Last week the far right news sources were exulting that their predictions had come true. They claimed that gay civil unions had led to a polygamous civil union in the Netherlands. This, they said, is proof that if we allow…
Christian Nationalists
Does Harriet Miers Attend a Pro-gay Church?
Much of the brouhaha surrounding the nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court has centered on her attitudes about homosexuality. The extremist on the right find her unacceptable partially because she has not made it her mission to deny…
Protecting the Children
In an article oddly titled First Person – Homosexuality, child sexual abuse, and foster care, Alan Sears, CEO of the Alliance Defense Fund, is riling up the Baptists again with fear mongering about letting gay people adopt. The argument? That…
Lou Beres, the longtime chairman of the Oregon Christian Coalition, faces molestation accusations from three female family members who were preteens at the time of the alleged incidents. Multnomah County District Attorney Michael Schrunk said officials are investigating the complaints….
“Preachin’ the Good News” in Philly
Philadelphia had its gay pride festival, Outfest, this weekend. They were preached at by Repent America (the same good folks who told us God sent hurricane Katrina to stop Southern Decadence). From the Philadelphia Inquirer:
From the Des Moines Register via Gay News Blog and Good As You: Exgay activist Chad Thompson’s former employer, the Iowa Family Policy Center, opposed an anti-bullying program scheduled for Oct. 6 in Cedar Rapids. IFPC argues that efforts to…
Exgay activist, author, and former Exodus official Joe Dallas was quoted Sept. 28 by the American Family Association media organ Agape Press (via Jesus Politics): Dallas points out that homosexual activists’ agenda is not only to normalize the homosexual lifestyle,…
“Banned Books Week” Focuses on Gay Literature
WorldNetDaily published this wacky, factless diatribe on Banned Books Week, and how libraries are really banning the Christian view by not including antigay scripture tracts with all their young adult fiction. We also have AgapePress highlighting the efforts of exgay…
Harshly Defining Fundamentalism
Answering those who say “fundamentalist” is too strong a word to describe antigay Episcopal bishops who have aligned with corrupt foreign bishops to destroy the U.S. Episcopal Church, Father Jake borrows from religion expert and author Karen Armstrong to define…
From certain evangelicals who cheer the destruction of New Orleans, to polls finding that churchgoers are far more likely than the general public to support violence against Iraq and belligerent foreign policy… A Religious Liberal Blog observes that the political…