William Lindsey

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• John Shore on "God Said It, I Believe It, That Settles It Argument": What Jesus...

  

  John Shore suggests that Christians who say they intend to take the bible literally when it addresses the topic of homosexuality (as they believe it does) shoul... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Getting Better Under Francis? Al Jazeera Tells Story of Firing of Mark Zmuda by...

  In what I just posted about the story of Matthew Barrett and Fontbonne Academy in Boston, I linked to a story by Sheila McIvar about Mark Zmuda and Eastside... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• It's Getting Better Under Francis? Two New Stories of Raw Anti-Gay Discriminatio...

  

  It happened in Ohio this month, when a band and choir director at a Catholic school was fired just hours after telling the school’s presidents of his plans to... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Disqus Display Problem

  Several readers have written to tell me Disqus comments are not showing up on this blog today.When I go to the Disqus help thread at Twitter, I see that the... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Political Scientist Professor Tobin Grant Finds Religiosity in the U.S. in "The...

  

  Political scientist Tobin Grant notes that religiosity in the United States is in the midst of "The Great Decline," a decline significantly exceeding previous... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Rev. Gay Clark Jennings on Churches' Role In, and Against, Homophobia in Africa

  

  Rev. Gay Clark JenningsRev. Gay Clark Jennings, president of the Episcopal Church’s lay and clergy House of Deputies, on the role of Western Christians in... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Provocative One-Liners from This Week's News: Pete, SOTU, Women and Their...

  

  One-liners (loosely speaking, in two cases) about what's in the news now: Pete Seeger, reactions to the U.S. State of the Union Address, women and their place,... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• John Corvino, What's Wrong with Homosexuality?: "A Risky Lifestyle" (3)

  

  Another eye-catching statement from John Corvino's book What's Wrong with Homosexuality? (Oxford: Oxford UP, 2013)--again, from his chapter entitled "A Risky... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• In the News: Little Sisters of Poor and Affordable Care Act, German Catholics...

  

  A mid-week selection of articles about themes Catholic that have caught my eye in the past few days:1. As the Supreme Court continues the injunction permitting... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Remembering Pete Seeger and Celebrating His Legacy: A Selection of Eulogies

  

  As a service to readers interested in reading eulogies of Pete Seeger in addition to the ones to which I linked yesterday by Peter Scheer and John Nichols,... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• John Corvino, What's Wrong with Homosexuality?: "A Risky Lifestyle" (2)

  

  Another excerpt from John Corvino's book What's Wrong with Homosexuality? (Oxford: Oxford UP, 2013)--as with yesterday's quotation about the use of Paul... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Some Comments About Comments Here (with Apologies to Those Whose Comments Have...

  

  A little while ago, I discovered comments several of you have made here in the past few days, which had been shunted into the "pending" folder in the Disqus... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Droppings from the Catholic Birdcage: "We Are Called to Bless Any Kind of Love....

  

  This is one of the good droppings, as opposed to the malodorous ones that help fertilize gardens--this is cloistered Dominican nun Sister Lucia Caram, who had... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Remembering Pete Seeger: "The Music of the Harp Which Trembles Round the World"

  For Truthdig, Peter Scheer eulogizes Pete Seeger, who died yesterday:Pete Seeger wasn’t one of those legendary performers who made the world a better place... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2014 CELEB, ENTERTAINMENT, LGBTQ, MUSIC, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• On Talking Girl with a Guy in My Head: Questions from a Ewe Gives Pope Francis...

  

  The incisive and funny blogger who maintains the Questions from a Ewe blog notes that Pope Francis may be visiting the U.S. next year. Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• John Corvino, What's Wrong with Homosexuality?: "A Risky Lifestyle"

  

  Another nugget from John Corvino's book What's Wrong with Homosexuality? (Oxford: Oxford UP, 2013) that stands out for me in the chapter discussing proposals... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Polish Catholic Bishops Suddenly Discover Threat of "Gender Ideology": Slawomir...

  

  Slawomir Sierakowski wonders why, when the Catholic church in Poland hasn't been preoccupied with questions about "gender ideology," it has suddenly discovered... Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• John Corvino, What's Wrong with Homosexuality?: "God Said It, I Believe It,...

  

  Last July, I mentioned that I had gotten a copy of John Corvino's book What’s Wrong with Homosexuality? (Oxford: Oxford UP, 2013), and would perhaps share some... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Joyce Maynard on Relationship with J.D. Salinger: Carryovers for Discussion of...

  Novelist Joyce Maynard, who says that J.D. Salinger sought her out for an intimate relationship when she was "a very young 18-year-old," reiterates (in differen... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Quote for Day: "Freedom to Discriminate Against Gay People in Hiring is the...

  

  An important reminder from Patricia Miller about one primary reason we're seeing that "wave of firings and forced resignations of gay men and lesbians" at... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY