Showing posts with label LGBT. Show all posts
Showing posts with label LGBT. Show all posts
Monday, January 9, 2023

On Benedict's "Kindness" and What Eulogies About His "Kindness" Say to LGBTQ Catholics

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I've refrained until now from commenting here about the death of Emeritus Pope Bendict, because...well, to be honest, I'm not sure w...
Sunday, December 18, 2022

Recent Religion + Politics Commentary: "Pro-Life" Movement, Christian Nationalism, Southern Baptists and United Methodists, Leonard Leo and New USCCB President

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Here are some valuable articles I've read in the past week or two about religion and politics and their intersection:
Sunday, November 1, 2020

A Piece of Personal Testimony on All Saints' Day: The Sanctity of Many Queer People and Their Loving Relationships

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This All Saints' day, I think of a little iconostasis I kept for some years next to my desk. The saints whose pictures or icons I had on...
Tuesday, August 18, 2020

Robert P. Jones's Commentary on the "Historical Record of Lived Christianity in America," White Supremacy, and the Recent Sojourners Débacle

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An important contribution (and subtext) of Robert P. Jones's new book White Too Long is its focus on how white Christianity is lived in...
Tuesday, July 2, 2019

Margaret Renkl on Obligation of Catholics to Defend Their LGBTQ Brothers and Sisters — Even Against Archbishops

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Margaret Renkl, " How to Defy the Catholic Church: Believers have a spiritual obligation to defend their L.G.B.T.Q. brothers and sis...
Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Commentary: On Youth Synod Opening Door to LGBTQ Community (?!); On Latest McCarrick Revelations; On "Signs of the Times"

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Some meandering thoughts and mini-rants this morning:
Monday, October 29, 2018

Liz Dodd on the Damage That Youth Synod's Game-Playing with LGBTQ Lives Does to Those Lives and to the Church Itself

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Liz Dodd on the damage that the youth synod's game-playing with LGBTQ lives does to those lives and to the church itself, in "...
Friday, October 26, 2018

We / They: How Refusal to Include Queer Voices in Synodal Conversations Undercuts Claims of Church about Itself as Sacramental Sign of Redemption

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“Christ made God manifest by making invisible people visible—the poor, women, all those deprived of their rights.” ~ Dorothee Sölle, ...
Tuesday, October 23, 2018

Commentary: McCarrick and Supposed "Gay Clique" in Hierarchy; Homosexuality Not Cause of Catholic Abuse Crisis; When Welcome Doesn't Really Mean Welcome

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Things I've read in the last day or so that I'd like to pass along to you — with themes that, in my view, fit together, so that...
Monday, October 22, 2018

Where Do We Go from Here, as the Future Looks More and More Bleak for LGBTQ People in the U.S.?

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So where do we go from here? I ask because I quite sincerely don't know the answer to that question. My sense is that for queer peo...
Friday, October 19, 2018

Married Gay Catholic Minister Hounded Out of Ministerial Job with Acts of Hate from Organized Catholic Hate Groups

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I wish so much that this story had not flashed across my computer screen on the very same day in which I posted Rolando's testimony...

"I Am Excommunicated from This 'Redemptive Institution' Because 3 Years Ago, John and I Formalized our 49-Years of Living, Loving and Ministering Together by Registering Our Civil Union"

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The following is testimony that Rolando shared at Bilgrimage several days ago. This testimony deserves a wider hearing than it will re...
Thursday, August 23, 2018

Google Top Stories Featuring Catholic Homophobic Bile in "Top Stories" re: World Meeting of Families

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Look at the Catholic homophobic bile Google is billing right now as its set of "top stories" if you google Fr. James Marti...
Friday, May 4, 2018

In the News: "Religious Freedom" and "Right" to Discriminate; Roots of Evangelicals' Idolization of Trump; Shifting Religious Landscape re: LGBT Rights; SBC and Misogyny

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Religion-themed news from the past several days that has caught my eye, and which I'd like to share with you:
Saturday, April 21, 2018

Saturday News Items: How We Became Troll Nation; Men Need to Be Saved from Themselves; Trump Simply Casts Bright Light on What White Evangelicals Have Long Been, Etc.

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Here are some bits and pieces of news commentary I've read in the last two days that I'd like to recommend to you. In the video...
Friday, February 16, 2018

"Let’s Rename ‘School’ as ‘Uterus’ So Maybe Republican Lawmakers Will Want to Do Something about the Children Dying Inside Them": Short Takes to Recommend

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Let’s rename ‘school’ as ‘uterus’ so maybe Republican lawmakers will want to do something about the children dying inside them. — Nathan ...
Saturday, February 10, 2018

Alan McCornick on Cardinal Marx, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship on LGBTQ Employees, Heated Debate About Progressive Evangelicals and LGBTQ Lives: News

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Trump's Statement on Alleged Abuser #RobPorter : 'Him-He-Him-Him-He-He-He-He-Him-He-He-He-He-He-He-Him-Him-He-He' - https://t...
Friday, February 9, 2018

Catholic Herald Calls Catholic News Service (and Crux) to Account for "Misreading" Cardinal Marx Story

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To add to the confusion, Catholic News Service has reported that Cardinal Marx explicitly rejected the idea of blessing same-sex unions. ...
Thursday, February 8, 2018

Where This Week's Story About Blessing Queer Catholics Ends: A Summary — Bullies Win, Lies Win, Catholic Church Loses Spectacularly

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In case you're bewildered by the chain of events I've documented here after Catholic News Agency  issued a report last Sunday...
Wednesday, February 7, 2018

Now "Let Your Yea Be Yea and Your Nay, Nay" Becomes the Case of the Disappearing Yes: A Church in Which Bullies (and Liars) Are Allowed to Win

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As Sarasi points out in a comment here a while ago, Catholic News Agency is now reporting that "a spokesman" of Cardinal...