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Bishops More Welcoming To LGBT, But Not to Women

By Patricia Miller

…ing 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 Duddy-Burke of DignityUSA. It’s also somewhat miraculous that there was enough agreement amongst the bishops on the more welcoming language, despite…

The Technological Apocalypse is Coming (Straight to DVD)

By Andrew Aghapour

…tfully low-budget sci-fi film that will be released next month. Here’s the official website of the movie, where release details should be announced shortly. Trailer below (spoiler alert: look out for cameos by Alan Dershowitz AND Tony Robbins). Details about the film and its release are still hazy, but the trailer alone nicely illustrates how quickly Singularity-brand futurism can turn into science fiction. Intertwined with Kurzweil’s interviews o…

When Are You Dead? Science Just Made the Work of Religion a Bit More Difficult

By Arri Eisen

…, to do so. But here at least is one good thing: palliative medicine—a new official branch of care, complete with certification, association, and peer-reviewed journals—has emerged. The goal of palliative care is to help relieve people who are dying or have a chronic condition from suffering by engaging their physical, mental, and spiritual health. Palliative medicine won’t easily solve problems like those posed here, but at least we are beginning…

Professional Wrestling Doc, Team Taliban, Looks at the ‘Muslim Bad Guy’

By Christopher Anzalone

…mber of Team Taliban. A read through some of Alam’s journal entries on his official MySpace page, provide a more detailed look at his thoughts on the subject. In a March 3, 2009 entry on the film he writes: It’s very hard for me to sit and preach to my fellow Muslims that we need to all carry ourselves in a dignified and respectable manner so that everyone else can see that Islam is religion of peace and tolerance all the while on the weekends I a…

Cardinal Dolan Not So “Charitable,” says Young Gay Catholic

By Peter Montgomery

…Have you heard anything from Cardinal Dolan or the archdiocese? Not in an official capacity. I have heard unofficially from friends who are priests that we needed to keep having this conversation, that if we keep talking the Church may respond in a good way. There is an opportunity for Cardinal Dolan to exercise a teachable moment, meet and talk with these young people, hear their stories, to show that they have dignity that should be respected….

US Names Int’l Envoy for LGBT Rights; Marriage revolution spreads in Mexico; Scott Lively Warns World of Anti-Christ; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…Blade reported that a Dominican advocacy group is working with government officials and travel industry representatives on a campaign designed to promote LGBT tourism and gay rights in the Caribbean country. Members of the Center for Integrated Training and Research, an organization that has fought the AIDS epidemic in the country and throughout the Caribbean for more than two decades, on Feb. 2 met with representatives of the Dominican Ministry…

Dispatches From the Beltway: Horton Hears Progressive Religion

By Robert P. Jones

…us in backing Blackwell’s campaign; and although neither he nor the church officially cited problems with his leadership, Johnson resigned his post as pastor in October 2007. In the meantime, Ohio Christians clearly voiced their preference for a candidate that shared all their values rather than a candidate running on a narrow divisive platform of opposing abortion and same-sex marriage. Blackwell was handily defeated by Ted Strickland, a Methodis…

RDPulpit: Israel in Gaza: Right but not Smart

By Rabbi Michael Lerner

…wn history as survivors of genocide and oppression, Hamas’ refusal to give official recognition is a way of saying, “We’ll wait till we have adequate military power, and then we’ll break any de facto truce and ceasefire and use that power to wipe out Israel, so just give us time.” How do we get out of these dynamics that have led to the current situation that has killed or maimed a small number of Israelis and a huge number of Palestinians? The fi…

Who Says The “Partly Jewish” Are Bad For The Jews?

By Susan Katz Miller

…d. As for expecting synagogues to adopt “syncretistic practices,” the opposite is true. Interfaith children want access to an inspiring Judaism, whether they choose Judaism, or whether they continue to draw from both religions. It remains essential, for the world and for interfaith children, to preserve the specificity and particularity of each religion. At the same time, I agree with Orthodox rabbi Brad Hirschfield, who wrote a recent essay poi…

John Birch Society: You Can’t Legislate Christian Charity (Or Integration)

By Sarah Posner

…t be involved in forcing people on some things. . . . It’s always been the official position of the John Birch Society that forced segregation is wrong . . . . but forced integration by government is equally wrong. And that’s just the way it is. It’s called freedom. Now there will always be inequities in freedom.” Thompson never specifically addresses Paul’s statements on the Civil Rights Act, but intimates that, like Paul, he believes people shou…