Tag Archives: Bible

The Wrong Question

The question, isn't, "Is the Bible Clear" or even "What does the Bible say" but rather, the right question is, "what relevance, if any should the Bible have when it comes to civil law and what rights people deserve?"

Preacher Wants Free Speech

UK Police to Preacher: It’s a Crime to Call Homosexuality a “Sin” A few months ago, the Westboro Baptist Church was here in Pittsburgh protesting a number of things, but one was about protesting the funeral of Catherine Baker Knoll’s

YouTube – The Defenders (2009)

Saw this on Pam’s House Blend. Cool video, spread it around! The video does a great job of characterizing the impact of CA Prop 8, although I’m not sure if this is what would/will really happen. The conservatives with power

Bush to French President Chirac: Iraq-War Biblically Ordained

Pulled this yesterday off of Twitter, but never got around to actually posting. While it deals with extremely old news, I think it is useful info today, as Cheney is being so vocal trying to protect the legacy of the

Today’s Battles: Understandig Transgenderism

I almost blogged this under my Queer Look at the Bible blog, but will just link it instead. Below is a blog entry and thread of comments about transgenderism. This is applicable to many of the posts I’ve made recently,

Swedish Pastor’s Hate Crime: Those Activist Judges

Update: Since  I started writing this post, I have read that the bill passed the House! http://uk.reuters.com/article/usTopNews/idUKTRE53S8IM20090429 I watched C-SPAN for a bit today as they “discussed” the Federal Hate Crimes legislation. On the one hand, I can’t even believe this

A Masterpastor Sins

As nice as it seems to read that “no circumstance should any Christian attack the character of a person who claims to be homosexual,” the opinions expressed here are little different in content and not that different in tone. There

The Deteriorating Power of the Bible

Warren apologizes for support of California’s marriage amendment The above headline is the original headline for the linked article. It is something I almost passed over unread. Rick Warren isn’t that interesting to me, but the claim of his supposed

Open Reply to Greg J’s World: Morality and Gay Rights

Dear Greg, Glad to have the opportunity to read your post. I just want to offer a few points for thought. 1) I really don’t think that the “LGBT segment is rapidly growing.” There have always been (and will always

The 1st Amendment and Anti-Gay Speech

The basis of the opinion linked below is the decision by a TV channel not to air an anti-gay propaganda program sponsored by the American Family Association (AFA). The AFA claimed that the TV special would “reveal the truth about the