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Documenting the Struggle and Suicide of a Young Woman, ‘Dear Alana’ Podcast Raises Questions About Queer Identity and the Catholic Church

By Abigail Battles

…a story of a young bisexual woman who committed suicide due to not feeling welcome in the Church. While the story drew tears, sympathy, and calls for universal welcome, no concrete changes came as a result. And this young woman’s story is not unique. Reporter Simon Kent Fung’s podcast Dear Alana documents the life and death of Alana Chen, who committed suicide in 2019 at the age of 24 after a lifelong struggle, including conversion therapy facilit…

A Response to Hussein Rashid

By Amjad Mahmood Khan

…ent American Muslims. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community does not appear to be welcome under that umbrella. For example, polling and census data collected and analyzed by American Muslim organizations never includes the opinions of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. Even Ahmadi Muslim mosques are not counted among the total number of mosques in America. As another example, when 86 Ahmadi Muslims were brutally massacred in twin bomb attacks in Lahore on M…

Chick-fil-A Means “Anti-gay”?

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…ion. The suit was settled.” The company also runs WinShape Foundation that promotes “traditional” marriage as well as a retreat center near Rome, Georgia. Gays and lesbians looking for a retreat should look elsewhere, however. In an email exchange with one gay blog, the retreat center made it clear that it defines marriage as being between one man and woman and gay couples would not be welcome. Boycotts of Chick-fil-A have been called for, but as…

New York Legalizes Gay Marriage

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…ak a rule. The father pleads with the older brother to join the party — to welcome his wayward little brother back into the fold — but he refuses – believe that if God – or in this case his father – will welcome someone like that sinner into his house – then perhaps he wants no part of this. The parable doesn’t reveal what choice the older brother finally makes. The story ends with him left out on the stoop, deciding his fate. We have all been tha…

Equally Blessed: Wear a Rainbow Ribbon to Mass

By Alex McNeill

…of the Catholic church, and ultimately we want a church where all will be welcome. We want a church that offers hope, not condemnation. Are there any groups doing similar work, or working against LGBT people? How that is playing out? There are other groups working on LGBT issues: Catholic Association for Lesbian and Gay Ministry is a national organization of people who minister in the Catholic Church to LGBT people. A new group called Catholics f…

Meet the New Haggards—Same as the Old Haggards?

By Kathryn Joyce

…we just see it as a possibility. But we may. And if we do, anyone would be welcome, so if people feel that they haven’t fit in other places and they fit with us, we would welcome them. I think the scripture that keeps coming to mind for me is where Jesus says, “come unto me all ye who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest. Learn from me, for I am gentle and humble of heart. I will give you rest for your souls.” I think that’s what I woul…

I Was a Stranger: New York Activists Stage a Lenten Action for Sanctuary

By Kaya Oakes

…h a large banner reading “When did we see you a stranger and make you feel welcome?” The line is from Matthew 25, and the activists have also chosen Matthew 25 as their alias. The strangers being referred to in this action are the many undocumented Americans being targeted by the Trump administration. There are close to a million undocumented immigrants living in New York according to Pew Research, yet Cardinal Timothy Dolan, who is also the Archb…

What Robot Theology Can Tell Us About Ourselves

By Michael Schulson

…ke computers, and computers start to seem more and more like human beings. Welcome to the future of theology. Or, more accurately, welcome to the theological past. While SES, an independent evangelical school in Matthews, N.C., claims to be the world’s only seminary to own a robot (and I can’t find any reason to doubt them, unless you count Siri on all those theological iPhones), the entanglement of robotics and Christianity has a longer history t…

New Spencer Book Denies Existence of Muhammad

By Hussein Rashid

…l material* about Jesus dates from at least two generation after his life. Welcome to the wonderful world of pre-modern history. Literacy is not such a big deal. A good resource for learning about this is Monty Python’s “Holy Grail.” It’s probably a more accurate portrayal of Medieval English history than anything Spencer concocts. How six decades passed before the Arabian conquerors—or the people they conquered—even mentioned Muhammad, the Qur’a…

Shariah-Approved Sex Aids, Abstinence-Only Goes to China, and Abercrombie Hijab…

By Michael J. Altman

…h, Tennessee was an arson. Elsewhere in the state, a Memphis pastor put a “Welcome to the Neighborhood” sign outside his church to welcome the new Islamic center being built nearby. And a new mosque has gone up in Lousiville, Kentucky quite peacefully. Is the BBC anti-Christian? The Florida pastor who had planned to burn Qur’ans on 9/11 has instigated protests in Indonesia and the threat of a flag-burning protest in Great Britain. Indian officials…