William Lindsey

LATEST ARTICLES ( 3425 )

• Recommended Commentary: White Evangelicals, U.S. Culture of Violence,...

  

  All of this rhetoric about white evangelical Protestantism “losing its way” makes me wonder what you think white evangelical Protestants did during the civil... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Catholic-LGBTQ Dialogue: "Catholic Theology Today Has Much Listening to Do" — Bu...

  

  [T]heologians need to pay attention to what is going on in queer Catholic communities. They need to listen closely and respect the long histories of struggle... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• March Arrives, I Visit the Dentist, and May Be Out of Commission on This Blog fo...

  

  The calendar clicks to March, and I am looking down the road to some dental surgery this coming week. I've had a long wait for it after I lost a crown on a... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Michael Iafrate on Religion Writing in Time of Trump: Limits of Both-Sidesism (&...

  

  When I wrote earlier today about the hounding of yet another LGBTQ employee of a Catholic institution out of a job — this time, it was Kristen Nelson of West... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Yet Another Queer Catholic Teacher Hounded Out of Job: Why This Situation Will...

  Meanwhile, it will be interesting to see how the Archdiocese deals with this: “Catholic priest in Indy charged with kidnapping, confinement and domestic... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• As Neo-Nazis Celebrate Murder of Gay Jewish College Student, Where Are the...

  Members of the neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen Division have been linked to five murders—most recently the stabbing death of a gay Jewish college student in January.... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Assessing Billy Graham's Legacy: "Wrong Side of History," "Toxic Brand of...

  So members of the public can pay their respects, the late Rev. Billy Graham will lie in honor in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda from Feb. 28 to March 1. For more... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Yesterday, Yes Means No Re: Blessing Gay Couples; Today, Diametrically Opposed...

  

  Why is it that, when issues such as whether same-sex couples can be blessed by Catholic officials or how child abuse by clerics is handled by church officials... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Cardinal Marx and Blessing Same-Sex Couples: Yes Means No, of Course — And You...

  

  Well, it seems we are now unambiguously back to, My God, no! We can't bless same-sex couples. And, No, I didn't say yes. Even when you heard yes . . . .And you... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Assessing Billy Graham's Legacy: "After the Bombing That Murdered the Four...

  

  I abide by the old dictum not to speak ill of the dead. I do not think it means, however, that we ought to lie about the dead and their legacy. Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• The Bridge-Building Metaphor, the LGBTQ Community, and the Catholic Church: You...

  As a metaphor, the image of building bridges from the LGBTQ community to the Catholic church and vice versa does not work for me. Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• I Learn to Read and Am Given a Bible-Story Book: A Southern Baptist Boy in...

  

  I am six years old. I have just learned to read. It is 1956. Television has come on the scene. But we read, tell each other stories, rather than watch it. T.v.... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Chauncey DeVega on "Oppressed" White Males as Shock Troops of Alt-Right and GOP...

  Here's Chauncey DeVega writing one day before 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz took an assault rifle to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, and... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• SPLC on How Alt-Right Is Killing People: "Young, White, Middle Class,...

  

  Southern Poverty Law Center published this valuable essay by Keegan Hankes and Alex Amend entitled "The Alt-Right Is Killing People" on 5 February. Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• "Let’s Rename ‘School’ as ‘Uterus’ So Maybe Republican Lawmakers Will Want to...

  

  Let’s rename ‘school’ as ‘uterus’ so maybe Republican lawmakers will want to do something about the children dying inside them. Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• #SendBackTheBloodMoney: Politicians Tweet Thoughts and Prayers, Twitter Reminds...

  This morning, @NRA tweeted about getting your loved one a gun this Valentines Day. 3 hours later, we're in the middle of another school shooting. We've had... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Two More Queer Catholics Fired, "Progressive" Evangelicals "Discern" Whether...

  

  Mark Guevarra writes,"In early December 2017, a representative from the Archdiocese of Edmonton called me in for an investigation."And we can stop Mark's painfu... Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Two More Resources Re: Non-LGBTQ-Affirming Policy of Cooperative Baptist...

  When a commitment to a doctrine overshadows the ability to see other people’s humanity, one has conceded their own humanity for ideology. Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Trump White House and Rob Porter Story: "Nothing More Important Than a Powerful...

  

  Huffington Post' U.S. Top Headline, 10 Feb. 2018, 8 A.M.Amanda Terkel, "For Trump, There’s Nothing More Important Than A Powerful Man's Word": Trump's reaction... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Alan McCornick on Cardinal Marx, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship on LGBTQ...

  Trump's Statement on Alleged Abuser #RobPorter: 'Him-He-Him-Him-He-He-He-He-Him-He-He-He-He-He-He-Him-Him-He-He' - https://t.co/4r5XVaIB4s It's been a "tough... Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY