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What’s Morally Wrong With Homosexuality?

I think this is a preview/trailer for a DVD but has some good stuff in it. Queers United: What’s Morally Wrong With Homosexuality?.

January 18, 2009 Comments are Disabled general, Links, Religion Has Failed

Churches against Prop 8

Instant Tea » Blog Archive » Churches against Prop 8.

January 14, 2009 Comments are Disabled general, Links

Reverend Ricky Hoyt on Marriage Equality

Please read this. Adds a wonderful dimension and clear focus to the issue of Marriage Equality   One More Step | Reverend Ricky Hoyt: marriage equality rally.

January 11, 2009 Comments are Disabled Links, Religion Has Failed

Are the Religious Obsessed with Sex?

The Year of Living Biblically I’m reading a new book, and it seems that within the Judeo-Christian traditions, people have always been obsessed with sex. I began reading, “The Year of Living Biblically” by AJ Jacobs, and thought I would blog about it as I move through the book.  So, far it is pretty good, but I’m barely half-way through the first chapter, and I’m a slow reader. So bear with me. Got Religion? So,[Read More…]

January 7, 2009 Comments are Disabled General Commentary
Is Marriage Equality the New AIDS?

Is Marriage Equality the New AIDS?

So, what is marriage equality? What is at the the core, and what are those things which are real, perceived, and constructed that surround this issue?

December 31, 2008 1 comment Activism, general, Same-Sex Marriage

John R. Lott Jr. and Bradley Smith Say Prop. 8 Supporters Face a Backlash – WSJ.com

John R. Lott Jr. and Bradley Smith Say Prop. 8 Supporters Face a Backlash – WSJ.com. There are 2 points of this opinion: 1) is to say that full public disclosure of financial gifts to political campaigns is like taking away a person’s right to vote secretly; and 2) the future is to intimidate people who donate to controversial campaigns. There are a few very fallacious points made. First, the issue that a person’s political[Read More…]

December 26, 2008 Comments are Disabled general, Same-Sex Marriage

Gay Marriage on NH Agenda

…argues that marriage is a civil contract validated by the state, not by churches as religious institutions.

December 26, 2008 2 comments Same-Sex Marriage
Weighing in on Rick Warren

Weighing in on Rick Warren

To add to all the discourse or… I have been vascillating for a week now about writing this post, and if the truth be told I’m still not sure I want to put my comments out there. But here goes. I cal always choose to not publish it once written. Controversy I doubt the controversy is news to anyone at this point, but in brief: an envangelical pastor of a California megachurch was invited to give the[Read More…]

December 24, 2008 Comments are Disabled general

Top 15 fortune cookie fortunes of 2008

These were collected over the year.  Most, I can remember when I received it, and all had special importance at that time.  For some the meaning was always obvious, others it became clearer and a few it is still coming to clarity. 🙂   No profit grows where there is no pleasure to be had. There is no point to being grown up if you can’t be childish sometimes. It doesn’t matter.  Who is without[Read More…]

December 23, 2008 Comments are Disabled general

Nativity revisited

Perhaps one reason why some are so upset about gay marriage- or the ability to redefine marriage (as they see it) is that meaning can always be redefined, or recontextualized. http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/21/europe/netherlands.php

December 21, 2008 Comments are Disabled General Commentary