In conversation last night after Mass at Farm Street, some of us were discussing the difficulties for LGBT groups, including Quest and the Soho Masses / Farm Street community, in moving beyond being simply gay, or gay lesbian, to fully…
Tag Archive for Religion and Spirituality
A Catholic Conversation About Homosexuality
Fortunate Families has a great “resources” page, structured primarily for the Catholic families and friends of LGBT people, but also immensely valuable for anyone who simply wants to know more about the facts, without the polemics. One of these valuable…
Let Us Remember, for Dec 20th
Ruth and Naomi: Love between women in the Bible (Jesus in Love Blog) The Queer Family in the Book of Ruth, OT, c 1100BC (Queer Saints & Martyrs)
Let Us Remember, for October 10th
Vida Dutton Scudder, American Lesbian Saint for Our Times Vida Dutton Scudder is a rare example of a modern lesbian who is a recognized Christian saint (recognized by the US Episcopal Church, not the Roman Catholics). Her work and message…
Coming Out, in Faith: The Value of Gay Christians
Matthew Vines grew up in a conservative church in Kansas, where, he says, everybody was welcomed in church, provided they were willing to repent for sin - and it was automatically assumed that being gay was inherently a sin demanding…
Austria: pastor bars homosexual from parish council
The parish priest of a small parish in the Archdiocese of Vienna has refused to allow an openly homosexual 26-year-old to serve on the parish council. Florian Stangl, who is disabled, lives in a registered domestic partnership and obtained 96…
Marriage Amendment — a Hindu perspective
In November, Minnesotans will approve or reject a proposed constitutional amendment that would ban same-sex marriage. Many belonging to long-established religions in Minnesota have joined the debate over this matter. Jews and Christians, liberal and conservative, have expressed positions. Our…
“Eternal Bliss” - SS Felicity and Perpetua, March 7th
“Felicitas Perpetua” = eternal bliss - and also the names of the two saints the Catholic Church remembers and celebrates every year on March 7, SS Felicity and Perpetua, who were martyred together in Carthage in 203. Their story is…
David the Prophet & Jonathan, His Lover
The story of David and Jonathan is one of those most frequently quoted in any discussion of biblical same sex relationships. As with the stories of Ruth & Naomi, or of Jesus and John (the “beloved disciple”), it is similarly…
Thoughts on “The Loud Few, and the Loving Many”
At America blog, Michael O’Loughlin reflects on two stories from the US that I have carried in the past few days - the bizarre claim by Daniel Avila that homosexual orientation has a demonic origin, contrasted with the welcome and…
