Showing posts with label gay marriage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gay marriage. Show all posts
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...
Saturday, October 24, 2020

When the Instinctual Response of Christian Communities to a Changing World Is, No!

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Read the responses of a number of bishops and the homophobic sector of Catholic Twitter to the recently released papal statement about civil...
Thursday, October 22, 2020

"Nobody Should Be Thrown Out": Francis's Latest Shock Wave (in Some Circles) re: Same-Sex Civil Unions

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James Alison, " Pope Francis backing same sex unions isn't a surprise. But it's still a big deal " As Jamie Manson tweets ...
Sunday, May 19, 2019

Adriano Oliva's Amours: L'Église, les divorcés remariés, les couples homosexuels — Response from a Reader re: Aquinas' Theology of Marriage

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One of my Facebook friends, Jean-François Garneau in Montréal, has responded to my recent posting  about how Adriano Oliva's book Amo...
Friday, May 17, 2019

Notes on Adriano Oliva's Amours: L'Église, les divorcés remariés, les couples homosexuels — On Sexual Relations Between Women as Less Sinful Than Sodomy

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As a footnote to what I posted yesterday regarding Adriano Oliva's book Amours: L'Église, les divorcés remariés, les couples h...
Thursday, May 16, 2019

Notes on Adriano Oliva's Amours: L'Église, les divorcés remariés, les couples homosexuels — Procreation in Aquinas' Theology of Marriage

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Back in January 2016, I shared with you some notes  about Adriano Oliva's book  Amours: L'Église, les divorcés remariés, les ...
Wednesday, March 21, 2018

Austin Serial Bomber Mark Anthony Conditt, a Quiet Home-Schooled White Evangelical Boy from a "Loving" and "Good Family"

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Here's a photo of the family of Austin, Texas, serial bomber Mark Anthony Conditt, from Instagram by way of this Daily Mail articl...
Monday, January 8, 2018

Charles Pierce on How "It's Not about Race Because Nothing Ever Is about Race."

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Charles Pierce today at his "Politics" blog at Esquire , commenting on the "gerrymandered mess" the Republican-c...
Sunday, October 8, 2017

Update on Judge Wendell Gfiffen of Little Rock: Judge Griffen Files Suit vs. Arkansas Supreme Court for Violating His Religious Liberty

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In May, I told you of a move to impeach Arkansas judge (and my friend) Wendell Griffen after he took part in a public demonstration ...
Thursday, September 14, 2017

Faith Defined as Dogma Is Weaponized Faith: A Theological Footnote to Father Jenkins' Response to Senator Feinstein re: Catholic Dogma

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I'd like to add a theological footnote to what I posted yesterday reflecting on the recent claim of Notre Dame University presid...
Wednesday, September 13, 2017

Notre Dame President Father Jenkins Responds to Senator Feinstein: "'Dogma Lives Loudly' . . . Is a Condition We Call Faith" (But No, It's Not)

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At a hearing last week, Senator Diane Feinstein grilled federal judge nominee (and Notre Dame University law professor) Amy Coney Ba...
Monday, November 28, 2016

How Right Robert P. Jones Turns Out to Be: "Obama Presidency Provided a Unique Focal Point for Many White Christian Voters"

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Back in late July, when I began a report for you (in a series of postings) about Robert P. Jones' book The End of White Christian ...
Thursday, September 29, 2016

Question "What Is Church For?" Emerges Again with Polling Data About Who Supports Trump and Who Thinks Anti-Gay Discrimination Should Be Allowed If Business Owners Cite Religion

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Johann Baptist Metz,  "Communicating a Dangerous Memory" For your consideration:
Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Patricia Miller on Why White Catholics of the John Paul II Church May Be Rejecting Donald Trump: "Seems Awfully Quiet in the Catholic Trenches This Year"

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In a just-published essay at Religion Dispatches ,  Patricia Miller takes a sharp look at the discernible trend of white Catholics t...
Friday, August 19, 2016

What Earthly Good Do Churches Do? On Christian Support for Donald Trump, and Whether It's Possible to Remain Christian

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Michael Boyle describes , and brilliantly so, the turning that happened inside him after he entered the Dominicans and began preparin...
Wednesday, August 17, 2016

Claims of Persecution and Catholic Support for Trump: Need to Move Beyond Defensive Parochial Response to Engage Real Issues — Like White Catholic Racism

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In a recent essay for Fortune , Matthew Schmalz, who teaches religious studies at the College of the Holy Cross, suggests that Donal...
Friday, June 24, 2016

Commentary on U.S. Catholic Bishops and "Religious Liberty" Crusade As "Fortnight for Freedom" Begins: "Fair to Say Religious Liberty Has a Damaged 'Brand' These Days"

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This week, the U.S. Catholic bishops began their latest "Fortnight for Freedom" shindig, whose purpose is  to drive Catholic ...
Tuesday, April 26, 2016

More Commentary on Tony Spence's Firing and Consequences for U.S. Catholics, Commentary on Norwegian Lutherans' Embrace of Same-Sex Marriage

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More commentary on two stories that have been discussed here recently — the firing of Catholic News Service director Tony Spence afte...
Wednesday, March 9, 2016

Anthony Annett and Patrica Miller Respond to Catholic Neocons Calling on Catholics to Stop Trump: "These Issues Are All—to Coin a Phrase—Non-Negotiable"

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At Commonweal , Anthony Annett responds to the appeal of Catholic neocons Robert George and George Weigel to Catholics to stop Dona...

Racism Is Not a Non-Negotiable: White Catholic Voters and Trump, Responsibility of the U.S. Bishops and Catholic Neocon and Centrist Lay Leaders

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And so who's voting for Donald Trump in the primaries now being held around the country? The "surprising" (but entire...