The latest Internet brouhaha has been the apparent “rift” between progressive or more centrist Christians and the religious left. In my latest post over at Religion Dispatches I make the case that liberal Christians can stand their ground with compassion — just like that guy
The Iowa Supreme Court ruled unanimously today that same-gender marriage is legal in this state! The decision makes Iowa the first Midwestern state, and the fourth nationwide, to allow same-sex marriages. Lawyers for Lambda Legal, a gay rights group that financed the court battle and
A German woman is divorcing her husband – because he’s too clean. No joke: BERLIN (Reuters) — A German woman has divorced her husband because she was fed up with him cleaning all the time. German media reported the wife got through 15 years of
It is by now old news – or should be – that evangelical Christians have developed a social conscience that goes beyond wedge issues like abortion and gay rights. Some are even (gasp!) registered Democrats. In (the September 2008) issue of Books and Culture(put out
The student in my office was really convinced that as a male he was going to get a raw deal all around. He’d been accused by a female student in my largest class of stealing her I-Pod, and she had reported it to the police.
With all the abuse heaped upon gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people from the religious community, it may be hard to believe that a new poll shows most Christians support some form of legal recognition for gay and lesbian relationships. The last election brought passage
When Jesus walked the earth, he spent a lot of his time trying to explain himself. He was forever being misunderstood – not just by strangers, but by those closest to him – his disciples as well as his family. Allyson Robinson can identify with
It is time for us to speak to our straight allies in a way that moves them from being – all too often – benignly neutral to taking a real stand on our side. There are basically three types of straight people: harmful, harmless and
I hope by the time this appears, everyone in the LGBT community will have taken deep, cleansing breaths and realized that the blame for the success of California’s Proposition 8 does not belong to the African American community. I hope they’ve paid attention to the
“Day Without a Gay” on December 10, 2008 was a predictable flop. Beginning somewhere as a last-minute protest against California’s Proposition 8, people were asked to call their employers to tell them that they’d miss work because they’re gay. Then, the theory went, everyone would