…when statistics show that as many as 40% of the nation’s homeless youth are gay or transgender, compared to 3-5% of the overall youth population, we have to acknowledge that we’re facing a crisis. The disparity suggests that gay and transgender youth stand a much
It might be stated that the often erroneous dichotomizing of sexual and gender categories, once experienced as not really being part of one’s self, frequently results in the need, the intense desire, to persecute that now recognized part of one’s self that often becomes projected
It might surprise many of you that I am a very theologically conservative Christian! I believe in the virgin birth of Jesus; the Resurrection; the Ascension of Jesus into heaven; His Sacrifice that covers over all of our past, present, and future sins. I also
To “conserve” in the political sense, means to adhere to traditions of fiscal responsibility and seek to minimize the government’s intrusion or encroachment on individual rights! If that is what we meant in today’s U.S. by “conservative,” that would be a perfectly understandable political position
His [Phillip Lee] Way Out ministry contends in its brochures that its position comes from the authority of Scripture rather than social sciences and medicine. The “sexually broken” can be transformed through close reading of Scripture and openly discussing temptations, the ministry contends. “Since it
O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths. (Isaiah 3:12) Such statements as the above verse of Scripture show why very few prophets of God ever died in their sleep! Tradition has it that Isaiah
Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag
Even while foaming at the mouth in its antipathy toward same-sex marriage and defamation of Gay people, the Vatican is dancing as fast as it can in relation to its many sexual scandals. “Sex” provides much of the root of homophobia: Such as the fear
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what is the will of God – what is good and acceptable and perfect.” (Romans 12:2) In this Easter season, when our minds and
In The Advocate (12/2/2009) it stated: “The New York state senate on Wednesday voted down a marriage equality bill by a wide margin following months of delay and protracted political drama. In a special legislative session, the senate voted 38-to-24 against the bill, eight votes