Religion Dispatches
Today, we often are told that the hysterical ravings of the New Christian Right (NCR) are a pathological homophobia, or perhaps a displaced and sublimated yearning for homoeroticism. Doubtless both play a role, but I want to suggest that homosexuality does threaten civilization, when viewed from a certain perspective, and that it has been seen this way since biblical times.
Read MoreThe Family Research Council’s Tony Perkins has a new scare tactic to defend Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.
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Archbishop Dolan is a fighter for the orthodoxy that has become central to the Catholic Church since Dorothy Day’s death in 1980—sex and gender.
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Two out of three Americans believe that gay people commit suicide at least partly because of messages coming out of churches and other places of worship. How is it that a community claiming to possess truth and love ends up perpetuating these problems?
Read MoreIn the wake of suicides the group picks up the slack on anti-gay activism.
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African-American people were taught Christianity in the context of oppression. When people are disempowered, they are often empowered at someone else’s expense, whether it’s women or children or gay people. How do we get through that?
Read MoreWhy are gays increasingly voting against their interests?
Read MoreThe kids are alright, but the parents can be so cruel.
Read More106 openly gay candidates were elected to office around the country. And that’s a record.
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Kris Kobach’s church part of Anglican Realignment.
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