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April 2014

April 01, 2014

Farewell, Christians who won’t extend Jesus’ love to gay people

The whole gay-Christian "debate" is like watching a great ocean wave rising and cresting. Soon...

March 2014

March 28, 2014

Why the surprise at learning how much evangelicals hate gay people?

No one gets to declare that they follow the Prince of Peace while at the...

March 27, 2014

“My strategy worked for World Vision just like it did for Duck Dynasty,” says PR superstar

"I hope pro-gay and anti-gay Christians fight forever. Then guys like me will keep getting...

March 24, 2014

From a young transgender man: “Tell me again that you love me.”

There are so many ways to erase a mistake, correct a failing, eliminate an undesirable...

March 12, 2014

To secretly gay-affirming pastors of conservative churches

One year ago I met with the pastor of a large conservative church. It was...

March 10, 2014

Breaking news: United Methodist Bishop drops all charges against Thomas Ogletree, calls for end of “disciplining” UMC pastors who perform gay weddings

The Bishop didn't just drop the charges against Ogletree. He turned them into a huge...

March 07, 2014

So beautiful. So simple. So right.

Meet Brandon Towns, an eighth-grade science teacher from Dayton, Ohio. He's made the latest Not All...

February 2014

February 28, 2014

Having a gay son got them booted from their church. But look at them now!

Her gay teen son, once so happy, had become depressed, self-cutting, suicidal. And then she...

February 27, 2014

Are you listening, Bob Jones University?

Here's hoping that God, through the voices of the people with whom GRACE spoke, speaks...

February 25, 2014

Christians: Be thee not discombobulated by transgender persons!

Transgender people are only trying to live into what Jesus said: "The truth shall set...

February 18, 2014

The whole deal on the straight/gay/Christian thing

Straight people are freaked out by gay (to use a euphemism) relations—the same way...

February 14, 2014

To a Christian lesbian rejecting her love

To reject love is to reject God, Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit, and the very...

February 06, 2014

Bob Jones University shuts down year-long investigation of sexual abuse on its campus

Bob Jones University was fully cooperating with an investigation into sexual abuse on its campus....

February 04, 2014

My 100% guaranteed pick on tonight’s Creationism vs. Evolution debate

In tonight's much ballyhooed Creation vs. Science debate, viewers sitting in front of their computers...

January 2014

January 29, 2014

Atheist fundamentalists fighting fire with fire

Above is the billboard the American Atheists have "launched" near the Metlife Stadium. It'll be...

January 23, 2014

The Hobby Lobby’s baseless grab for women’s rights

A few things about the Hobby Lobby case that beg to be considered.

January 08, 2014

Why atheists win arguments with Christians about God

Atheists are better prepared than Christians to argue about God. Why? Because logic.

January 06, 2014

What can a woman know about pastoring?

Who is more obviously qualified to be a pastor than a privileged straight white male?

January 03, 2014

Why I’ll soon be drunk in New York

Things get better.

December 2013

December 30, 2013

The sole Christian in a three-way relationship

What's a Christian bisexual lesbian in a three-way relationship living in the deep South to...

December 26, 2013

NALT’s response to the Duck Dynasty controversy

Hi, all. While I was on vacation last week, Wayne Besen and Evan Hurst, my...

December 16, 2013

The opportunity for straight Christians

Straight Christians: God is watching you. And, perhaps even more importantly, so are all the...

December 15, 2013

One vote for Jesus being brown and Iraqi [VIDEO]

Meanwhile, we're arguing about Megyn Kelly and whether or not Santa should be shown smoking...

December 14, 2013

Fifty shades of Jesus

Wondering about the skin color of Jesus and/or Santa? Well, wonder no more.

December 11, 2013

“I love you; now change.” Really, Christian?

The only good way to show how wonderfully God is working in your life is...

December 06, 2013

Atheist and Christian argue about hell (in a Starbucks). Atheist wins.

An atheist and a Christian debate hell in a Starbucks. The atheist wins.

December 04, 2013

Who needs fundamentalism during Christmas? Nobody.

IMHO this animated billboard—placed by American Atheists in Times Square—is not only obnoxious, but is...

December 01, 2013

Help this pastor help people with AIDS

Today, December 1, is World AIDS day. What better day to sponsor this pastor's 545-mile...

November 2013

November 29, 2013

Christian leaders call U.S.’s new ambassador to the Dominican Republic an “insult,” a “faggot,” and threaten him physically

Join me in congratulating James "Wally" Brewster and his husband Bob, as this week Brewster...

November 23, 2013

When your Christian family rejects you because you’re gay

I get what invariably strikes me as a baffling amount of criticism for being "too...