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November 2025

November 05, 2025

Homosexuality in the NRSVue New Testament

The New Revised Standard Version (NRSVue) mistranslates some words referring to homosexuality, but elsewhere makes...

July 2022

July 20, 2022

An Islamic Take on LGBTQ Identity

A Muslim woman explains why a Muslim's identity can only be based on religion, not...

May 2021

May 25, 2021

Our Whole Culture Is “Sex Negative”

Our culture is sexually permissive, but that is not the same as valuing sex. An...

October 2020

October 23, 2020

On the Pope’s Endorsement of Same-Sex Civil Unions

Pope Francis is being quoted as endorsing same-sex civil unions. Though this stops short of...

August 2019

August 30, 2019

“Heterosexuality Is Just Not Working”

If homophobia is the disapproval and fear of homosexuality, we now also have what we could...

September 2018

September 12, 2018

What Percentage of Catholic Priests Have Been Abusive?

How extensive is the problem of sexual abuse of minors by Catholic priests? Cases have...

August 2018

August 23, 2018

Homosexuality & the Priest Sex Abuse Scandal

Msgr. Charles Pope wrote in the National Catholic Register about "the most-avoided topic" in the...

July 2016

July 28, 2016

Traditional sexual ethics vs. Christian morality

I happened upon a book by a former student of mine, Matthew Rueger, now a...

August 2015

August 17, 2015

Now sexual orientation is seen as “fluid”

Now that gays have won the right to marry, the tune is changing. Instead of...

June 2015

June 17, 2015

Recovering Friendship

The decline in the size of families--from 3.5 to 2 children in 50 years--has also...

June 11, 2015

Evolution vs. liberalism

In the course of a discussion about an article by a feminist attacking transgendered folks...

October 2014

October 20, 2014

Family synod’s final statement is more conservative

The initial statement from the Roman Catholic synod on the family was hailed for its...

July 2014

July 21, 2014

What percentage of Americans are gay?

According to the first large-scale study of the question, only 1.6% of American adults identified...

March 2014

March 31, 2014

“Coming out” as a Christian

In her memoir Dancing Through It, ballerina Jenifer Ringer tells about her Christian faith. I...

December 2013

December 28, 2013

Update: A&E caves on Duck Dynasty

I guess people are allowed to criticize gay sex after all: Phil Robertson, the patriarch...

December 23, 2013

You are not allowed to disapprove of gay sex

Duck Dynasty patriarch Phil Robertson was not accused of mistreating gay people, nor of interfering...

October 2013

October 16, 2013

Homosexuaity as a social construct

Michael W. Hannon reminds us that postmodernist philosopher Michel Foucault, himself a homosexual, has maintained...

July 2013

July 30, 2013

The Pope refuses to judge gay people

Pope Francis, responding to reporters' questions, said, "Who am I to judge gay people?" Though...

June 2013

June 24, 2013

Celibacy & friendship

Wesley Hill is a gay Christian who agrees with the Biblical teachings on homosexuality and...

May 2013

May 02, 2013

Sports figure comes out of the closet

A noted sports figure came out of the closet. Not Jason Collins of the NBA...

February 2013

February 04, 2013

Destroying the Boy Scouts

The Boy Scouts are caught between Scylla and Charybdis--or, as more of them might put...

January 2013

January 03, 2013

“A person must not be identified by their sexual orientation”

A New York archbishop shut down a "gay mass" that was held regularly in a...

July 2012

July 10, 2012

Exodus president now doubts cure for being gay

Exodus International has been the preeminent Christian ministry to gays. A major emphasis of that...

May 2012

May 16, 2012

The rainbow-colored halo

President Clinton was hailed by the liberal media as "the first black president"--on the basis...

April 2012

April 10, 2012

The “dancing boys” of Afghanistan

A custom of Afghanistan that our intervention has helped bring back into vogue, despite the...

March 2012

March 01, 2012

Denying Communion to a lesbian

This story marshalled so much outrage that it made the front page of the Washington...

February 2012

February 29, 2012

Canada’s homeschoolers can’t teach against homosexuality

O, Canada! Under Alberta’s new Education Act, homeschoolers and faith-based schools will not be permitted...

February 16, 2012

Thoughts on homosexuality not being genetic

A couple of weeks ago I posted this: Evidence homosexuality is not genetic | Cranach:...

February 01, 2012

Evidence homosexuality is not genetic

Wheaton provost Stanton L. Jones corrects an article in the New York Times and cites...

December 2011

December 05, 2011

Requiring acceptance of homosexuality

Here is a religious liberty case to watch: The U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals...