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(Ex-)Ex-Gay Activist Alan Chambers On His Prop 8 Epiphany and the Downfall of Christianity and Evangelicalism

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…his version of the Bible? Enough! Can we connect as God’s creation and worship him whether we’re of the same political affiliation or social agenda or you name it. What Leslie and I found is that yes, absolutely we can do that. We have found it to be life-giving when we’re focused on the main thing and not some of the little things we may [or may] not completely agree on. A group of Christian therapists gathered recently at the Southern Baptist Th…

Loving Uganda to Death: The Global Reach of Far-Right Christian Hatred

By Peter Montgomery

…to Bishop Christopher Senyonjo, whose public support for LGBT people cost him his position in the Church of Uganda. Ugandan gay rights activist David Kato was murdered while the film was being made; at Kato’s funeral, when the presiding pastor began denouncing homosexuality and causing a commotion, Senyonjo went to Kato’s graveside with the activist’s friends and assured them that God knew and loved David, and knows and loves them. Williams spend…

“Ex-Gay” Therapy Revealed in Prop. 8 Trial

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…all in the name of God. Kendall was finally honest with himself. He gained his life and lost his family. Others are not as brave. Some will acquiesce to society’s wishes and play along – pretending to be cured. During (defense attorney) Flynn’s redirect, he asked Kendall if he had met any “successful” conversion therapy patients during his time at NARTH. “During one of our group therapy sessions, Nicolosi trotted out his perfect patient, a guy nam…

Why Don’t Churches Have to Disclose Lobbying Activities?

By Sarah Posner

…dvocacy. In the Politico, she wrote: The role the bishops played in the pushing the Stupak amendment, which unfairly restricts access for low-income women to insurance coverage for abortions, was more than mere advocacy. They seemed to dictate the finer points of the amendment, and managed to bully members of Congress to vote for added restrictions on a perfectly legal surgical procedure. And this political effort was subsidized by taxpayers, si…

Are You There God? It’s Us, Googling

By Michael Schulson

…ou want someone to convince you that God is real. And an article from something called the Christian Courier, which appears to be the publication of a Stockton, CA-based ministry. Clearly, Google’s algorithms here are favoring reassurances for the theologically shaken, rather than arguments that will deepen the doubt. They’re also pulling on fairly hardline, literalist perspectives. (Again, results may vary; judging by my recent targeted advertisi…

LDS Church “Non-Negotiable” on Women’s Ordination

By Holly Welker

…t wasn’t a divisive move: that was the church doing God’s will. Any ensuing division was the fault of people who were simply too hard-hearted or cowardly to support God’s righteous decrees. This is the context in which to read the church’s March 17 response to Ordain Women (wonder if they realized it was the anniversary of the Relief Society?): …

Gay, Black, and Quaker: History Catches Up with Bayard Rustin

By Leigh Eason

…FOR), a leading promoter of pacifist and antiwar movements. Rustin did not hide his sexuality from his co-workers, including peace activist, fellow Quaker, and FOR director A. J. Muste, who disapproved of Rustin’s sexuality but was unable to convince him to change. A crisis came in 1953 when Rustin was arrested on a “morals charge” in Pasadena, California, for having sex in a parked car with two men. Rustin resigned from FOR, his friendship with M…

8: The Mormon Proposition Gets It Right

By Joanna Brooks

…one look at my wild, puffy eyes during fall 2008 and would say—trying to be comforting—“I know, I know, the evangelicals are at it too” or “don’t worry, there just aren’t that many of you Mormons in California.” Ignorance. It is precisely this kind of insularity and ignorance that a progressive public conversation about religion must confront and, finally, demolish….

2010: What Did We Believe In?

By Gary Laderman

…e, in America, with this war? The patriotic and nationalistic fervor with which this war on terror is being carried out and the well-deserved support for American troops is sacred through and through, energies that in subtle and not-so-subtle ways strengthen the bonds that tie many Americans together and reinforce a distinctive American identity. On the other hand, what’s more surprising is that peace doesn’t appear to have a chance, and any oppos…

Are Evangelicals Suffering From Buyer’s Remorse with Obama?

By Bill Berkowitz

…r-known than the Rev. Jerry Falwell, Dr. James Dobson, and Pat Robertson. While Tchividjian has written that he and Kennedy didn’t differ in their beliefs, “he told Coral Ridge members that politics is just one strategy to engage the culture,” Charisma News Online reported. “I also think that the sphere of art and the sphere of education and the sphere of media and technology are also strategic,” he said, according to the Associated Press. ORU & J…