As an adolescent boy in a Catholic High School staffed by priests, where daily Mass was on offer and regular confession a clear expectation, a continuing source of anguish was having to deal with confessing the “sins of impurity” which…
Monthly Archives: May 2013
Opponents’ Attempts to Weaken UK Equal Marriage Going Down - Heavily (Updated)
British opponents of the Marriage (Same - Sex Couples) Bill have seen the writing on the wall. Knowing that is going to become law, they tried to weaken it, by introducing a number of amendments, supposedly in the name of…
Church of Scotland General Assembly votes to allow gay ministers
It’s happened. The Church of Scotland while not approving of gay clergy, has approved a compromise motion that will permit local congregations to take their own decisions, thus removing the fixed prohibition on openly gay and partnered gay or lesbian…
Poll shows most Britons want gay marriages and straight civil partnership
New YouGov poll shows majority of Britons support same-sex marriages and civil partnerships for straight couples Newspaper headlines on the state of the Marriage (Same- Sex Couples) bill now in its third reading in parliament, suggest that the bill is…
Bishops Warn of “The Consequences of Gay Marriage”. Why?
Today and tomorrow, the British parliament is debating the third reading of the Marriage (Same - Sex Couples) Bill. Once again, Catholic bishops are intervening, warning about the supposed “grave dangers” and risks to the long - term consequences of…
Openly Gay Priest Speaks Out
In response to the recent spate of higly visible dismissals of gay and lesbian Catholics from ministry in their parishes or schools where they worked, a Catholic priest who has previously published anonymously a book of reflections on his life…
Presbyterians Celebrate Equal Marriage: “For the World Is About to Turn”
The struggle for legal protection and recognition of same - sex partnerships is no longer a tussle between equality promoted by secular forces, and the value of marriage, defended by people of faith. (If it ever was: Mark D Jordan…
Purple States Supporting Marriage Equality - Include Virginia!
Earlier today, I described the results from a recent rash of polls showing that gay marriage now has clear and rapidly increasing majority support in the US not only nationally, and not only in the “deep blue” states, but also…
For Mary’s Month, a Queer Rosary
“May is Mary’s month”, wrote the homosexual Jesuit priest and poet, Gerard Manley Hopkins, and also a time of (theoretical) spring, an appropriate time for gay men’s thoughts to turn to - not love, but the rosary. Taking his lead…
Republicans / Conservatives in Denial on Marriage Realities.
When Brian Brown of NOM is confronted with the mounting evidence of tide turning strongly in favour of marriage equality, his typical response is to insist that the recent victories have all been in “deep blue” states, so that there…
