William Lindsey

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• The Guardian on Abuse in Church of England in Peter Ball Case: "A Reputation...

  

  Not to be missed: the Guardian editorial yesterday on the cover-up in the Church of England of Bishop Peter Ball's abuse of minors, including Neil Todd, who... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2017 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Flying the Not So Friendly Skies: A Report on One Same-Sex Couple's Experience...

  

  The following is a report about how businesses — in this case, an airline — now routinely treat their paying customers in the U.S., and get away with it. Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2017 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• More on Father James Martin's Bridge-Building Metaphor: If Derision Is a Societa...

  

  As the current discussion of the staging of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar in Central Park in New York reminds us, mockery can be a powerful artistic and... Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2017 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• What Twitter Is Saying About the GOP Wealthcare Bill: "Broad Tax Cut to the...

  What folks are saying on Twitter about the wealthcare bill the Republicans have finally released after weeks of secrecy as they seek to ram it through the... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2017 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Father James Martin's Bridge-Building Metaphor and Call to Mutual Respect Betwee...

  

  I have not read Father James Martin's new book Building a Bridge, which calls on the pastoral leaders of the Catholic church to collaborate with the LGBTQ... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2017 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• A Twitter Thread in Response to Franklin Foer on What's Wrong with the Democrats

  No mention at all of the significant role played by gerrymandering and voter suppression to lock in GOP control, as a minority. 1) https://t. Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2017 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• "Catholics, Take Responsibility for Hate": Twitter Discusses Terrorist Attack...

  Cardinal Nichols please condemn islamophobic comments we see from catholic extremists on Twitter Catholics take responsibility for hate— maureen clarke,... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2017 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Sunday Morning Soul-Enriching Resources: Ex-Evangelicals, Catholic Sexual Abuse...

  

  Some Sunday morning soul-enriching resources I'd like to share, dealing with disparate topics:At his Not Your Mission Field blog, Chris Stroop offers a list of... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2017 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• "Condemning White Supremacy and the Alt-Rght Movement Shouldn't Be Hard. But...

  

  Things I've read and shared on social media in the past few days, about the kerfuffle that ensued at last week's meeting of the largest Protestant denomination... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2017 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Remembering the Pulse Massacre: "Less Talking About LGBT Catholics; More...

  LGBT Catholics the church need a "bridge" only bc the church first deported exiled them. https://t.co/DQKK7Rqr0v— Katie Grimes (@KatieMGrimes) June 15,... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2017 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Remembering the Pulse Massacre: Or Why I'm Still Not Feeling the Love from...

  IVANKA TRUMP: There's a level of viciousness in Washington I did not expect. pic.twitter.com/7kRsGAtisn— Mikel Jollett (@Mikel_Jollett) June 12, 2017From the da... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2017 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• My Statement in Support of Religious Liberty and Judge Wendell Griffen at Today'...

  

  I was asked (along with a number of other guests) to make a brief statement at the religious liberty rally held in Little Rock today on the steps of the state... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2017 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Chris Morley on UK Election Results and What They Mean: On-the-Ground Report fro...

  Guardian front page, 10.30pm edition: Exit poll shock for May pic.twitter.com/SN6Q5utBYD— The Guardian (@guardian) June 8, 2017And since we're talking politics... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2017 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Brittmarie Janson Perez, What Was the Founding Fathers' True Legacy?

  One of these two men is lying.I wonder if it's the guy who served 3 presidents from 2 parties or the one who said Obama is from Kenya? pic.twitter. Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2017 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• In Pride Month, Lots of (Empty) Talk About Catholic-LGBTQ Bridge Building: Why...

  

  During Pride month, there's a lot of talk circulating about bridge-building — between the Catholic church and the LGBTQ community. I'm not feeling the talk, to... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2017 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Pride Month: Remembering Ellen Degeneres' Coming Out on National T.V. Twenty...

  

  Pride month is a good time to point you to the commemoration Ellen Degeneres did on 28 April of her historic coming-out episode twenty years ago. Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2017 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Correction to Last Posting: Religious Freedom Rally in Little Rock is 9 June —...

  Yikes! Mary Jo O'Grady sent me a message to tell me that I had typed 9 July in yesterday's posting, as the date of the upcoming rally in Little Rock in support... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2017 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• We're for Religious Liberty: Rally to Be Held June 9 in Little Rock in Support o...

  

  I think most readers of this blog are not in Arkansas or nearby states. But on the off chance that there are readers of Bilgrimage in my local area about whom... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2017 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Division of American Left Yields Trump: The Case of Bill Maher and Response of...

  It's clear to me following the last federal election in the U.S. that the American left is divided in a way that powerfully contributes to the dysfunction that... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2017 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• In the News: Trump Decision to Exit Paris Accord "One of the Most Ignorant and...

  

  Elizabeth Johnson says it best #ParisAgreement pic.twitter.com/9yF7HGNHYN— NETWORK (@NETWORKLobby) June 1, 2017David Roberts: To put it as bluntly as possible:... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2017 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY