Washington Post Staff Writer Laura Sessions Stepp wrote yesterday about the dispute between Sharon Huff and officials at her 7-year-old son’s school in Youngsville, Louisiana. On the whole, the article reports objective, verifiable events and statements. In addition to reporting…
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Ex-Gays And “Bourgeoisie Religion”
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Extending earlier discussion a bit: Lars Gaardfeldt of Sweden wrote a 1998 lecture, The Bible as Medicine: Bible and Prayer as Miraculous Cure Against Homosexuality. The lecture begins with a summary of base assumptions that are common in the "reparative…
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Camassia nicely weaves together some recent debate across the blogosphere over a tendency among evangelical Protestant churches to scapegoat homosexuality for their own declining commitment to family values. (Previous XGW discussion about this.)
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The Pew Research Center released a poll yesterday correlating attitudes toward homosexual persons with religious affiliation. The poll data reflect an apparent backlash: opposition to gay marriage among evangelical Protestants has risen nine percentage points, from 71 percent to 80…
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Updates on Bush And the MCC
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See the comments section of last week’s XGW entry about Bush congratulating the predominantly gay Metropolitan Community Church for updates: 11/12: XGW reader Rich sees consistencies between recent statements and the president’s previously stated ambivalence 11/13: The Family Research Council…
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Baffling? Intriguing? You Decide!
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Dear ex-gay supporters, Didja hear about this? President Bush sends this note: I send greetings to the members of the Metropolitan Community Church Los Angeles as you celebrate your 35th anniversary. Faith plays an important role in the lives of…
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Change Your Religion with ‘Plug ‘n’ Pray’
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The Raving Atheist and Arthur Silber offer thoughtful commentary on Bishop Wilton Gregory’s alleged appeal to moral relativism. Rev. Gregory, head of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, warned this week of “startling” data in an upcoming study on 50…
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Alternatives to Fundamentalism: Two Glimpses
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Having grown up in the Episcopal Church, it seems to me the press struggles to get its arms around recent events. Coverage of the gathering of the American Anglican Council (AAC) in Texas last week left a distinct impression that…
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Religious Scientists on Homosexuality
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Courtesy of Rich Blinne, the American Scientific Affiliation, a somewhat diverse range of articles on homosexuality by scientists who are Christian. This is mainly a note to myself for the moment.