RD10Q: Spiritual Survival for LGBT Christians
It was never about “gays vs. God” for lesbian and gay Christians. In Bulletproof Faith, a lesbian minister urges us all to become fundamentalists—but not the kind you think.
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Text of Terror: A Bill Granting LGBT Citizens Equal Rights Evokes Biblical Citation
Those who cling to a harrowing scrap of an otherwise marginal biblical text want the rest of us to believe that it amounts to persecution to ask them to unclench their fists so that all of us can live together in peace.
Read MoreEvangelical Sexperiment
An evangelical minister makes news by urging his congregation to have more sex. Which is theologically bizarre, socially backward, and vaguely pandering.
Read MoreI Don’t Want a “Plutonic” Relationship
Plutonic, Platonic, whatever you want to call it, it’s not enough for gay people to be told they can be gay as long as they don’t have love in their lives.
Read MoreQueer [Theory]-Bashing by Georgia Republicans; The New Know-Nothingism Creeps
CNN’s sloppy reporting reignited a controversy seized on by conservative lawmakers who prey on the knee-jerk associations the public has with the word “Queer”
Read MoreMormon Milk Author to Gay and Lesbian Kids: “God Does Love You”
After winning an Oscar for Milk Sean Penn called shame on Prop. 8 supporters and Dustin Lance Black spoke candidly of his Mormon upbringing.
Read MoreGOP Does Not Stand For “Gay Old Party”
There are indeed still gay Republicans out there, but there are those those in the party who would like them to go away.
Read MoreGay Rights Getting “Enhanced” in Utah
In a weird turn of phrase, Utah’s governor announces that he supports enhanced civil rights for gay people.
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RDBook: Feminist Theologian Defies the Vatican Agenda
It has been written of her that “in a truly just world, she would be Pope.” Rosemary Radford Ruether calls for an inclusive, even prophetic church in her latest book, Catholic Does Not Equal The Vatican.
Read MorePaul and the Pope
The Vatican is focusing a lot recently on Paul’s teaching on celibacy. But there are other ways of interpreting Paul, and not all of them are sex-negative.
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