I challenged a blogger the other day on his consistent use of the most juvenile, sophomoric insults to express his belief that homosexuality is a sin. On this particular occasion he had referred to a gay marriage as “the union…
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Christians Should Not Wish for a Theocracy
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There is an excellent article in the most recent issue of Christianity Today entitled “The Lure of Theocracy.” It is a great illustration of why some Christians seek a theocracy and more importantly, why they shouldn’t. A comparison is made…
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Who’s Secular Now? Take the Quiz
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From Talk To Action: Test your knowledge! Here are ten quotes from a pool of 20 well-known Democrats and Republicans, and leaders of the religious right and the nascent religious left. Can you figure out who said what? Take the…
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Anti-Gay Delegates Lose Church Battles
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Conservative delegates to two national denominational conventions lost battles to either hold the line against gay ministers or to move it back. The Presbyterian Church (USA) voted to continue their official disapproval of ordination of gay ministers but to allow…
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Maryland Coalition Challenges Exgay Conference
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(Sorry for the delay in posting this. Better late than never….) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, June 1, 2006 BROAD COALITION COUNTERS DAMAGING RHETORIC OF “CONVERSION THERAPY” CONFERENCE IN SILVER SPRING Clergy, Mental Health Professionals, and Youth Advocates Declare Focus on…
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Alan Chambers, Randy Thomas, and many other anti-gay leaders of the ex-gay movement are in Washington, D.C. lending their support to efforts to exclude gay couples from the protections of equality promised by the United States Constitution. They do this…
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True Prophet Vs. Servant to Worldly Powers
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Feminary is a “socially liberal theologically orthodox inclusive tolerant feminist Episcopalian (who) goes to one of the world’s top evangelical seminaries.” Feminary’s preaching class recently viewed a DVD about Peter Storey, Methodist Archbishop of South Africa and chaplain to Nelson…
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Black Churches And Homophobia
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Last night on NPR’s Talk of The Nation the guest was gay Christian activist and author E. Lynn Harris. The full program is available on online. Talk of the Nation, May 18, 2006 · Author E. Lynn Harris began writing…
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This morning a donation appeared on Equality Rider Monica Carmean’s page from “friends of cadets” in the amount of $670. This hardly a coincidence since tomorrow the Equality Ride arrives at West Point. Under military rules, cadets aren’t allowed to…
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Ex-Ex-Gay Becomes Assistant Pastor in Portland
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Out of Oregon, via the Willamette Weekly, comes the tale of a 25 year old double-ex who has just become the assistant pastor at Metropolitan Community Church of Portland. [A]t the ripe age of 16, he joined forces with the…