Perfect love casts out all fear
So back on September 4th, during the whirlwind of stories coming out of the Conventions, I posted a brief rant decrying the platforming of people. If Y’all have heard me say it once you’ve heard me...
View ArticleIn love with fear
Oh Lord We are a culture In love with fear And afraid of love Be not afraid, you call Many of the same souls Who shout With closed minds And plugged ears That the government Shall not have any role In...
View ArticleUnconscionable, unAmerican and unChristian
Have you seen this headline? Texas Judge Forbids Lesbian Woman From Living With Her Partner Have you read the story (quoted in full below) written by By Ian Millhiser of ThinkProgress? Carolyn Compton...
View ArticleLooking back, looking forward: a year of big gay blogging on Patheos
You know how when some TV show writers are feeling a bit of the old writers block and they throw together a “retrospective” episode flashing back to the scenes that got the most laughs or tears? Well...
View ArticleUnited Church of Christ files lawsuit challenging North Carolina marriage laws
One of the most important reasons I am struggling with shedding the label Christian is that I remove myself a step from my beloved tribe. According to a press release dated April 28, 2014 written by...
View Article5 things you REALLY mean when you say “I don’t approve of your homosexual...
The phrase “homosexual lifestyle” gets thrown around a lot by conservatives when jockeying for political power or popularity points. Sadly it seems it gets used even more so by otherwise nice enough...
View ArticleGrace in Alabama – thy name is Jeremy Todd Addaway
Last month Jeremy Todd Addaway, a self-identified red-neck in Alabama, tried and failed to find evidence that the legalization of same-sex marriage in Alabama had caused any damage to the state, “I...
View ArticleFreedom of religion: marriage and guns
Content warning: Smattering of salty language, overuse of parenthetical asides and at least two shenanigans. There are “freedom of religion” bills cropping up all over the bloody States. From where I...
View ArticleCasting the first stone
I’ve been thinking a lot about the arrest of judge Roy Moore’s son. Did you hear about it? According to the police department in Troy, Alabama, Chief Justice Roy Moore‘s son Caleb, who is 24, was...
View ArticleSo you’re getting straight-married…again?
Someone very dear to me called the other day to say that she and her boyfriend are talking about getting married. She was brimming with so much joy and excitement that I practically felt the sunlight...
View ArticleI am not a Plank
As we begin yet another week of posturing and rhetoric that reduces people to labeled pawns in the great American political game I want to invite folks to listen deeply for the stories of people who,...
View ArticleI admit it, this homosexual IS demanding special rights
Because as it turns out, civil rights are in fact special rights because they are rationed and rare. First, some of the rights we seek are indeed special because there is nothing ordinary about the...
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