William Lindsey

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• A Reader Writes: Trump's "Casual / Misogynistic Abuse of Women" Fully Evident...

  

  Rachel Fitzgerald's contribution to our discussion of Donald Trump's boasting about sexual assault of women is just too good not to share: she speaks of her... Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• "The Donald Took Evangelicals to a Very High, Huge, Really, Just the Best Vantag...

  Evangelical crypt keeper Pat Robertson excuses the misogynistic talk in Trump tapes as "macho" https://t.co/u1jIiDChpQ— Jonathan Merritt (@JonathanMerritt)... Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Readers Write: "It's Not About His 'Lewd' "anguage. It's About His Sexually...

  I wish I lived in a country where sexually assaulting women and bragging about it on tape would disqualify you from the presidency. Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• At the Heart of The "Odd Bedfellow of Trump and Christian America Is the Fear...

  

  Mark Silk at Religion News Service Paul Brandeis Raushenbush writing last evening in Huffington Post:The one religious demographic group that voted against Obam... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Twitter Responds to Trump's Lewd, Gross, Sexist Remarks: " 'I Think What Animate...

  This recording of Trump should force him to withdraw his name from the race. He is simply not fit to lead. https://t.co/RjCLwWfk8L— deray mckesson (@deray)... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Pope Francis' Recent Remarks on Gender Theory and Pastoral Accompaniment of Gay...

  

  In a nutshell, in case this was not clear when you read my posting yesterday about Pope Francis' recent remarks regarding "gender theory" and the need for gay... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• A Reader Writes: "Oh, But It Isn't Rome Burning, It's Everywhere Else" — And I...

  

  In response to my posting yesterday about Pope Francis' recent remarks about "gender theory" and the need of Catholic clergy to "accompany" gay (as in LGBTQ)... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Quote for Day: When Religious Freedom Is Used As a Weapon to Infringe on Civil...

  

  Sunnivie Brydum asks whether it's fair to put irony-signaling quotation marks around the terms "religious freedom" and "religious liberty," when we're talking... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• My Reflections on Pope Francis' Recent Remarks About Gender Theory: There's the...

  

  I have tried to formulate some reflections on Pope Francis' recent statements about gender issues. Since I have been silent a number of days, you'd be right to... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Droppings from the Catholic Birdcage: "Trump Leads Clinton by 13 Points Among...

  

  Catholic for Choice has just released the results of a new national poll (pdf file) conducted for that group by Beldon Russonello Strategists. Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• It's October Now, and Facebook (for Some of Us) Enters the "I Believe in Jesus,...

  

  Like clockwork, the calendar turns to October and in election season, we enter the "I believe in Jesus, how about you?" stage of the presidential campaign. Well... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• What's Church For?: A Catholic, An Evangelical, and a New Atheist Perspective...

  

  It's interesting to see today, as I scan news commentary sites, a number of articles all commenting on the decisive exodus of younger people from churches in th... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Question, "What Is Church For?," Emerges Again with New Polling Data About Who...

  

  Johann Baptist Metz, "Communicating a Dangerous Memory"For your consideration:1. Pew Research Center has just relesed the results of a new poll about where... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• A Reader Writes: "First, Let Us Assume a Spherical Cow": How Christian...

  

  Nicole Chase responds brilliantly to my discussion yesterday of the bizarre proposal that people (disembodied ones, it seems) leave religious groups simply... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Patricia Miller on Catholics Driving Exodus of "Nones," Kaya Oakes on How "Nones...

  

  Two more helpful pieces of commentary on the recently published PRRI report about why Americans (and especially younger ones) are leaving religion behind —... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Readers Write: If 60% of "Nones" Say They've Just Stopped Believing, We Can...

  

  Yesterday, I noted that, in a recent posting at the Commonweal blog, Michael Peppard points to the finding of a just-published PRRI survey that some 40% of... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Trouble with Logging In to Disqus and Commenting? Some Pointers

  

  I've posted about this issue in the past, but since I have heard from a number of people lately who are having problems accessing their Disqus account and... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• "Those . . . Raised Catholic Are More Likely Than Those Raised in Any Other...

  

  In case you missed this in my posting about this topic yesterday, I want to lift this quotation out of the just-published PRRI report about why Americans (in... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Wijngaards Declaration: Catholic Scholars Respond to Humanae Vitae on Use of...

  

  As the fiftieth anniversary of the Catholic encyclical Humanae Vitae, which reiterated the Catholic magisterium's ban on the use of artificial contraception,... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Data on Why Younger Catholics Are Leaving Church Grow Stronger: Some 40% Report...

  

  Screenshot from PRRI report on why Americans are leaving religion behind, Sept. 2016Michael Peppard writes: Let that sink in. Almost 40% of Catholics interviewe... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY