Showing posts with label Florida United Methodist. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Florida United Methodist. Show all posts
Thursday, May 11, 2017

Trump's Education Secretary DeVos Presents Commencement Address at Bethune-Cookman University: Things Do Not Go Well for Her

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Mr. Trump's Secretary of Education (and right-wing Christian activist) Betsy DeVos was the commencement speaker yesterday at the hist...
Friday, May 8, 2015

The Story of the Refusal of the Episcopal Cathedral in Orlando to Baptize the Son of a Gay Couple: My Reflections

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For a variety of reasons, I've been following with some interest the story of the refusal of Anthony Clark, dean of the Episcopal...
Friday, August 9, 2013

Struggle for Gay Welcome and Inclusion in United Methodist Churches: A Report from the Ground, Tampa, Florida

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The struggle about justice and inclusion , about love and compassion for those who are made gay by God, is hardly confined to the Ca...
Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Lutherans Play Fair: ELCA Rejects Supermajority Maneuver for Vote on Gay Ministers

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Some fascinating developments are taking place these days at the churchwide assembly of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA). ...
Friday, July 31, 2009

Health Care Reform and Blue Dog Profits: A Call to Share the Wealth

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And as reports circulate about the funds now pouring into the coffers of those blue dog Democrats who are working hard to subvert a plan f...
Sunday, June 21, 2009

Sunday Tidbits: Cyber Bullying and "Welcoming" Churches That Fail to Welcome

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A few end-of-week tidbits for a Sunday posting: Elizabeth Kaeton’s Telling Secrets blog had an excellent posting yesterday about cyber bull...
Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Virginia Foxx as a Representative of Catholic Values: Porcine Moral Reasoning

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In a posting several days ago ( here ), I noted that when I look at the gap between what George W. Bush did in setting a system of torture i...
Wednesday, February 25, 2009

More Light: Presbytery of Arkansas Votes Against Ordination Discrimination

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Here's a bit of local news that deserves national attention: last Saturday (21 February), the Presbytery of Arkansas voted by a large ma...
Monday, August 11, 2008

Catholic Bible Thumping and Protestant Divine Order: The Men Who Rule Us, re: Gay Human Beings

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I’ve been mulling over the address Cardinal Walter Kasper, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, gave on 30 Jul...
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Saturday, June 7, 2008

Kudos to Hillary: Equality as a Moral Imperative

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We all want an America defined by deep and meaningful equality, from civil rights to labor rights, from women’s rights to gay rights … fro...
Wednesday, April 16, 2008

An Open Letter to Bishop Timothy W. Whitaker (#3)

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Dear Bishop Whitaker, Having given you my testimony, and, in particular, having sketched the ways in which Methodism informs my reli...
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