There are those who go to gay bars and salsa clubs with rosaries in their pockets, and who make camp chapels of their living rooms. Others enter churches with love letters hidden in their bags, because their need for God and their need for love refuse to fit into different compartments. But what goodness and righteousness can prevail if you are in love with someone whom you are … [Read more...] about The Queer God by Marcella Althaus-Reid
Religion
Radical Love: Introduction to Queer Theology
LGBTQ+ Introduction to Queer Theology Queer theology is more than LGBT people talking about God, according to Cheng, professor at Episcopal Divinity School and ordained minister in the Metropolitan Community Church. The real enterprise for queer theology is challenging binary distinctions and erasing boundaries. This erasure is made possible (indeed demanded) by the … [Read more...] about Radical Love: Introduction to Queer Theology
So You “Think” You Are A Christian?
"You can’t turn your back on the poor, the sick, the hungry, frightened, or desperate people seeking asylum at our border and still call yourself a pro-life Christian." … [Read more...] about So You “Think” You Are A Christian?
Gender Discrimination in the Catholic Church
Rules in the Catholic Church are applied differently for men and women. A father can create a child out of marriage and keep HIS job, but a woman who creates a child out of marriage GETS FIRED. “Sarah Syring loved her job as an English teacher at a Catholic middle school in Louisville, KY -- until she was fired for expecting a dearly desired child with her long-term … [Read more...] about Gender Discrimination in the Catholic Church
Why Do Right Wing Christians Hate?
Franklin Graham: Stop the homophobic attacks on Amy Grant and her family "Contemporary Christian music icon Amy Grant recently announced that she and her husband Vince Gill will host their niece's same-sex wedding on their Tennessee farm -- a beautiful act of pro-LGBTQ affirmation from an artist whose music means so much to so many American Christians. Of course, the … [Read more...] about Why Do Right Wing Christians Hate?