When I shared Slacktivist’s links to LGBT Christian bloggers a few days ago, I promised to add my own suggestions after a little time for thought. It’s a much more complex issue than it might at first seem: just what…
Monthly Archives: October 2012
Let Us Remember, for October 30th
St Sebastian, the early Christian martyr for the Church and often seen as a gay icon, was “martyred” twice. Left for dead the first time, he was revived, and went on to scold the Emperor for his wickedness. David Morley…
Let Us Remember, for October 29th:
Oct 29 th St Anna / Euphemianos of Constantinople, Cross-Dressing Saint (LGBT Catholic Handbook)
“The Times, They Are A-Changing” - And How!
Late last night, I joined a BBC WM (West Midlands) phone - in programme, the Graham Torrington Late Show. Every week, the show discusses an aspect of love, sex and relationships. This week, the subject was changes in gay lives over…
Let Us Remember, for October 27th:
Erasmus of Rotterdam, Renaissance humanist, Catholic priest, and theologian who tried to bridge the gap between Catholic and Reformation impulses - and who is also known for a series of passionate love letters he wrote to a young monk Servatius Roger, and allegations of improper…
A Tribute to the Soho Masses Congregation
After Mass on Sunday evening at the Church of the Assumption and St Gregory, I was talking to one member of the congregation. She is not in fact any of LGBT herself, but conventionally heterosexual and a mother, who had…
The Queer Pewroots?
Writing at Patheos, blogger Slacktivist has published a list of LGBT Christian bloggers. Here’s his list: Anarchist Reverend Are Women Human? The Bible in Drag Bilgrimage The Body Is Many Brian Gerald Canyonwalker Connections Clattering Bones Crumbs From the Communion…
Let Us Remember, for October 24th:
All those executed or murdered for their sexuality, or driven to suicide as a result of a perceived conflict between their inmost being and Christian faith, including Jerome Duquesnoy II , Burned October 24th, 1654 A notable Belgian sculptor, bound to…
Religion and Gay Rights: A Preacher’s View
Watch this video, from an appearance by a preacher before a Springfield city council hearing on gay rights. In the words of my daughter Robynn, who alerted me to it - “(Watch to the end, it’s not what it seems!)”…
When DOMA Goes……
The North wind doth blow, and we shall have snow and what will poor Robin do then, poor thing? You’ve probably seen the news reports that a second federal appeals court has struck down an important clause in DOMA, barring…
