The president of Eastside Catholic High School, who earlier dismissed from post a popular gay vice - principal who had married his partner, has just resigned. This follows the earlier resignation of the chairman of the school board, in the…
Monthly Archives: January 2014
After the Ga(y)les, Some Comic Relief.
Americans will be familiar with wingnuts’ regular attempts to blame natural disasters on gay marriage (while ignoring the bush fires that ravaged California immediately after voters approved Proposition 8, and thus prohibited gay marriage). The Brits tend to be more…
Gay Marriage: 2014 An Interesting Year in US Courts
For all those who were surprised by the recent court rulings against gay marriage bans in Utah and Oklahoma of all places, there could be many more such surprises in 2014, in deep red states and purple, alike. Simply on…
For Gay Catholics, “12 Steps to Recovery” (From Catholic Guilt)
The Catholic “Courage” ministry for gay and lesbians wishing to live in complete conformity with Vatican sexual doctrine, has a “12 step” program based on that of the AA. Unlike the infamous “ex - gay” and “conversion therapy” programs offered…
Jan 20th: Not Dead Yet: St Sebastian as Role Model
Writing about St Joan of Arc, I observed that she carries a particular importance for us as gay men, lesbians and transsexuals in the church, as her martyrdom at the hands of church authorities can be seen as a powerful metaphor…
The inadequacy of current LGBT ministry
In the submission by the LGBT Catholics Westminster Pastoral Council to the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales (December 2013) as their response to the global consultation on marriage and family, the first point made was: 1. In the vast…
We Too, Are Called To Witness (Isaiah 49:3,5-6; 1 Corinthians 1:1-3; John 1:29-34)
In the readings for the second Sunday of the year, two themes predominate: that of being called (even from the womb), and that of bearing witness. From the perspective of queer Christians, these are powerful themes - because it’s clear…
Catholic Magisterial Teaching on Transgender
We tend to speak freely about “LGBT” issues, but in practice, most of the time we’re really thinking “LG”(bt), with both bi- and trans little more than afterthoughts - if we think about them at all. I would imagine that…
Orthotoxic Catholicism: An Example
I’ve sometimes been attacked at conservative Catholic sites for my occasional use of the term “orthotoxic Catholics”, on the mistaken assumption that I apply the words to all conservatives, or to those who disagree with me (on gay marriage, or…
“The Meaning of Sex” Ch 1 (LTCR): The Value of Experience
On the Catholic and other Christian right, there’s been a great deal of half - baked nonsense about gay marriage, pontificating in apparently authoritative and absolute terms about the “meaning” and the “purpose” of sex and marriage, and resulting, for…
