William Lindsey

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• #FrancisUSA: Some Noteworthy Tweets As Francis Brouhaha Gets Underway in D.C.

  Pope Francis: "Climate change is a problem [that] can no longer be left to a future generation."— NPR Politics (@nprpolitics) September 23, 2015From my Twitter... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Kim Davis and Theology of "I Cannot Be Washed Unless I Define You As Unclean"

  

  As David Badash asks after listening to Kim Davis complain on ABC's "Nightline" yesterday evening that she is the real victim, as she denies constitutionally... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Why I Keep Asking Where Francis Effect Is for Marginalized Catholics:...

  

  When I keep asking where the Francis effect is for various groups of marginalized Catholics (like the black Catholics about whom Anthea Butler writes with... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• As Pope Francis Arrives in U.S., Centrist Catholic Media Continue to Harp on...

  

  As Pope Francis arrives in the U.S. to a church very bitterly divided on ideological and political grounds, the centrist Catholic publications are still... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Book Notes: Joelle Casteix's The Well-Armored Child: A Parent's Guide to...

  

  I have a book to recommend to you — particularly those of you raising children, or with friends and relatives raising children. Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• As Pope Arrives: "Until Francis Gets the House in Order on the Matter of Sexual...

  

  Two simple (but are they simple?) reminders this morning about the abuse situation in the Catholic church, and the imperative need of Catholic pastoral leaders... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Why Does Kim Davis Keep at It? The Resilience of the Anti-Gay Stance in...

  

  So why does Kim Davis keep at it? Why do she and her followers persist, though they have, to all intents and purposes, lost a culture-war battle that ended... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• New York Catholic Pastor Reports Meeting with Pope Francis, in Which Pope Says,...

  Kira Brekke reports at Huffington Post today on a report provided by Father Gil Martinez, pastor at the Church of St. Paul the Apostle in New York City, to... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• The Francis Effect: Putting Rhetoric Together with Reality on Eve of Pope's Visi...

  

  For parts one and two of this series, see here and here.The Francis effect? Anecdote #1: in a National Catholic Reporter article published yesterday, Joshua... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• The Francis Effect: Putting Rhetoric Together with Reality on Eve of Pope's Visi...

  

  Note: this article is part two of a two-part series. The first part of this article is here.The Francis effect? Anecdote #1: Mark Joseph Stern comments today... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• The Francis Effect: Putting Rhetoric Together with Reality on Eve of Pope's Visi...

  

  On the eve of Pope Francis's visit to the U.S., I've been collecting information that, to my way of thinking, provides something of a snapshot of the Catholic... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Poll Indicates Faux "Religious Liberty" Stunt of Reverend Huckabee and Mat Stave...

  

  Several days ago, I predicted that the phony "religious freedom" drama Reverend Mike Huckabee and Mat Staver of Liberty Counsel have been staging with Kim... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Rolando Rodriguez on Trump's Appeal to White Male Fantasy: "The Image of Our...

  

  A week ago, I posted some comments about David Rosen's recent Salon article which argues that Donald Trump is appealing to a group of U.S. Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Droppings from the Catholic Birdcage: World Meeting of Families "Greasing the...

  

  EyeTee responds to David Gibson's report at National Catholic Reporter about the choice of the organizers of the upcoming World Meeting of Families to make Ron... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Blog Readers and Teachable Moments for the Catholic Community: "This Diversity I...

  

  In her comments at the recent Commonweal panel discussion of the topic "Fortress or Field Hospital?" that I discussed yesterday, moral theologian (and Sister... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Nuns on the Bus Come to Little Rock: Practicing Holy Curiosity and Sacred...

  

  Steve and I spent last evening at the town hall meeting hosted by the Nuns on the Bus, as they arrived in Little Rock yesterday after having hosted a meeting... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Man Who Torched Church's Rainbow Welcome Bench Turns Himself In, Has Ties to...

  

  Some of you will no doubt have read about the torching of a rainbow-colored bench outside a Presbyterian church in Ogdensburg, New York, last week. Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Michael Arceneaux on Why He Won't Return to Church, Even with Francis: "If You’r...

  

  In The Guardian today, Michael Arceneaux, a black, gay man who has left the Catholic church, explains why Pope Francis hasn't convinced him to return:A recent... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Refugee Crisis: Valuable Commentary from Recent Articles

  

  As Lauren McCauley reports this morning at Common Dreams, tens of thousands of people rallied yesterday in London and across Europe in support of refugees... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Commonweal's "Fortress Or Field Hospital?" Discussion: Margaret Farley on Natura...

  

  Yesterday, Commonweal sponsored a panel discussion of the topic "Fortress or Field Hospital?" Commonweal editor Mollie Wilson O'Reilly moderated the disucssion. Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY