different story. On Monday at Queering the Church, I was critical of John Sentamu‘s history of…
Mormons For Marriage Equality
In the 2008 Californian struggle over Proposition 8, Mormon and Catholic Church leaders were prominent in the fight against equality. In the aftermath, there were signs that some Mormon leaders had recognized the damage they had done to the church’s…
Mark Osler’s Christian Case for Gay Marriage
Mark Osler is a professor of law with a particular interest in law and faith, and is head of the Association of Religiously Affiliated Law Schools. Writing for CNN Belief, he describes why his support for same -sex marriage comes…
Cardinal Moelki: What He Said, In Context.
Yesterday, I pointed out that on the basis of my limited German, I believed that Cardinal Moelki had been misreported. I didn’t think he had said the Church should change teaching, but just that it could. I promised to find…
Archbishop of York stokes anti-marriage equality flames
The Church of England Archbishop of York, John Sentamu, hasn’t earned a reputation for championing lesbian, bisexual and gay rights - which is a terribly polite way of saying he’s actually quite a homophobe with an abysmal voting record in…
Minnesota Lutherans reject gay marriage ban
Catholic Bishops across the world are fiercely resisting the global advance to marriage equality, claiming to base their objections in part on the importance of protecting religious freedom. One of the regions where Catholic bishops have been most heavily involved…
Ex - gay “therapies” a danger to health: Pan American Health Organization - Organización Panamericana de la Salud
Services that purport to “cure” people with non-heterosexual sexual orientation lack medical justification and represent a serious threat to the health and well-being of affected people, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said in a position statement launched on 17…
