William Lindsey

LATEST ARTICLES ( 3425 )

• Remembering Bloody Sunday: "Those Small Acts That Are Actually Gargantuan Acts o...

  As Amy Goodman notes in this moving interview with Congressman John Lewis, history is made by seemingly ordinary folks engaging in small acts of courage that ar... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• To My Fellow Catholics Hiding Behind Pseudonyms While Using Catholic Blog Sites...

  

  As this long week of Lent ends, I want to issue a note of thanks to my fellow Catholics like Dennis Herrera who stand in solidarity with their gay brothers and... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• I'm Here: Grateful for Your Concern and Comments

  

  I'm very grateful to those who have been asking where I am (in a comment thread at my last posting). I appreciate your concern, and apologize for having... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Sam Albano on the Pastoral Emergency in American Catholicism Caused by Abuse of...

  

  Sam Albano co-founded a youth ministry in his Catholic parish in Carmel, Indiana. Until August 2014, he served on the parish council. Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• And Now West Virginia: Another State Considering Copycat Legislation Modeled...

  

  As I noted two days ago, immediately after Arkansas enacted its new "pro-business" right-to-discriminate (against gays) legislation, a Texas legislator filed a... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Quote for Day: "Boundary Maintenance Is Very Important to White Evangelicals"

  

  How do white evangelicals, as a small minority group, exert such outsized control on American politics at a national level (I'm piggybacking on my previous... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• PRRI Releases American Values Atlas: Outsized Control Exerted by White...

  

  Today, the Public Religion Research Institute is releasing a new American Values Atlas. As Cathy Lynn Grossman reports for Religion News Service, The new editio... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Plano, Texas, Continues to Protect LGBT Citizens from Discrimination; Catholic...

  

  Can Catholic News Service undercut its credibility any more decisively as a bona fide journalistic venture? I doubt it. Not when it's willing to become a... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• As Arkansas Enacts Right-to-Discriminate Legislation, Texas Legislator Files...

  

  And so it begins: as David Badash writes, just as the right-to-discriminate bill becomes law in Arkansas (see Max Brantley at Arkansas Times on this),A Texas Te... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Quote for Day: Arkansas Right-to-Discriminate Bill Is Roadmap for the Nation —...

  

  Michelangelo Signorile continues to sound the alarm bell about the right-to-discriminate legislation in Arkansas, which is, he points out, citing none other tha... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Coming Soon to a Political Theater Near You: Expansion of the "I Believe"...

  

  Coming soon to a political theater near you: an expansion of the "I prayed about it" and "I believe" and "I have a personal relationship with Jesus" argument... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• New Battlefield for LGBT Rights: If I "Prayed About It," and If I "Believe" and...

  

  German Lopez sees a new frontier opening in the battle for LGBT rights in the U.S., as the fight for the right of civil marriage appears to be winding down:... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Asking the Right Questions About John Howard Yoder (and Powerful Men Who Abuse...

  

  About the celebrated Mennonite theologian (and serial sexual abuser of women* who were his students or had sought his pastoral counseling), Mennonite pastor... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• A Story for You: We Go to Lunch, We Wait. And Wait. And Wait. As Six Tables...

  

  A story for your consideration today, which I shared recently with my circle of friends on Facebook: a few weeks back, Steve and I head out for a quick lunch... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Cultural Violence and Gay-Bashing: Four Quotations for Your Consideration

  

  Four quotations for your consideration, from thought-provoking works I've read, bookmarked, and annotated over the years — all on the theme of violence, where i... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Henry Giroux on Politics of Disposability and Violence: Implications for the...

  

  Henry A. Giroux writes, regarding the wild success of "American Sniper," the latest shoot-'em-up movie glorifying macho American exceptionalism and holy-war... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Backlash Just Getting Underway in Arkansas: A Footnote to My Earlier Posting

  

  Earlier today, I noted that the business community in Arkansas has been conspicuously silent about the right-to-discriminate legislation just passed by the... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• For Ash Wednesday: Allegri's "Miserere" Performed by the Choir of New College,...

  And for Ash Wednesday, a performance of Gregorio Allegri's "Miserere" by the choir of New College, Oxford. I'm grateful to Phil Ewing for having uploaded this... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Quote for the Day:" Why Should Lesbians, Gays and Bisexuals Stand Together with...

  

  In The Guardian today, Owen Jones reminds us that the pivotal catalyst for the gay rights movement of the latter half of the 20th century — the Stonewall riot o... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Quote for the Day: "#‎ItsNotOver The Backlash Is Getting Underway. Just Look at...

  

  In a statement she published yesterday at the Huffington Post site, Dana Beyer suggests that it's not yet time to party — as in, to celebrate the victory of... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY