Why I cover “the gay issue” on The Pulpit blog
It’s sometimes asked why I cover “the gay issue” regularly on this blog. Below are my reasons. 1. The gay issue is the biggest controversy within Christianity today. It has already torn apart numerous...
View ArticleSprings nonprofit leader wants homosexuality criminalized
The Southern Poverty Law Center, a civil rights group based in Montgomery, Ala., is adding four nonprofit ministries to its Hate Group list for 2011. One is in Colorado Springs, one made national...
View ArticleCatholic law group still trying to strike down the 2009 Federal Hate Crimes Act
We live in a strange time for American religion. Christian groups are appearing more often on hate group lists (see my blog post here), and today the Thomas More Law Center in Ann Arbor, Mich.,...
View ArticleBishop Robinson breaks silence with YouTube message
Click here to view the embedded video. Bishop Gene Robinson, whose consecration as an Episcopal Church bishop in 2003 ignited a furor within the denomination because he’s openly gay, announced...
View ArticleChristian groups on SPLC Hate Group list react by changing subject, scholar says
Warren Throckmorton, a Pennsylvania psychologist who founded the anti-bullying school program the Golden Rule, has written an interesting essay on the reaction by the Family Research Institute, in...
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Right-wing writer says Christians – not gays – own the rainbow
Gay advocacy groups have used the a rainbow flag for 33 years to signify inclusiveness within the community. But OneNewsNow.com, a right-wing website, posted comments from a conservative who wants to...
View ArticleSame-sex commitment ceremony Sunday at Temple Shalom in Colorado Springs
In my Pulpit Gazette column running Christmas weekend, at www.gazette.com, I write about Rabbi Mel Glazer’s decision to perform a same-sex commitment ceremony at Temple Shalom in Colorado Springs....
View ArticleChristian university in Tennessee fires lesbian coach
Belmont University in Tennessee has fired Lisa Howe, the women’s soccer coach who last week went public about being a lesbian and that she and her partner were expecting a baby, according to the...
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Focus, other ministries question their commitment to CPAC
In my story appearing at www.gazette.comtoday, I write about the handful of conservative Christian ministries angry about GOProud, a gay advocacy group, being one of dozens of cosponsors for the...
View Article“Our everything is Jesus Christ,” says a Springs diocesan facilitator of...
Given the backlash to the Catholic Twelve Steps of Courage story published in the Gazette Wednesday, it seems many people were caught by surprise. It appear that not many people had heard of the...
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