Hating Both the “Sin” and the “Sinner”
Or, how to proof-text your perfect hatred.
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“Traditional” Marriage or a Break with Tradition?
Marriage as we know it is a recent invention.
Read MoreLou Engle Attacks Planned Parenthood Facility As “Abortion Super-Center”
The religious right’s new favorite charismatic apostle stirs fears of eugenics and launches a plan to honor King’s legacy by denying people health care.
Read MoreBlack Media Fails Its LGBTQ Community
When police brutally beat an African American transsexual the black media turns away; but homo- and transphobia in the media hurt the entire community.
Read MoreConfronting the Abusive Legacy of Native American Boarding Schools
Reverend Annett noticed that in spite of the large Native American population on Vancouver Island, none of them attended his church.
Read MoreUgandan President Complains West Pressured Him To Back Away From Anti-Homosexuality Bill
In speech to his political party, Museveni complains about western gay recruitment of Ugandans.
Read MoreOnward Christian Terrorists; Fighting Evil in the Obama Era
Having publicly assured Tiller’s executioner that he acted in “righteousness and mercy,” affable Lutheran pastor Michael Bray, “chaplain” of Christian extremists, spoke with the author a few years back on why America is like Nazi Germany, why it’s okay to kill active abortion providers, and what he means when he says he’s “pro-choice.”
Read MoreThe Harvard Gym Controversy is Not About Religion
My husband can run out to the door in his shorts and in what some people refer to tellingly as a “wife-beater” while I must be fully dressed, complete with appropriate underwear; it’s only partially based in religion.
Read MoreJoel Osteen and Annise Parker: Strange Stage-fellows
Televangelist prays at inauguration, even though lesbians aren’t “God’s best.”
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‘Traditional’ Christianity vs. ‘Liberals’? It’s Not That Simple
From abortion to homosexuality to stem cells, you’ve heard time and again that what we are living through is a fight between religious conservatives and activist liberals. It’s not. It is a deep disagreement inside Christianity over what conserving faithfulness means.
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