Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Michael Iafrate on Religion Writing in Time of Trump: Limits of Both-Sidesism (&, Again, Why Queer Employees of Catholic Institutions Will Go on Being Booted)

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When I wrote earlier today about the hounding of yet another LGBTQ employee of a Catholic institution out of a job — this time, it was K...

Yet Another Queer Catholic Teacher Hounded Out of Job: Why This Situation Will NOT Change

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Meanwhile, it will be interesting to see how the Archdiocese deals with this: “Catholic priest in Indy charged with kidnapping, confineme...
Saturday, February 24, 2018

As Neo-Nazis Celebrate Murder of Gay Jewish College Student, Where Are the Churches? (When They're Not Firing Queer Employees and Supporting Anti-Queer Discrimination, That Is)

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Members of the neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen Division have been linked to five murders—most recently the stabbing death of a gay Jewish colle...
Friday, February 23, 2018

Assessing Billy Graham's Legacy: "Wrong Side of History," "Toxic Brand of Evangelicalism That Has Kneecapped American Politics"

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So members of the public can pay their respects, the late Rev. Billy Graham will lie in honor in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda from Feb. 28 to...

Yesterday, Yes Means No re: Blessing Gay Couples; Today, Diametrically Opposed Statements about Papal Commission on Abuse: Why Does This Happen in Catholic Conversations?

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Why is it that, when issues such as whether same-sex couples can be blessed by Catholic officials or how child abuse by clerics is ha...
Thursday, February 22, 2018

Cardinal Marx and Blessing Same-Sex Couples: Yes Means No, of Course — And You Want to Build a Bridge to THAT?

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Well, it seems we are now unambiguously back to, My God, no! We can't bless same-sex couples.  And, No, I didn't say yes . E...
Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Assessing Billy Graham's Legacy: "After the Bombing That Murdered the Four Girls at the 16th Street Baptist Church He Visited a White Congregation in the City and Made No Comment about the Attack"

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I abide by the old dictum not to speak ill of the dead. I do not think it means, however, that we ought to lie about the dead and thei...