All posts by Candace Chellew

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Marriage Equality Support on the Rise

Despite the ridiculous fear mongering of those opposed to marriage equality for same-gender partners, the population at large gets it. A new NY Times/CBS poll shows the highest support yet for marriage equality – 42 percent now support it, up from just 33 percent last

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Where’s Your Jesus Now?

Garden of Grace United Church of Christ, Columbia, S.C. Readings for the Third Sunday of Easter: Psalm 4, Luke 24:13-35 I’ve noticed a really strange phenomenon and perhaps you all can identify. When I started working in radio in my late teens and early 20s,

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Marriage Equality Roundup

Same-gender couples can get married in Iowa starting today! Melisa Keeton and Shelley Wolfe were declared “legally married” by pastor Peg Esperanaza during a ceremony in front of Polk County administrative offices in Des Moines. It didn’t take long before they were referring to one

Miley Cyrus at Capital Pride, Washington, D.C. in 2017

Get Ready to Boycott Hannah Montana!

The religious right hasn’t had a good album burning in years – I wonder if CDs burn as well as vinyl? We may soon find out now that Miley Cyrus – better known as Hannah Montana – has come out in a Twitter conversation with

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A Gathering Storm

Stephen Colbert does a great take off on the NOM (National Organization for Marriage) fear mongering anti-same-gender marriage ad. Check it out!

Wedding rings on dictionary

GOP Support for Same-Gender Marriage?

Towleroad is reporting that Steve Schmidt, former advisor to Republican presidential candidate John McCain, will be urging the GOP to support same-gender marriage. Update: HuffPo has good post of Schmidt’s speech – religion will kill the GOP! In an excerpt from Schmidt’s speech to Log

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Life For Rural LGBT Christians

It’s tough in so many ways to be lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, but add being a Christian to the mix and suddenly you’re a minority in a minority. Now take your LGBT Christian self and plop down in some rural community. It doesn’t matter

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Partial Repeal of DOMA at Hand?

The Advocate is reporting that there’s a move afoot in Congress to repeal parts of DOMA – the federal Defense of Marriage Act that prevents the federal government from recognizing same-gender marriages. Legislative aides familiar with the discussions say a handful of congressional leaders have

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The ‘Scoop’ from Amazon

I sent a note yesterday complaining about Amazon’s de-ranking of my book Bulletproof Faith: A Spiritual Survival Guide for Gay and Lesbian Christians. The story has been all over the Web. The note sent to me from Amazon made this lame excuse: This is an