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Marriage Vote ‘Transforms’ Not-So-Catholic Ireland; Activist to Malaysian PM – ‘Love Is Not Terrorism’; LGBTs Find Growing Acceptance in Colombia, Not At World Meeting of Families; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…losophy, is co-founder of a blog called Spiritual Friendship that seeks to promote celibacy as an admirable option for gay Christians. He said he believes that a majority of U.S. Catholics now support same-sex marriage, which became legal in all 50 states under a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in June. Mr. Belgau doesn’t expect the church to change its teaching, but suggests that there might be ways to make gay couples feel more welcome — comparable to…

Election of New Lesbian Bishop Reveals Tensions in Anglican World

By Jeanne Carstensen

…as fast as they can; the diocese of Los Angeles, meanwhile, is thrilled to welcome not just openly gay Glasspool, but another female assistant bishop, Diane Jardine Bruce, into its fold. For all of the brouhaha surrounding Glasspool, Carol Anderson states simply that “It wasn’t an issue vote, it was a competency vote.” People voted for “her character, her faithfulness, and her experience.” And that’s just the point. After more than three decades o…

Hold Your Applause: Potential Changes to Roles of Catholic Women and LGBTQ+ People May Just Be Vatican Breadcrumbing

By Mary E. Hunt

…all. But it is something. The first mention, “The desire to offer genuine welcome is a sentiment expressed by synod participants across diverse contexts” (B1.2), refers in part to LGBTQ+ people who’ve been marginalized. But there’s no suggestion that teachings, practices, or injustices will change. In other words, come and be welcome on the institution’s terms but do not expect your relationships to be blessed, much less sacramentalized, and prep…

Morality Police, Jihadists, Religious Competition, Grindr, & Americans Abroad: Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…odel it”, Tracy Robinson added. Catholic Church: Bishop Says Church Should Welcome ‘Unconventional Couples’ The Religion News Service’s Josephine Mckenna reported last week that Bishop Nunzio Galantino, leader of the Italian Bishops Conference and an ally of Pope Francis, said the church should welcome “unconventional couples” who are in “irregular matrimonial situations.” He said, “The burden of exclusion from the sacraments is an unjustified pri…

Historian Matthew Stewart Upends the Widespread Belief that 19th Century U.S. Christianity Was On ‘The Right Side of History’

By Peter Laarman

…US Christianity as a whole, at one point exclaiming: “Welcome infidelity! Welcome atheism! Welcome anything! In preference to the gospel as preached by these divines!” Douglass’s journey into freethinking was greatly abetted by his German-born collaborator and paramour, Ottilie Assing, who introduced him to the work of notorious infidels Ludwig Feuerbach and David Friedrich Strauss. In later years Douglass kept busts of these radical thinkers pro…

A Reply to Pastor Rod Parsley on the Bible and the Death Penalty

By Louis A. Ruprecht

…ogether. Rod Parsley represents one of those Christian leaders with whom I welcome further conversation. Let me initiate that by replying briefly to one of his central contentions. He worries that I have suggested that the Bible condemns the death penalty. I certainly said no such thing, and am well aware of those passages in the Hebrew Bible that mandate the ultimate penalty. I am also acutely aware of the brutal requirements of herem, or holy wa…

Bishops More Welcoming To LGBT, But Not to Women

By Patricia Miller

…lesbian relations “morally acceptable.” The new language is nonetheless a welcome change for LGBT Catholics, who obviously weren’t thrilled at being referred to as “intrinsically disordered,” though that does remain the official doctrine of the church. “That positive language is more affirming and will give many people hope. It is much more respectful, and offers a sense of welcome that LGBT people have been seeking for decades,” said Marianne Du…

Correction: The SBC Does NOT Oppose Women’s Ordination… Just Women Pastors

By Caroline Matas

…sgender puts them outside of God’s design for human flourishing. But we do welcome LGBTQ people into our church, such churches might proclaim… as long as they’re receptive to the biblical truth that their lifestyle is sinful and requires repentance in order to be within the bounds of God’s moral law! Ah, but see, what we have here is a fundamental misunderstanding of what the word “welcome” means. Of course, quibbling over definitions might be fut…

Exodus “Ex-Gay” Ministry Closes Up Shop

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…for what they are and in no way squander. Secondly, even though the son is welcomed back, no questions asked, it’s understood that he’s not going to go out and do it again. The message to LGBT people is clear: you’re welcome and forgiven, but going back to that “lifestyle” is forbidden. I hope my reservations are unfounded, because so much is at stake in this move. If time reveals this new organization to be nothing more than a shuffling of the T…

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

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…ould we wear robes? Should women be allowed in the pulpit? Do we affirm or welcome LGBT people? How do we take the sacraments? Do we believe in this 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 no…