Droppings from the Catholic Birdcage: Priests Killing Gays with Stools and U.S. Catholic Bishops' Anti-Gay Victory in Illinois

It's interesting to see Dennis Coday juxtaposing the following two headlines in his "Morning Briefing" column in National Catholic Reporter today:

Bishop Geoffrey Robinson to Pope Francis: "For Christ's Sake, Stop Sexual Abuse"

A number of e-friends of mine and good readers of this blog have recommended an international petition to Pope Francis from Bishop Geoffrey Robinson of Australia appealing to Pope Francis to act and not merely talk about the abuse crisis in the Catholic church. The petition is here.

Maine Supreme Court: National Organization for Marriage Must Disclose Donors, and Fred Karger's Commentary

At The New Civil Rights Movement, Fred Karger comments on the recent ruling by the Maine Supreme Court that the anti-gay group National Organization for Marriage must disclose the names of donors who gave megabucks in 2009 to strip gay citizens of Maine of the right to civil marriage. Inquiring minds (including mine) have long wanted to know who's funding NOM, and why NOM fights so desperately to keep the identity of its top donors hidden, even flouting state campaign-finance laws to achieve that goal.

Dear Yellow Cab People: About that Cab Work-Out Video Playing in My Cab Yesterday

Dear Yellow Cab People:

I loved the video playing in my cab yesterday to instruct me on how to do a work-out while riding in a cab. I really did.

Quote for the Day: "For Some, Social Media Is the White Hood of the Twenty-First Century"

At the Nation site, Dave Sirin writes about the comments his article calling on the NBA to suspend Roy Hibbert for his recent "no homo" comment has been eliciting on social networking sites:

Christianity at a Crossroads: Rights of Women and LGBT Persons, the Signs of the Times, and the Meaning of the Gospel

What I meant to say yesterday:

The Poster Project: A Reflection on the Response to It

This isn't really another posting about the "He Ate with Outcasts" poster project re: which I've blogged a number of times previously. It's a reflection on the response to those postings. I'm fascinated--and, I'll say frankly, moved--by the number of interesting stories that have come my way from that response.