William Lindsey
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I'm a theologian who writes about the interplay of belief and culture, spirituality and its connection to social activism, challenging the religious right's claim to own God, calling the churches to accountability for injustice to LGBT persons, creating dialogue with anyone who wants to build a more humane world, and stopping bullying of LGBT youth in schools.
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Bilgrimage
http://www.bilgrimage.blogspot.com/
Me on pilgrimage, sharing my journey to hope's horizon . . . . I'm a theologian who writes about the interplay of belief and culture, spirituality and its connection to social activism, challenging the religious right's claim to own God, calling the churches to accountability for injustice to LGBT persons, creating dialogue with anyone who wants to build a more humane world, and stopping bullying of LGBT youth in schools.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 3425 )
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"Pansy" As Defined by Merriam-Webster Dictionary
P.S. Here's the definition of "pansy" from the online version of the Merriam-Webster dictionary. See the previous discussion to which this footnote attaches. Read more
Posted on 20 April 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Droppings from the Catholic Birdcage: From Sodomites to Pansies, It's Getting...
What's going on out there, folks? At the start of this month, Wayne Sheridan slings around the term "sodomite" at the Commonweal blog site, and his comment is... Read more
Posted on 20 April 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Discussions That Should Be Placed Side by Side: Abuse Survivors Want Juan...
Two items I've read this morning strike me as a revealing synchronistic fit for one another. The first is Kristine Ward's editorial in today's edition of NSAC... Read more
Posted on 17 April 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Droppings from the Catholic Birdcage: Who Sits High and Who Sits Low (Picture's...
Gerelyn Hollingsworth, responding to Dominic Preziosi's posting yesterday at Commonweal blog about the Vatican announcement that the investigation of American... Read more
Posted on 17 April 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Here's the Ad from Today's San Francisco Chronicle, Asking Pope Francis to Remov...
Here's the ad that appeared in today's San Francisco Chronicle, which I discussed in my first posting today. Thanks to Taku Imagawa for emailing it to me. Read more
Posted on 16 April 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Quick Question for You: Is Anyone Having Disqus Log-In Problems Or Other Disqus...
A quick Disqus-related question for you: Bilgrimage readers occasionally contact me to tell me they have log-in problems with Disqus when they try to leave... Read more
Posted on 16 April 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Reader Writes: "How Do We Know That the Bigotry and Bullying 'in God's Name'...
In a comment this morning responding to my posting yesterday featuring Tom Ehrich's observation that we in the American public square need to have done with... Read more
Posted on 16 April 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Pharmacist in Georgia Refuses to Fill Doctor-Prescribed Medicine to Complete...
Here's a story that illustrates (for me, at least) why I think it's worthwhile to keep ranting about "religious freedom" laws that allow for-profit businesses t... Read more
Posted on 16 April 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
In News: Calls for Removal of Archbishop Cordileone, Vatican Ends Investigation...
Here's a hodgepodge of news stories (and commentary) about Catholic-themed issues previously discussed on this blog:1. Today's San Francisco Chronicle carries... Read more
Posted on 16 April 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Droppings from the Catholic Birdcage: "Picture of Catholic Religious Standing...
Michael McAninch of Westfield, Indiana, writing to Indianapolis Star on 11 April: For several years, the Indiana Catholic Bishops, using a paid lobbyist, have... Read more
Posted on 15 April 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Ten Questions I Might Ask Centrist Religion Journalists Defending Anti-Gay...
With a nod to Mary Oliver and her poem "Some Questions You Might Ask," some questions I'd like to ask the centrist religion commentators who keep finding every... Read more
Posted on 15 April 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Quote for Day: "We Cannot Have One More Election When 'Christian' Becomes a...
Amidst the dross to be found at Religion News Service (dross churned out, in particular, by a goodly number of centrists most of whom, not coincidentally, have... Read more
Posted on 15 April 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
More Notes on the Vatican's Refusal of the Appointment of the Gay French...
As I said several days ago when I last spoke about what's being reported re: the French government's appointment of Laurent Stéfanini as ambassador to the... Read more
Posted on 14 April 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
The "Because Freedom" Argument of (Some) American Catholics Justifying Denial...
So a man logs into my Facebook page to inform me that he and whatever business he wants to operate has every right in the world to choose to whom to sell or den... Read more
Posted on 13 April 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Quote for Day: "Religious Freedom Is Being Recodified to Justify Discrimination"
At Truthout, Stephanie Guilloud points out who (in addition to the U.S. Catholic bishops) is promoting the spate of new "religious freedom" laws in state after... Read more
Posted on 13 April 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
USCCB Statement on "Religious Freedom" Bills: We Want Private Businesses Declare...
The U.S. Catholic bishops are on the defensive about what happened recently in Indiana and Arkansas. Last week, having found themselves very much on the wrong... Read more
Posted on 12 April 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Quote for Day: "Whenever Established Power Brokers Have Felt Threatened in...
In a very powerful essay, William Barber and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, who have been leaders in North Carolina's "Moral Monday" movement, note how sexual... Read more
Posted on 10 April 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Update, Further Commentary, on Recent Firing of Gay Teachers at Two Catholic Hig...
And another brief update to a story I posted yesterday — this one about Matthew Eledge, who was recently fired by Skutt Catholic High School in Omaha after he... Read more
Posted on 10 April 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
The Pope's Decision to Freeze Out the Gay French Ambassadorial Appointment: A...
For those interested in the story of the Vatican's foot-dragging re: approving a French ambassador to the Holy See, about which I wrote yesterday:For The... Read more
Posted on 10 April 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
"Who Am I to Judge?" Continues to Have Little Impact as Two More Gay Employees...
Pope Francis's question, "Who am I to judge?," continues to appear to have no impact at all on how Catholic institutions keep treating their gay employees: as... Read more
Posted on 09 April 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY
