I'm very pleased that the list of LGBT Christian bloggers now includes 101 blogs. I invite you to share this list and to trumpet it as a ranking of the "Top-Ranked, Most Influential 101 Blogs by LGBT Christians That Everyone Should Be Reading." Read more
That does seem like a rather harsh accusation. But in my defense, there's one good reason I keep accusing the leaders of the pro-life movement of really wanting to punish women who have sex: The leaders of the pro-life movement keep saying that they really want to punish women who have sex. Read more
... Bartender figures what does a gorilla know? So he gives him the beer, but only gives him $1 in change. It's a slow night, though, so the bartender figures he should make some conversation. "We don't get many gorillas in here," he says. ... Read more
The burden, regret, reluctance and remorse all seem to be on one side of the ledger. The joy, relief and spiritual renewal all seem to be on the other side. I think that tells us something. I think maybe that tells us everything. Read more
This is not a question of liberal vs. conservative politics, but of the same conviction that Orwell expressed, that we Christians are at our best when we adhere to a "quasi-instinctive siding with the oppressed against the oppressors … on the side of the underdog, always and everywhere." But for both Brown and Orwell this praise comes with a warning: "Whenever he departs from this … he goes astray." Read more
Guns. Guns, guns, guns, guns, guns. Guns accidentally fired with frightening results. Guns accidentally fired with tragic results. Guns waved to threaten wives and Walmart workers. Guns everywhere, just too damn many guns. Read more
What would happen if one of these tough-talking statutory rapist prosecutors decided it was time to "get tough" on underage drinking. It's no use threatening these teenage tipplers with juvenile detention, he would say, that's too "soft." We need to "get serious" and try them as adults. But of course trying them as adults, in that case, would mean they were no longer guilty of underage drinking. Read more
Suzannah Paul on being one of Those People earning an unrespectable less-than-liveable wage; a rabbi and a reverend speak up for clergy who support family planning; Christa Brown looks at a Southern Baptist megachurch and shows that covering up sex-abuse ain't just a Catholic thing; Marianne Møllmann marvels that opposing violence against women is now "controversial;" and Gordon Atkinson shares a personal testimony in spite of himself. Read more
Marriage equality does not affect Southern Baptists at all. It does not require them to start doing something they have not been doing or to stop doing anything they have been doing. It does not compel or prohibit them in any way. It does not require their obedience and thus it is not subject to their disobedience -- civil or otherwise. Read more
Civil disobedience can be a powerful tool for challenging unjust laws. It can be, and sometimes has been, the moral obligation of citizens committed to justice for all. But not every injustice lends itself to being addressed by civil disobedience. And even more importantly, civil disobedience cannot be made to work in defense of injustice. Read more
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