Fresh Website, Stale Theology

For years, I’ve had a common retort to those who oppose gay marriage on biblical grounds: Do you make women wear head coverings in church? That’s because prohibitions of homosexuality and head coverings have about the same amount of biblical attestation. When I ask that question, my interlocutors most often pivot to arguments from natural law. That’s because no one — NO ONE — is really a biblical literalist. We all live on the slippery, relativistic slope of biblical interpretation.

Well, now there’s a slick new website that claims there’s a “movement” to bring back head coverings in worship. Oh, I should mention, it’s head coverings for women only — they don’t seem to be interested in the Torah commandment that men cover their heads while at prayer.

As is often the case in such things, you can’t find out much about the “movement” on its website. You can find a link to the “movement’s” founder (and possibly its sole member), Jeremy Gardiner. He writes about himself,

I’m an entrepreneur who was born to work in front of a computer. I’m the founder of Gospel eBooks & The Head Covering Movement. I also do security for Republic of Doyle (TV Show).

I’m part of the hip-hop culture and love rap music. I’m a hockey fan who cheers for the Edmonton Oilers. I love technology.

And, it seems, he loves to subordinate his women.

Anyway, I’m not saying that Jeremy is a bad guy. He seems to be a pretty good web designer. But his theology stinks.