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February 2012

February 25, 2012

John Piper: God Called. You’re fired.

This morning famous evangelical pastor John Piper tweeted this: Dear John Piper: If you're going...

February 24, 2012

Do you feel a drunken street orgy coming on?

A woman commenting on yesterday's post (1 Man, 2 Women in a Polyamorous Relationship) wrote:...

February 23, 2012

1 Man, 2 Women In A Polyamorous Relationship

Sometimes three's a crowd. Sometimes it's not.

February 20, 2012

Fundamentalists: Problem solved!

Got this in yesterday: Hello Mr. Shore. Thanks for your writing---I find your ideas inspirational....

February 17, 2012

If no one’s being hurt or exploited, God’s okay with your sexuality

Lately I've received a fair number of emails from people wanting me to understand all...

February 07, 2012

What causes Pastor “boycott gay-loving Starbucks!!” to foam so?

You may have heard how last week USA Christian Ministries called upon all Christians to...

January 2012

January 26, 2012

What?! Mark Driscoll a Pinhead?

Yesterday a young man wrote to ask why I thought so many people are attracted...

January 20, 2012

ECO, the New Anti-Gay Presbyterian Denomination: Cowardly Lions

As you may know, this past summer the Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) decided to allow the...

January 18, 2012

God, Tim Tebow, and the Ultimate Reality Show

A few nights ago I got in this letter about Tim Tebow: This year, many...

January 17, 2012

“Being gay is a sin. I spread love to the world.”

In the comments section to my recent post, An Open Letter From Christians to Gay...

January 07, 2012

“She was forgiven even before she had an abortion”

Below are some reader comments (or excerpts from them) written in response to my post...

January 05, 2012

To a Christian woman who chose abortion

"The house of your grief has four walls: for your unborn child, for your departed...

December 2011

December 31, 2011

LGBTQ and Christianity: My 2011 in Review

In 2011 I did an lot of writing about the relationship between LGBTQ folk and...

December 30, 2011

The moment where I seriously dislike Cardinal George

This relates to my post earlier today. In the comments to that post people brought...

December 30, 2011

Time to Resign for Cardinal “If You’re Gay, You’re KKK”?

[UPDATE: The moment where I seriously dislike Cardinal George] Our friends over at Truth Wins...

December 28, 2011

20 Quick Steps From Loving God to Hating Others

Here's how this happens.

December 14, 2011

“UNFAIR: Why the ‘Christian’ View of Gays Doesn’t Work” now available in paperback

This new book o' mine/ours is now available in paperback. (Sorry if earlier yesterday you...

December 08, 2011

Another Teen Bullied To Death; Another Reason for a New Christianity

Another kid has been bullied into killing himself. His name is Jacob Rogers. He went...

December 07, 2011

Gay Girl in the Midwest Reviews “UNFAIR”

A writer named Ruthie, who runs a blog called Fish Out of Water: The Life...

December 06, 2011

Better a Good Atheist Than a Bad Christian

In the comments thread to my post, Tell Me, Christian, That You Hear This Boy,...

December 03, 2011

Tell Me, Christian, That You Hear This Boy

Evangelical, fundamentalist Christians---by which I mean, specifically, Christians who believe that being gay is a...

December 02, 2011

The Waning of the Tony “Psycho Was No Scarier Than I” Perkins Brand of Christianity

The piece I did on George Michael and his one-person Christian hate group went mondo-large....

December 01, 2011

Dan Savage Reviews “UNFAIR”

This morning I was happy to find in my inbox this review of UNFAIR, from...

December 01, 2011

¿Qué haría Jesús si lo invitaran a una boda gay?

Recientemente me han invitado a un par de bodas gays. Así que, con todo eso...

November 2011

November 29, 2011

George Michael hospitalized: Christians For a Moral America praying for his death

Word came out last week that George Michael, 48, was admitted to a Viennese hospital...

November 15, 2011

Could the Christian Right be more wrong?

Here's a letter I recently received: Dear John, I spent sixteen years as a fundamental...

November 14, 2011

Christian Parents of Gay Teens: You Don’t Have to Choose Between Your Love and Your Faith

Late this past Thursday night I got in this email: John, I have the most...

November 09, 2011

To quote from Sodom and Gomorrah: “So don’t be gay.”

Maybe I just have a weird translation of the Bible.

November 08, 2011

“More Like an Agnostic with Christian Leanings”

Here's a very nice letter recently in. If all "Dear John" letters were like this...

November 04, 2011

“Help! I’m an Open-Minded Christian in a Close-Minded World!”

I'm in a bit of time-bind today (closing in on finishing the LGBT letters book),...