Saturday, November 14, 2009

The Conversation Centrist Catholics Do Not Intend to Have: What Are the Gays to Do?

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The conversation about how we manage to carry on talking about church, love, God, redemption, communion, as we savage and exclude a stigmati...

Salt Lake City Enacts Gay Rights Ordinance with LDS Support: Reflections

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I haven’t yet commented on one of the big stories this week—the decision of the Salt Lake city council to enact a gay rights bill with the ...
Friday, November 13, 2009

Ms. Prejean and the Catholic Bishops: Glass Houses, Stones

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I wrote earlier today, When people claim to be moral teachers, those whom they teach will naturally look to the lives of the teacher to see ...

Responding to the Misuse of Catholic Money to Bash Gay Brothers and Sisters: An Action Plan for Catholics

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I’ve spent several days writing about the nationwide use of Catholic money to attack Maine’s gay citizens recently. In my view, complaining...

Commentary on U.S. Catholic Bishops' Collusion in Attacking Gay Citizens of Maine: A Collection of Opinion Pieces

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Some helpful comments are now appearing at various websites, re: the use of Catholic money by bishops around the country to remove the right...
Thursday, November 12, 2009

Reflections on Marilynne Robinson's "Home": Yet More Light and Truth

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I finished Marilynne Robinson’s novel Home last week, and want to recommend this book to anyone who appreciates first-rate literature, or ...

Exclusionary Politics or Care for the Poor?: Reflections on the Eroding Moral Authority of the U.S. Catholic Bishops

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I appreciate the discussion that followed my posting two days ago about the latest Catholic hall of shame—the list of Catholic dioceses acr...