William Lindsey

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• A Footnote to My Previous Posting About Theologians' Statement on Marriage and...

  

  A quick footnote to my previous posting: when I read the statement on marriage and family published by Catholic theologians at John Wijngaards's website... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Quote for Day: Church "Has Still Done Very Little to Foster the Acceptance of...

  

  Though the church has made some progress in accepting the fact that not all persons find themselves called to a life-long, heterosexual union, it has still... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Recent Surveys on British Catholic Beliefs: "Discrimination Is Always Unjust...

  

  For The Tablet, Linda Woodhead, a professor of the sociology of religion at Lancaster University, reports on the findings of three recent well-conducted researc... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• On Yesterday's Paprocki Show: A Selection of Commentary

  The main question about the exorcism rite being used to combat gay marriage is whether the same measures were taken to combat clergy abuse. Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• The Paprocki Show (and Gov. Quinn's Signing of Marriage Equality into Law in...

  

  "The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice," Martin Luther King.Dave McKinney has tweeted a photo of the inside cover of the program... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Recent Research Findings: Gays Are Higher Percentage of Population (and...

  

  This recent report by Cass Sunstein for Bloomberg is one I've been intending to recommend to readers. Sunstein reports on a recent study done by researchers at... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• "I Will Never Be Silent Again": Pastor Frank Schaefer to United Methodist...

  

  Rev. Frank Schaefer"I will never be silent again," United Methodist pastor Frank Schaefer told the church court that tried him for officiating at the wedding... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• More Head Scratchers About Gay Marriage from Catholic Right: "God Rejoices in...

  

  In a previous posting today, I asked how right-wing Catholics justify exorcism ceremonies aimed at those who are gay on the ground that homosexual acts are... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Neil Steinberg to Catholic Leaders: Who Did You Say Needs Exorcism?

  

  Neil SteinbergWriting for Chicago Sun-Times today, columnist Neil Steinberg thinks that if the Mormon God could change his mind about black folks, surely... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• In Defense of Paprocki's Exorcism Show: A Consideration of the Argument That...

  

  This horse is dead, but I might as well beat it one more time: at the Commonweal blog discussion of the Paprocki exorcism show, Deacon Jim Pauwels sums up his... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• In the News: Cheneys, Zimmerman Again, UMC Censure of Pastor, Women's Special...

  

  Don't you love Thanksgiving? The holiday when we celebrate good, all-American families and good, all-American family values? But then there's this:Liz Hackett... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Droppings from the Catholic Birdcage: Our Lord Jesus Christ Uses St. Catherine o...

  

  In the National Catholic Reporter thread discussing Robert McClory's article about Bishop Paprocki's upcoming public exorcism ceremony, a reader called chrisinv... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Alan McCornick on Paprocki Show: Break Out the Popcorn

  

  Dear Readers,Don't miss Alan McCornick's wise (and funny and so well-written) take on the impending Paprocki show, at Alan's Hepzibah blog. Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Doris Lessing Dead At 94

  

  Just now learning that Doris Lessing died in London this morning. Her Golden Notebook and Canopus in Argos series made a significant impression on me when I rea... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• More on the Paprocki Exorcism Stunt: Commonweal Readers Respond to Dean Jim...

  

  Kudos to John Prior for his cogent, right-to-the-point response to the commentary of Deacon Jim Pauwels at Commonweal about Bishop Paprocki's exorcism stunt. Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Alec Baldwin Story and Parallels to Catholic Blog Conversations About the Gays: ...

  

  A footnote to what I posted earlier today mentioning Deacon Jim Pauwels's defense of Paprocki's exorcism idea at the Commonweal blog site: Pauwels has now poste... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• The Alec Baldwin Debacle, and Parallels to Catholic Blog Conversations About...

  

  Various news sites (see, e.g., Jack Mirkinson at Huffington Post) are reporting today that Alec Baldwin has been suspended for 2 weeks from MSNBC for a recent... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Readers Respond to Paprocki and His Exorcism: Nobody Ever Holds a CEO Down and...

  

  There is so much that is so valuable in the outstanding reflections many of you have posted here about Bishop Paprocki and his intended exorcism. Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Paprocki, Teh Gayz and the Devil: He's At It Again

  

  As Kathy Hughes points out in a comment responding to my posting earlier today with links about religious news from the past week, Bishop Thomas Paprocki of... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Leaves Fall, and I Recall Thoreau's Meditation on the Etymology of the Word...

  

  Thoreau says (somewhere) in Walden,"No wonder that earth expresses itself outwardly with leaves, it so labors with the idea inwardly. Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY