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Tuesday, March 17, 2009

A Reader Writes: Please Note Alteration of Text

A reader who follows Bilgrimage regularly has objected to the wording of a posting I made several days ago (here). Please note the following paragraph in that posting, which I have now altered in an attempt to deal with the concern of the faithful reader who appears to be following this blog carefully:

A reader of Bilgrimage left an astute observation about my posting yesterday (here) describing how a former employer finds it useful to continue attacking me (and my partner Steve) down the road from when we left her employment--because we are gay. And because she can get away with doing so. In a church-owned school that has no stated policies forbidding discrimination against people on grounds of sexual orientation. And in a cultural climate in which it is very easy to smear gay folks with all kinds of dirt, in order to deflect attention from one's own shortcomings and shore up one's faltering power.

I always appreciate feedback from good readers, and hope to continue providing honest, insightful, ethically-grounded reflections on matters like spirituality, justice, the churches, and higher education and its leaders.
Posted by William D. Lindsey at 8:57 PM
Labels: churches, discrimination, free speech, higher education, homophobia, human rights
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Religion and Public Life in the Southern Crossroads Region: The Showdown States. Walnut Creek, CA: Alta Mira, 2004. Ed. by William D. Lindsey and Mark Silk.

Shailer Mathews’ Lives of Jesus: The Search for a Theological Foundation for the Social Gospel. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1997.

Singing in a Strange Land: Praying and Acting with the Poor. Kansas City: Sheed & Ward, 1991.

“On Being Church in the New Millennium: The Challenge and Gift of Gay Believers,” Theology and Sexuality 16 (2002), 96-104.

“AIDS, Homosexuality, and the Churches in America Today,” Bulletin for Contextual Theology in Southern Africa and Africa 7,1 (2000), 45-48.

“The AIDS Crisis and the Church: A Time to Heal.” In Christian Perspectives on Sexuality and Gender, ed. Adrian Thatcher and Elizabeth Stuart. London: Eerdmans and Gracewing, 1996. Pp. 347-66.

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