Religion Dispatches
Exodus International appears to be re-thinking its commitment to transforming gay Christians into straight ones. So now it is the larger world’s turn to ask: is that kind of change really possible?
Read MoreAn alternative to the depressing offerings of a gay-but-hating-it Christian blogger.
Read MoreOrthodox Church says march violates the rights of Christians.
Read MoreThe story of Pride in Bulgaria sounds like it’s from the middle ages.
Read MoreScientific findings underscore the importance of faith and family.
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When I first thought about writing the book, I thought I was dealing with the same Scientology I remembered, but I’ve since realized that it has changed. We never thought of it as a religion back then! We would call it a Church, but we would “wink” because we were fighting to get tax-exempt status. But I know that Scientologists today believe that it’s a Church—a religion—and it is becoming one.
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If the Episcopal Church decides to clearly articulate its intention that all aspects of participation in the life of the church—including ordained ministry—are open to transgender persons, it will be the first mainline Protestant denomination to do so.
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As NAACP President Ben Jealous told the Times last week, “it’s become clear that, just as Bayard Rustin admonished us all, that we would either stand together or die apart.”
“Who admonished us?” readers must have asked. Bayard Rustin’s role as advisor to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and as organizer of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (where King delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech) should have assured his place in American social and political history. But Rustin has long been denied his proper place—largely because he was an openly gay man.
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“Sorry we’re late.”
Read MoreMarking the fourth anniversary of Mormon-supported Proposition 8 by celebrating subtle, significant changes.
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