William Lindsey

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• Also in the News: $$$$$$. And Politics

  

  Also in the news: $$$$$$. And money's always anticipated progeny, politics:Andrew Prokop at Vox: 1. The billionaire Koch brothers' network of wealthy... Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Commemorating the Liberation of Auschwitz: Online Resources

  Today is the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, and in commemoration of that event, some valuable resources have appeared online recently. Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• As Marriage Rights Sweep U.S., Reaction in Heartland: Oklahoma, Alabama,...

  

  In the news: as German Lopez reports for Vox that same-sex marriage rights are sweeping the U.S., here's what's happening out in the heartland, especially in... Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Republicans All Alone in Opposing Marriage Equality, Religious Breakdown Is...

  

  Information for us to mull over: for Washington Post, Greg Sargent writes in his Plum Line column today,A Washington Post poll last spring found that Republican... Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Falling a Bit Behind with Comments

  

  I'm in one of my falling-behind spells vis-a-vis acknowledging comments here, folks. I'm trying to answer at least most of the comments that address me directly. Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Robert Mickens on Pope Francis, Contraception, and Neo-Malthusian Schemes of...

  

  And then, of course, there's Robert Mickens's interpretation of Humanae Vitae and the ban on use of artificial contraceptives as being about protecting the... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Liberal Tolerance Not All It's Cracked Up to Be: How White Millennial Attitudes...

  

  It's interesting, isn't it, that claims of greater tolerance on the part of the younger generation today don't necessarily translate into claims of any active... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Arkansas Leaders Continue Foot-Dragging on Human Rights of LGBT Citizens, as Rea...

  

  A friend of ours died recently in Little Rock. His obituary at the website of the funeral home handling the funeral says that he is survived by "his loving and... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Argument of Some U.S. Catholics That Church Position on Contraception Doesn't...

  

  Perhaps I have not been clear in what I have written this week (here and here) about some of the fault lines that are apparent among American lay Catholics now... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Power of "Complaining on the Internet": The Case of Beth Malarkey, Tyndale House...

  

  Here's another reason I want to keep holding out hope that online tools of communication and networking are reshaping some significant conversations that have... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• NCR Editorial: "Francis Needs to Re-Examine His Statements" About Contraception...

  

  A National Catholic Reporter editorial addresses the pope's statements about contraception and family planning in the Philippines:Francis needs to re-examine hi... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• The Supremes and Gay Marriage: Mike Huckabee Talks Nullification, Ben Carson...

  On same day #SCOTUS granted marriage cases, @HRC Mississippi flagged this hateful graffiti in downtown Jackson. pic.twitter.com/tPMs99DY14— Chad Griffin... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Katie McDonough on the Pope and Rick Santorum: Why Is Rick Fighting with Frank...

  

  At Salon, Katie McDonough notes that even though Pope Francis appears to be on his side about contraception, Rick Santorum can't stop grousing about the pope.... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Jamie Manson on Catholic Church's Complicity to Glyzelle Palomar's Suffering: Wh...

  

  At National Catholic Reporter, Jamie Manson writes, Pope Francis has been highly touted for his criticism of institutional evils that create poverty. Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Jerry Slevin on Pope's "Three Card Monte" Approach to Birth Control: "Undercuts...

  

  Jerry Slevin on how the pope's "disingenuous" remarks on contraception undercut many Catholics' confidence in his intellectual integrity:What I infer from... Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Tara Culp-Ressler on Francis's Breeding Bunnies Quip: "Reinforces the Status...

  

  Tara Culp-Ressler on the problem with Pope Francis's breeding bunnies remark:Placing the responsibility on Catholics to avoid procreating "like rabbits," while... Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Droppings from the Catholic Birdcage: Supremes Talk Gay Marriage, Catholics...

  

  In response to a Catholic News Service article carried by National Catholic Reporter noting that the U.S. Supremes have taken several same-sex marriage cases... Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Patricia Miller on Pope Francis's Breeding Bunnies Remark: Challenging the...

  

  I like how Patricia Miller calls the bluff of all the adulatory (heterosexual, male, married) Catholic journalists who have been trying to spin Pope Francis's... Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Pope Francis on "Ideological Colonization," Same-Sex Marriage, and Contraception...

  

  In the Philippines, Pope Francis warned against the "ideological colonization" of developing nations by developed ones intent on forcing Western concepts of... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Droppings from the Catholic Birdcage: Responses of Lay Catholics to Pope on...

  

  A theme emerging in several comments I've read at blog sites today regarding the pope's remarks in Manila about same-sex marriage and contraception: the theme o... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY