Here’s the video I inserted at the end of my last post, for those of you who may have entered the discussion at this stage. Though the clip talks about civil unions, the intent clearly is to provoke a debate…
Monthly Archives: January 2011
Incitement to Hatred is a Criminal Offence
Hatred in any form brings consequences. In Uganda, the continual stirring of hatred by some religious groups have culminated in the murder of David Kato. In Arizona, careless language during last year’s election campaign may have contributed to the shooting…
A “Foundational Sexual Ethic”
“Some homosexual and heterosexual acts, those that meet the requirements for holistic complementarity, just and loving sexual acts, are truly human. Whether any given sexual act, heterosexual or homosexual, is truly human is determined, as is every moral judgement in…
No Room at the Inn: The False Divide of Gay v Christian
The recent award of damages to a same sex couple who were denied accommodation by Christian hoteliers, continues to draw extensive coverage and comment in the British press. On the one hand, it seems that the B&B/hotel hosts are now…
Civil Unions Now Imminent in Hawaii
The Hawaii state Senate yesterday approved civil unions legislation for the state. Approval by the state House, which last year passed similar legislation before it was vetoed by GOP Governor Lingle, is surely just a a formality. The new governor,…
David Kato: A New Ugandan Martyr
In June each year, the Church remembers a group of Ugandan martyrs, in the feast of Charles Lwangwa and companions. This week, we as queer Christians have new Ugandan martyr to remember, in David Kato, an openly gay church worker who…
“The Sexual Person”
I have just completed a first reading of “The Sexual Person: Toward a Renewed Catholic Anthropology (Moral Traditions)“, by the Catholic theologians Todd A. Salzmann and Michael G. Lawler. I stress here, “a first reading”, as I have no doubt…
New Yorkers Want Marriage Equality (Poll Shows Strongest Support Yet)
Even though New York Democrats lost control of the State Senate last November, the prospects for a bill providing for full marriage equality this year look brighter than ever - senators will know that in both parties, some of the…
Civil Unions Advance, Hawaii
Hot on the heels of the gay marriage bills which have been introduced this month in Rhode Island and Maryland, a measure providing for near-marriage has passed a key stage in Hawaii. This is not yet full marriage, but as…
Holocaust Memorial Day, 27 January
For Holocaust Memorial Day this year, some UK religious news services are drawing welcome attention to the reminder by a British rabbi that the promise of “never again” has simply not been kept. Quite correctly, he points out that we…
