Tag: LGBTQ
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Dan and Me: My Coming Out as a Friend of Dan Cathy and Chick-fil-A
Huffington Post: Dan and Me: My Coming Out as a Friend of Dan Cathy and Chick-fil-A – Shane Windmeyer. I spent New Year's Eve at the red-blooded, all-American epicenter of college football: at the Chick-fil-A Bowl, next to Dan Cathy, as his personal guest. It was among the most unexpected moments of my life. Yes,…
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Presbyterians to allow gay ministers
StarTribune: Presbyterians to allow gay ministers …Twin Cities Presbyterians cast a historic vote on Tuesday to allow openly gay and lesbian members to be ordained ministers. Presbyterian leaders say the Twin Cities vote of 205 to 56 was the final action needed to end the 2.1 million-member denomination's national ban on gay clergy. A majority…
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On gay rights, keep fighting or adapt?
USA Today: On gay rights, keep fighting or adapt? … It appears increasingly obvious that social acceptance of gay men and lesbians and insistence on their equal rights are inexorable. If the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" weren't enough to signal the turning point, or the classification of several gay-resisting Christian right organizations as…
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Civil union and marriage issues questions and answers (PCUSA)
Presbyterian News Service: Civil union and marriage issues questions and answers The following is a Presbyterian News Service release. A summary of the 219th General Assembly’s actions on issues of civil union and Christian marriage: What did the General Assembly do? What has changed? The General Assembly approved both the final report and the minority…
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Same-Sex ‘Marriage’ and the Persecution of Civil Society
National Catholic Register: Same-Sex ‘Marriage’ and the Persecution of Civil Society Advocates of same-sex “marriage” present the idea as a step forward for tolerance and respect. But recent developments place that interpretation very much in doubt. Legalizing same-sex “marriage” is not a stand-alone policy, independent of all the other activities of the state. Once governments…
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Jane Spahr’s Censure Removed
The PJC has ruled on the Jane Spahr case and removed her censure. (HT: Presbyweb) From the ruling: Headnotes 1. Marriage is defined by the Book of Order W-4.9001. W-4.9001 provides four definitional statements of marriage. As a definition, W-4.9001 does not prohibit an officer of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) who has been authorized to…
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“No Sex in Gay Marriage” Beau Weston
Gruntled Center (Beau Weston): No Sex in Gay Marriage David Blankenhorn in his new book The Future of Marriage points out something I had not noticed: proponents of homosexual marriage define marriage as the close relation of two people who love one another. They do not include sexual intercourse as part of the definition. By…
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A Liberal Explains His Rejection of Same-Sex Marriage
New York Times: A Liberal Explains His Rejection of Same-Sex Marriage (Requires Free Registration) (HT Presbyweb) Could legalizing same-sex marriage actually strengthen marriage as a social institution? “If I could believe this,” writes David Blankenhorn, “I would support gay marriage without reservation.” Mr. Blankenhorn is a self-described liberal Democrat and “marriage nut,” a veteran leader…
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The Gay Invention
The Gay Invention is an article by Dr. R. V. Young at North Carolina State University in Touchstone Magazine. I found it linked at Presbyweb today. It gives a fascinating perspective on the history of the words "heterosexual/homosexual" as well as a review of the way the uses of the words "sex" and "gender" have…