William Lindsey

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• Responding to a Reader: Buckeye Trees and Little Gospels

  

  Last month, when I posted a poem here about a walk in the park which focused on the new spring growth then jumping up all over the place in our area, a reader... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Footnote to Nicholas Coppola Story: Bishop Murphy Responds to Petition to...

  

  A footnote to the story of Nicholas Coppola, the gay man who was removed (and see also here) from all ministries in his Catholic parish in Oceanside, New York,... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Notes from a Funeral: My Uncle Is Buried, I Think About Women

  

  My uncle was buried on Wednesday. I spent the funeral thinking of women. Perhaps I should explain.It all started with the statement, "Because I have a lesbian... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Commonweal Chews Over Carla Hale Story: Yes, the Gays Are Totally Welcome in...

  

  So, yes, I'm more than a little agitated right now. The agitation has to do not precisely with my uncle's funeral, about which I may have a few words to say in ... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY

• John Lichfield: Eyewitness Account of Paris Anti-Gay Riot, Hard-Right Activists...

  

  John Lichfield's eyewitness account of one of the demonstrations against gay marriage in Paris after the marriage equality bill passed is one of the best I've... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY

• To Gay Youth Amidst Anti-Gay Demonstrations in France: You Are at Home in Our...

  

  Words of concern (and inclusion and welcome) to gay young people in France, as marriage equality is enacted in that nation:Tonight, we would especially like to... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Footnote on Violence in France: NOM Condemns Violence on "Either Side," Frigide...

  

  A quick footnote to what I posted earlier today about the violent protests that continued in France yesterday following the passage of the marriage equality bil... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY

• John Aravosis on Marriage Equality Protests in France

  

  At Americablog Gay, John Aravosis has two good pieces today (here and here) on the ongoing violence roiling France with the debate about marriage equality. As h... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Al Jazeera on Marriage Equality Vote in France

  

  Al Jazeera has an article this morning on the passage of the marriage equality bill in France. In the video accompanying the story (if you click the link, it... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Marriage Equality Passes in France, Online Furor as Someone Tweets,...

  

  A quick footnote to what I published earlier today about Frigide Barjot and Gilbert Collard: as the indefatigable news-reader Chris Morley tells readers here... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Marriage Equality Battle in France: Catholicism Embracing Hard Right

  

  Pictures tell stories. I wonder what story this picture is telling. The photo (which is by Agence France-Presse) shows Frigide Barjot, leader of the... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Whores and Tax Collectors and a Table Open to All: Adam Gopnik on Jesus's...

  

  I just finished Adam Gopnik's book The Table Comes First (NY: Vintage Books, 2011), and found this observation in the final pages of the book insightful:It isn'... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Teresa Forcades's Challenge to Austerity Regimes Receives Notice

  

  And speaking of smart Catholic women saying smart things that old boys' clubs both inside and outside the Catholic church would be well advised to hear: I'm... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY

• National Catholic Reporter on LCWR and Vatican: The Continued Life of the...

  

  In its latest editorial, National Catholic Reporter addresses the situation of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious and the Vatican. Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Andrew O'Hehir and America's Post 9/11 Deal with the Devil

  

  I think Andrew O'Hehir has it exactly right:In America after 9/11, we made a deal with the devil, or with Dick Cheney, which is much the same thing. Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Bishop Gumbleton on the Gospel Message: "This Is a Community Where Everybody Is...

  

  For those seeking spiritual sustenance at a time when it's sometimes difficult to cling to churches because so much that emanates from the pastoral leaders and... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Dannika Nash Asks Churches Not to Drive Young Gay-Affirming Christians Away,...

  

  Several days ago, I blogged about a young churchgoer in South Dakota, Dannika Nash, who had written an open letter to the churches to stop driving young church... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Carla Hale, Catholic Teacher in Columbus, Ohio, Fired for Mentioning Partner in...

  

  Meanwhile, here's a taste of what's happening in some sectors of American Catholicism, as some French Catholic leaders predict violence against gay folks (and,... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY

• France: Violent Anti-Gay Protests, Fascist Thugs Echo Slogan of Cardinal...

  

  Three days ago, the cardinal-archbishop of Paris, who is the outgoing head of the French bishops' conference, told his brother bishops that the French governmen... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY

• New Zealand MP Maurice Williamson on the "Gay Onslaught" We Can Expect When...

  After I posted the YouTube clip yesterday of the New Zealand parliament breaking into song as a marriage equality bill was approved, a number of kind readers... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY