A quick reflection: A while back on XGW, Exodus spokesman Randy Thomas objected to the expectation that Exodus should publicly criticize its political allies when they threaten or lie about gays and ex-gays. Mr. Thomas’ point was that Christians are…
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Rumor: John Paulk Criticizes Christian Right
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From a message posted to the Silt blog, and mentioned briefly in comments at XGW some time back: John Paulk called into Mike Signorile’s radio talk show last week. It was truly amazing radio. Paulk said he was a fan…
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Conservative Churches Not Growing After All?
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“Conservative” Christian church leaders occasionally boast that their churches are growing like gangbusters while so-called “liberal” denominations (mainline and orthodox Christian denominations, or any denomination that veers from the given church leader’s ideology) are shriveling due to the non-conservatives’ alleged…
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Jesus And Miracles
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Off-topic: Here’s a worthwhile reflection from Joel Sax about Christians’ modern-day, heretical preoccupation with “miracles.” Do some conservative Christians lash out at “paganism” in part because their own individual overdependence upon miracles is rooted in low magic?
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Simply Being, Sans Labels
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Tom McGeveran names himself a “shmomosexual” and frets over the work of the Fab Five becoming more prominent in public consciousness than that of the supreme nine. The stories of chiseled hotties on Boy Meets Boy labor under the weight…
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Labor Day And Ex-Gays
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Exodus, Concerned Women for America, the Family Research Council, Focus on the Family, and Pat Robertson were essentially silent — near as I can tell — on the meaning of Labor Day this year. But the Bible isn’t silent, says…
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The Human Face of Schism
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It’s tempting to use war language to describe the politics that affect gays and ex-gays: Battles, attacks, retreats, wins, and losses. In the end, much of it becomes more personal than that, though. The issues play out in families, in…
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The Rev. Allen Brill spent a week in June contrasting family values with the political goals of the religious-right organizations. He also examined how politically non-rightist people of faith fall short in marketing their message. Well worth a read.
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I’ve been very busy doing technical work for the IGF site and, for this blog, researching the facts behind Exodus’ all-too-frequent misstatements and political diatribes. That hasn’t left me with much time to recognize venues where one’s opposition to homosexual…
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Biblical Marriage
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Alex Frantz at Public Nuisance discusses how the Bible defines traditional marriage: Marriage in the United States shall consist of a union between one man and one or more women. (Gen. 29, 17 – 28; II Sam. 3, 2 –…