William Lindsey

LATEST ARTICLES ( 3425 )

• Quote for Day: John Pavlovitz on How Sideways We've Gotten When We Care More...

  "This is how sideways it's all gone here: that there are people apparently more concerned about the feelings of the bullies than about the very lives of those... Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Catholic Herald Calls Catholic News Service (and Crux) to Account for...

  To add to the confusion, Catholic News Service has reported that Cardinal Marx explicitly rejected the idea of blessing same-sex unions. This, however, seems... Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Where This Week's Story About Blessing Queer Catholics Ended: A Summary — Bullie...

  

  In case you're bewildered by the chain of events I've documented here after Catholic News Agency issued a report last Sunday regarding statements made by the th... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Now "Let Your Yea Be Yea and Your Nay, Nay" Becomes" the Case of the Disappearin...

  

  As Sarasi points out in a comment here a while ago, Catholic News Agency is now reporting that "a spokesman" of Cardinal Marx has contacted CNA and requested... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Crux: Cardinal Marx Urges Pastoral Care, Not Blessing of Gay Couples; German...

  

  Yesterday, I reported the following to you about how media sources are handling the response of Cardinal Marx, head of the German Catholic Bishops' Conference,... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Two Stories: Snapshot of Who We Have Become in Trump Era — Price-Gouging Diabete...

  A hedge fund manager on Wall Street told me he was pleasantly surprised to see his pay go up $10,000 a week. He said that will more than cover the cost of his... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• The Homophobic Hate Pouring out of Catholic Mouths in Response to Father James...

  The homophobic hate pouring out of Catholic mouths in response to Father James Martin and Cardinal Marx will continue to prance about in public just as long as... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• When Yes Means No: Astonishing Attempt of Catholic Right (and Some Religion...

  

  This posting is, in some ways, a footnote (but it's more than that: read on) to what I posted yesterday about Catholic News Agency and its recent report entitle... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• As #ChurchToo Movement Blossoms, More Light Cast on Abuse and Its Cover-Up in...

  

  There's a plethora of stories about sexual of abuse of minors in church contexts — and the cover-up of such abuse — in the news lately. Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Catholic News Agency Reports That Head of German Catholic Bishops' Conference...

  Germany's Cardinal Marx calls for same-sex union blessing ceremonies in "individual cases."https://t.co/SbRdvDtJtP— Catholic News Agency (@cnalive) February 4,... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Kevin Ahern on the Failure of American Catholic Theologians to Defend Father...

  A Failure in Public Theology: The Non-Defense of James Martin, SJ by @kevin_ahern https://t.co/XX7Z9kmdRr via @wordpressdotcom— Katie Grimes (@KatieMGrimes)... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Frank Bruni's Column on How Father James Martin Is Being Attacked Reads Like...

  

  Pat Bagley on TwitterAs I said earlier today in the RNS discussion thread following Jacob Lupfer's account of Father James Martin's recent lecture at Georgetown... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• For Religion News Service, Jacob Lupfer Reports on Georgetown Lecture by Father...

  

  Most of you readers are no doubt smarter learners than I am. So you will have figured this out long before I did: it's an absolute waste of time to wade into th... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• "Excluding Women from the Gospel — in Jesus' Name": Twitter Hosts a Necessary...

  #T4G18 Excluding women from the Gospel - in Jesus’ name. pic.twitter.com/GIX8doKrPl— Kate WallaceNunneley (@KateWallace1313) February 1, 2018A set of tweets... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• In the News: "In Many Ways, Donald Trump Is 'White Jesus'" — And "Remarkable...

  I say anti-Semitic things, and then Jews criticize me. What is this conspiracy??? Anyway here’s a list of Jews pic.twitter.com/nOcZ8XoWpR— Adam Serwer 🍝... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Frank Schaeffer on Why White Evangelicals Love Trump: "The Context Is American...

  

  This is the kind of testimony that white Catholics who claim to be motivated solely by opposition to abortion as they cast their votes do not want to hear. I... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• It's Never About Racism: White Catholic Voters, Abortion, and How the Religious...

  

  In 1958, Jerry Falwell wrote the following:“When God has drawn a line of distinction, we should not attempt to cross that line,” and said that integration of... Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• David Martin, "#MeToo in the Pew Next to You," with Preface by Cameron Altaras

  

  It's my privilege today to be able to offer you a valuable statement by Rev. David Martin, Executive Minister of the Mennonite Church of Eastern Canada, entitle... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• John Pavlovitz, "White Evangelicals, This is Why People Are Through With You"

  

  Ed Mazza, "Former RNC Chair Michael Steele: Trump’s Evangelical Backers Need To 'Shut The Hell Up'"John Pavlovitz, who pastors North Raleigh Community Church... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Judge Sentences Pedophile, Straight Men Go Ballistic: Just. Stop. Now

  Why Didn’t Judge Use A Nicer Tone When Sentencing That Man Who Was Just Convicted Of Molesting More Than 140 Children, Concerned Internet Gentleman Wants To... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY