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Gay Black Church: An Interview with Bishop Yvette Flunder

By Lisa Webster

…o we became UCC after about 6 years. And that’s when we started the Fellowship, which happened in 1999. It’s gone fast. Yes, all of a sudden we had 15, and then 20 and then 30. Like I said, we’re not unique. We’re just the place that left the light on for everybody else. The truth is we just needed to gather them. Because the same spirit of God that moved us to do this is the same spirit of God that has moved people to this all over this country a…

Black Masses Continue to Titillate Conservative Catholics

By Joseph Laycock

…expressed delight that his antics are finally provoking Church officials. This newfound energy has nothing to do with Daniels and everything to do with the events of last May. An online petition features footage of the Harvard protest and calls on Catholics to continue the fight against Satanism in Oklahoma City. An anonymous “exorcist” interviewed by aletiea.org explained: The answer is to do what folks did in Boston. Catholics must organize Euch…

The Rundown Truth: Scientology Changes Strategy in War with Media

By Hugh B. Urban

…even the threat of a lawsuit signals a clear tactical shift. Given this history of the church’s dealings with the media, we can see both the continuities and the important differences in its current strategy for responding to the St. Petersburg Times. The tactics of “fair game” and “Operation Freakout” appear to have been very costly to the church, both financially and for public relations. Instead, it has now apparently brought three well-…

Aliens To Arrive in Alabama Today!

By Ben Brazil

…t authorities will be intruding into ‘our’ atmospherics that surround our ship. This ‘security field’ is necessary for us, as there shall take place a ‘farce’ from those in your world who shall try to deny that we come in LOVE. KNOW OF THIS WE COME TO ASSIST YOUR WORLD. WE DO NOT COME TO TAKE OVER. WE DO NOT COME TO DESTRUCT. WE COME TO GIVE YOU HOPE. I learned of the message on Monday, October 11, from a 70-something, self-described ex-hippie nam…

Evangelicalism “Wasn’t Created for Someone Like Me”: Following a Queer Evangelical of Color in the Age of Trump

By Deborah Jian Lee

…are just who they are. I am a speck of time in hundreds of years of church history—this church, the congregation, the denomination, the entire American evangelical church, wasn’t created for someone like me to live, serve, love, worship, and flourish in. My time there ended, and that’s a good thing. I will always love them. I will always carry with me the good memories, the lessons, and the joy. I know that I wouldn’t be who I am without them, but…

Soldier Hot Line Draws Calls Over DADT Repeal

By Lauri Lebo

…far between. The New York Times builds its whole story out of a handful of phone calls and an email. But the article indicates that those who run the various nonprofits that help soldiers achieve conscientious objector status expect a floodgate of calls if Don’t Ask Don’t Tell is formally repealed. The good news is that the groups don’t think there is legal basis for the claims. In the “don’t ask, don’t tell” cases, Ms. McNeil concluded that there…

Senator Ted Kennedy: A Catholic We Could Canonize

By Frances Kissling

…ue related to reproductive health and rights, he voted for women. How did this happen in this big, very pious Catholic family? Theology played a part, certainly, but Kennedy boys by and large did not go to Catholic schools. They went to the top prep schools and to Harvard. Ted spent only the eighth grade at a Jesuit prep school and went on to the Milton Academy. Had he gone to Catholic schools in the 1940s and ’50s, abortion would not have been me…

The “Marginalization” of Tim Keller: When Anything Short of Adulation Is Oppression

By Anita Little

…mmunities for years to little fanfare. Keller’s supporters love to lionize him and his Redeemer Presbyterian Church, but one rarely sees discussion on how Keller’s rise to the spotlight in NYC might have come at the expense of less societally privileged pastors and theologians who wouldn’t have been given the same exposure or resources. Is the hero worship surrounding Keller just a Reformed rendition of the white savior coming to redeem the big, b…

Maryland Governor says Support for Marriage Equality “Very Much Informed” by his Catholicism

By Peter Montgomery

…ious beliefs, and those on the other who affirm it based upon theirs. And while this is a legitimate discussion for people of faith to have, the appropriate arena that conversation is the house of worship, the seminary, the Bible study or some other religious setting.” Anti-equality forces are mobilizing religious voices as well. A group of anti-equality pastors held a competing Friday press conference led by Rev. William Owens, whose right-wing C…

United Methodists Elect 1st Gay Bishop; Canadian Anglicans OK Same-Sex Marriage

By Peter Montgomery

…y that many black people who have experienced discrimination were still pushing this legislation. Ms Woolridge said she cringes when she reflects on experiences of black men and women and that, as a black woman, she cringes at the thought of anyone wanting to infringe on human rights. But other senators criticized the analogy, with one saying that his religious beliefs “hold the sanctity of marriage between a man and a woman.” Another said that on…