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June 08, 2016
Bearing False Witness…Against Yourself
If you grew up in the Christian church, you probably have heard people speak of “testifying...
May 2016
May 31, 2016
Two-Spirit: Gender Identity in America, Before America
Long before Europeans introduced smallpox and Christianity to the American continents, many of the native...
May 27, 2016
The Privileged Cruelty of Religious Right Sex Rules
Religious conservatives want an exclusive right to dole out the privilege of sexual pleasure and...
May 24, 2016
An Outlaw Appendage: How A Christian Nation Embraced Circumcision
As a teenager who loved Jesus, I was confident in my ability to defend...
May 23, 2016
Are You Expecting a Pat on the Back?
This past Thursday I came across a tweet in my feed by Lindsay H Freeman,...
May 20, 2016
God’s Controlling Love: A Blueprint for Christian Marriage
“Wives are to follow their husband's lead, not to tell their husband how he ought...
May 15, 2016
It’s Not Immoral: Examining Four Bad Arguments Against Gay Sex
In my last article I had some fun writing about a few examples of sexuality...
May 12, 2016
Jesus, Friend of Sinners…Except Not You
I really liked Craig and his wife, Sofia*. They were weird, and I was 13....
May 05, 2016
Using Porn to Heal
Relocating to a new town as a thirty something with four kids wasn't exactly easy,...
April 2016
April 29, 2016
Sex, Periods and Religious Bathtubs
When women’s natural bodily processes are considered sinful, dirty, and unclean, then women themselves are...
April 25, 2016
STOP! (In the Name of Love)
In the name of honoring or preserving religious doctrine or upbringing, Christian parents say some...
April 22, 2016
Sexual Purity: What They Said vs. What We Learned
I had a very eye-opening conversation with my mom recently. We were talking about my...
April 21, 2016
It’s Not Natural? Nine Gay and Bisexual Animal Species Found in Nature
The point of considering the widespread incidence of homosexuality in animals is not to say...
April 19, 2016
Escaping A Culture of Repentance
I was fourteen years old when an older boy showed up on my street. I often...
April 15, 2016
Does My Sexual Orientation Make Me a Bigot?
All the available evidence shows that at the very least, sexual orientation is not something...
April 14, 2016
What Happens When You Don’t Get Good Sex Education?
I grew up in a non denominational fundamentalist Christian home and church, and I believed...
April 13, 2016
Sex Demon, I Love You.
A couple days ago The Huffington Post wrote an article about Major Mack, a Christian...
April 05, 2016
Why I Talk With My Toddler About Sex
An actual conversation between my son and me recently: 4 yr. old: "Mommy, what do...
April 04, 2016
Overshadowing Bigotry: One Christian’s Plea for Transgender Acceptance
Against my better judgment, I recently got into an argument with someone about how much...
April 01, 2016
Conditional Community: Where Do You Go When the Church Leaves You?
There is an inescapable sense of community in a small town. Whether or not you...
March 2016
March 31, 2016
Breasts Are Sinful, Little Girl
My religious upbringing included a message about breasts that can be summed up like this:...
March 30, 2016
Innocence Lost: Honeymoon from Hell
Jesusfreaks. That's probably one of the most commonly used terms to describe my wife and...
March 28, 2016
Toxic Toys and an Unregulated Industry
You have probably heard the phrase “You get what you pay for." When it comes...
March 23, 2016
When Your Child Is Bisexual and It’s Time Your Family Know It (Clap Your Hands!)
Last week my religious sister came for a visit. We haven't seen each other for...
March 21, 2016
The Twins of Shame: Self-Esteem and Being Told To Cover Up
Imagine young girls and the women they are supposed to look up to as educators,...
March 17, 2016
Everything Under the Umbrella of Lust
I was eighteen years old and on the mission field for Christ when, for the...
March 16, 2016
God’s Plan For Marriage Didn’t Work For Me
I did everything they ever told me to. When I was 13, they gave me...
March 16, 2016
How I Would Seduce the Candidates
It took a while before I could relax with a nice daydream about a stupid...
March 16, 2016
5 Harmful Religious Ideas I Had to Unlearn about Sex
My Pentecostal background was not as extreme as Kim Davis’s, but I did grow up...
March 15, 2016
Do This! Don’t Do That! Can’t You Read the Signs?
Call 1-800-FOR-TRUTH. Well, how handy. Don't mind if I do.
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