Showing posts with label sexual orientation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sexual orientation. Show all posts
Thursday, February 27, 2020

Quote for Day: Intersectionality Is a "Lens, a Prism, for Seeing the Way in Which Various Forms of Inequality Often Operate Together and Exacerbate Each Other"

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Kimberlé Crenshaw, who coined the powerful term "intersectionality," talks to TIME Magazine about what she intends with th...
Wednesday, December 13, 2017

Roy Moore Defeated, But Polling Data Tell Us Why We Have Miles and Miles to Go Before We Jubilate — Fusion of White Nationalism and White Christianity Remains Potent Toxic Challenge

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Roy Moore rides away on his horse after voting in the Alabama Senate election. Here's what to watch in today's hotly contested r...
Monday, March 27, 2017

Michael Boyle on Princeton Seminary Controversy: "Progressive Christianity Only Has a Future if Progressive Christians Have the Courage of Their Convictions"

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Because I think this conversation is essential — and important — I'd like to add one more statement to the set of reflections I...
Sunday, March 26, 2017

Anita Little Comments on Princeton Controversy: "Growing Trend to Cry 'Oppression' When the Opinions of Influential White Men" Are Challenged

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In an essay entitled "The 'Marginalization' of Tim Keller: When Anything Short of Adulation Is Oppression," Anita Litt...
Friday, March 24, 2017

The Princeton Seminary Controversy: Concluding Thoughts About White Male Privilege and Intersectionality

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The discussion about the furor regarding Princeton Seminary's decision to withhold its Kuyper Prize for Excellence in Reformed Th...
Thursday, March 23, 2017

Princeton Seminary Steps Back from Award for Pastor Who Promotes Female Subordination, Opposes Ordination of Women and Openly Gay Folks: Controversy Ensues

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Yesterday, following controversy, Princeton Theological Seminary Seminary reversed a decision to give its Kuyper Prize for Excellenc...
Wednesday, December 28, 2016

On the "Incorrect" "Homosexual": The Catholic Magisterium, Father Dwight Longenecker, and Asking the Wrong Questions in the Age of Trump (2)

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There's a reason my previous posting built to a question about what kind of institution produces people who think about gender a...
Friday, September 16, 2016

Richard Sipe on Why Benedict XVI's Sexual Orientation Matters and Must Be Discussed Honestly

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In a 2012 essay at his website entitled "Is Pope Benedict Gay?," Richard W. Sipe maintains that "[t]he time has passe...
Thursday, July 2, 2015

On Laudato Si' and Its "Integral Ecology" and Themes of Relatioality: Helpful Commentary

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When I first responded to Pope Francis's encyclical on the environment, Laudato Si' , I promised to provide you with some mor...
Sunday, April 19, 2015

Droppings from the Catholic Birdcage: From Sodomites to Pansies, It's Getting Ugly at the Liberal Catholic Blog Sites These Days

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What's going on out there, folks? At the start of this month, Wayne Sheridan slings around the term "sodomite" at the C...
Monday, April 13, 2015

The "Because Freedom" Argument of (Some) American Catholics Justifying Denial of Goods and Services to LGBT Folks: A Consideration of Moral Parameters

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So a man logs into my Facebook page to inform me that he and whatever business he wants to operate have every right in the world to c...
Thursday, January 22, 2015

Katie McDonough on the Pope and Rick Santorum: Why Is Rick Fighting with Frank When They Agree about Contraception?

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At Salon, Katie McDonough notes that even though Pope Francis appears to be on his side about contraception, Rick Santorum can't...
Thursday, April 24, 2014

Droppings from the Catholic Birdcage: Michael Sean Winters at National Catholic Reporter on "Gendergeist" Issues

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As  Michael Sean Winters reports that Harold Meyerson sees liberal leaders resurgent in many American cities, he adds:
Thursday, April 12, 2012

Catholic Blog Sites and Homophobic Screeds: Made in Hell

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What do you think might be going on when Catholics feel free--no, some Catholics apparently feel obliged --to post statements at Cath...
Thursday, March 22, 2012

Is the Pope Gay? Richard Sipe Dares to Ask

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And another article this morning that seems to go hand in hand with the material about which I've written earlier in the day--thi...
Monday, February 6, 2012

Irenaeus on the Incarnation: "The Flesh Is Not to Be Excluded"

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I really like the epigraph from St. Irenaeus (by way of Scott Cairns) Barbara Brown Taylor chooses for her book An Altar in the World...
Saturday, November 5, 2011

More Commentary on Daniel Avila Story: Weekend News Roundup

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So much interesting news in the last day or so relating to Catholic issues that it's hard to keep up with it all.  For readers fo...
Friday, November 4, 2011

Breaking News: Avila Resigns from USCCB Position

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Breaking news: an email from Truth Wins Out containing this press release has just popped into my email inbox.  It states that Danie...

The Gays + the Devil: More Resources about Boston Catholic Controversy (with Theological Reflections)

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After I posted yesterday about the kerfuffle over Daniel Avila's recent gays + devil column in the Boston Catholic archdiocesan pa...
Saturday, October 15, 2011

Wayne Besen on John Smid's Admissions: "Ex-Gay" Therapy Employs Cult-Like Mind Control

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Because Wayne Besen's commentary about John Smid and his recent admission that "ex-gay" conversion therapy hasn't wor...