Heterosexual With Issues: Haggard’s Self-Hate
Former pastor Ted Haggard is desperate for redemption, but he can’t do the one thing that might make it possible—admit and accept that he’s gay.
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Praying Away the Gay: “This is What Love Feels Like?”
Prayers For Bobby, a new Lifetime TV movie, portrays the tragic struggle of a gay teen in a conservative Christian family and the family’s attempt to “heal” him. Predictably, the film was heavily criticized by the religious right.
Read MoreGays in Great Danger in Iraq
After months of silence, the US State Department finally condemns the murders of 24 young men who were gay, or perceived to be gay.
Read MoreIt’s Not a Debate: The Christian Century Fails to Advance Discussion on Abortion
There is nothing to be gained by presenting the issue of abortion as an argument in which each side has equal weight. They don’t—even if one side is shouting louder and making threats.
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The Best and the Brightest of the Catholic Bad Girls
We picketed bishops and Popes, stole their dresses, stood up at the consecration of the Eucharist and said the words out loud. We are the bad girls of Catholic feminism, and we have stood up, over and over again, for women’s freedom.
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Rick Warren Gives Pre-Inauguration Sermon at Ebenezer Baptist Church
Controversial mega-pastor Rick Warren gave a little-noticed sermon at King’s home church in Atlanta on Monday. In it he seemed to dance around the controversy, invoking King’s unpopularity seemingly in reference to his.
Read MoreRDPulpit: On the Betrayal of King’s Legacy and Culture Wars
Unlike the recent document claiming reconciliation between evangelicals and progressives the only way democracy has ever been expanded in the US, according to the Rev. Sekou, is by the defeat of conservative evangelical positions.
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Boy Gets Boy, Saves Earth: A Gay Christian Writer’s Plan to Change the World
Perry Moore, ardent Christian and author of Hero, believes that the time has come for the younger generation to supplant the older generation of bigots.
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Religious Right Targets Obama Picks, Daschle and Holder
Plus: Bill Maher’s “Christian Bashing”; African-American support for Prop. 8 exaggerated; Trouble in Narnialand and Worst anti-Gay voices
Read MoreFaith in Public Life Responds: Common Ground Gets Results
In “Battling for the Soul of the Democratic Party,” journalist Sarah Posner examined the role of DC outfits like Faith in Public Life, who seek to find common ground among disparate religious organizations. Here, FPL responds.
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