The Supreme Court of New Jersey has just decided that gay couples are entitled to all the rights that heterosexual couples have… but do not have a claim to the institution of marriage. The legislature of that state now has…
From NARTH’s Political Correctness Gone Amok: The Latest Controversy (October 10, 2006): “The bottom line,” said NARTH President Joseph Nicolosi, “is that NARTH’s mission has nothing to do with any social issue others than same-sex attraction. Our mission is to…
I failed to notice that I had made this page an open forum. So the protest of Ex-Gay Watch’s policy against using quotation marks around “ex-gay” was allowed. I have unbanned Randi Schimnosky. I am sorry for acting so aggressively….
Which was going to be the first ex-gay group to come out and suggest Mark Foley enter a conversion program? We finally have our answer, PFOX. It took long enough… (via Good As You)
Ten Beliefs of an Unhealthy Faith
From Pastor Brenda: God’s love and favor depends on my behavior. All ministers are people of God and can be trusted. Material blessings are a sign of spiritual strength. I can work my way to heaven. Problems in my life…
Pastor Advocates for Charity, Not Nationalism
Katherine Hawker is pastor at Evangelical United Church of Christ in Webster Groves, Missouri. Writing in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch last month, Hawker contrasted local mainline churches that celebrate World Communion Day to foster Christian unity and charity, with the…
Sin Is ‘Neither Republican Nor Democratic’
From BeliefNet author Diana Butler Bass via Straight, Not Narrow: “Making sexuality a political issue, as much of the Religious Right has done, distracts from a host of other issues, such as poverty, war, and environmental concerns. But it also…
Denver Post columnist Cindy Rodriguez discusses some reasons why followers of Focus on the Family obey the organization’s advice — and vote against their own families. Rodriguez’s own bias is obviously Democratic.
From Peterson Toscano: Having experienced victory, aspiring ex-gay minister “Marvin” now voices hesitation about joining the world’s largest ex-gay organization. Marvin asks: Does a local spiritual ex-gay ministry need to be entangled in Exodus psychology and politics? What are the…
From Barry Goldwater via Wikipedia via Andrew Sullivan: “On religious issues there can be little or no compromise. There is no position on which people are so immovable as their religious beliefs. There is no more powerful ally one can…