Sightings, at least in its Monday column releases, regularly classifies many topics dubbed “church and state” as being unsolvable. We have quoted Walter Berns who wrote that the Founding Fathers, who get so regularly invoked in contemporary debates, solved the problem of church and state
A person is Gay or Straight whether or not he/she can engage in sexual activity! Most Gay people engage in sexual activity just as most Straight people engage in sexual activity, but those activities don’t define whether or not they are Gay or Straight. There
That’s the gist of an all too common question. And when looking at the daily news, there’s clear reason for asking it. Recently we saw again what can happen when anti-Muslim Christians — this time using a film — chose to rile up anti-Christian Muslims.
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people have long been held responsible by some Christian conservatives for causing many of the greatest natural disasters of modern times. For example, back in May 1978, Anita Bryant, Florida Orange Juice queen and chief organizer of her so-called “Save
I want to share this obvious observation: Even if there were some remote chance I could become pope… they would never let me. The reason is simple — and it is not because of my progressive views of Christian theology, or the fact that I
Love, hate and solidarity Is it possible to love and hate a book at the same time? That’s what I’ve been struggling with for the past week, after reading Timothy Kurek’s book The Cross in the Closet. As a gay man I find the premise
mir•a•cle: 1. A surprising and welcome event that is not explicable by natural or scientific laws and is considered to be divine. 2. A highly improbable or extraordinary event, development, or accomplishment. miracle – From Latin miraculum, “object of wonder”; its ultimate root meant “to
Given my charismatic ties to Christianity, I’ve seen my share of miracles, whether it was a series of surgical screws disappearing from my brother’s irritated ankle or a small group leader’s leg growing to match the other in length. I know that miracles still happen
“Embrace me, my sweet embraceable you … Embrace me, you irreplaceable you…” (George Gershwin) You and I are nothing short of a miracle. Each and every one of us. Our very individual existence is a miracle. Think of all the people who went into making
In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. And he came to her and