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2011-08-25T16:45:53-08:00

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O que Jesus faria se ele fosse convidado para um casamento gay?

Last updated on: August 25, 2011 at 4:45 pm By John Shore

That’s right; I speak Portuguese. Okay, fine: I don’t speak Portuguese. But João Mattos, a young man who e-mailed me this afternoon, way does. (more…) Read more

Personal

2011-08-24T09:44:52-08:00

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From the Christian Mother of a Transgender Young Man

Last updated on: August 24, 2011 at 9:44 am By John Shore

(I last week received this very moving letter.) Dear John, Sometimes I think that being able to see from the perspective of a mother what my daughter (who is now my son) went through before his admission of his true self shows why God is with us, no matter what. (more…) Read more

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LGBT and Christianity

2011-08-22T18:02:02-08:00

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Think gay is wrong? You’re better than that.

Last updated on: August 22, 2011 at 6:02 pm By John Shore

It’s perfectly okay with God if a person is gay or lesbian. Perfectly. If you think being gay is wrong, because you think the Bible says it’s wrong, learn more about those passages in the Bible. Because if you don’t, and you cling to your misinformed bigotry, then you’re purposefully, consciously, and destructively choosing lazy, hateful prejudice over simple truthful righteousness. And you’re better than that. I know you’re better than that. You know you’re better than that. God knows... Read more

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LGBT and Christianity

2011-08-22T11:28:38-08:00

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But let’s talk about me

Last updated on: August 22, 2011 at 11:28 am By John Shore

Ha ha! Isn’t it funny to think that what I’d like to talk about more than anything else is me? Oh. Well, I thought it was. But fine. Be that way. But, seriously, that’s enough about you. Let’s talk about me again. So here’s a bit of le’ ketchup ala’ moi: Today I will be crazy busy finishing the editorial work on the e-book of mine for which this will be the cover: (more…) Read more

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2021-09-26T09:32:13-08:00

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This animal. This cretin. This travesty. This demon.

Last updated on: September 26, 2021 at 9:32 am By John Shore

This is Tony Perkins. He is much scarier than the Tony Perkins who played Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho. This Tony Perkins makes blood spinning down a bathtub drain look like a cup of Kool-Aid spilled at a Girl Scout fundraiser. This Tony Perkins is the president of the Family Research Council, the political offshoot of Focus on the Family, which is James Dobson’s main organization. James Dobson is a person very keen on calling himself a Christian. So is Tony... Read more

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LGBT and Christianity

2011-08-16T17:06:38-08:00

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Nothing So Dangerous

Last updated on: August 16, 2011 at 5:06 pm By John Shore

(The comments from readers below are in response to this, which I posted on my Facebook page along with a link to this post: “So I’ve been practicing making these little mini-poster things, and quickly made this one [with some words I wrote in one of posts awhile back]. I was going to take it down [even though it’s buried on my site], because my wife thinks it too harsh, and I trust her judgement. But people keep liking... Read more

Look See

2011-08-15T20:44:22-08:00

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Be Afraid

Last updated on: August 15, 2011 at 8:44 pm By John Shore

I’m tellin’ ya: the day I have to take this guy seriously is the day I move to Canada. Or get a lobotomy. Read more

Look See

2011-08-14T10:42:50-08:00

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Last updated on: August 14, 2011 at 10:42 am By John Shore

Annnnnnd unplugged till next Friday! (Celebrating 30th wedding anniversary.) Read more

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2011-08-12T10:41:35-08:00

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Republican Politician Caught with His Gay Pants Down: Whose Shame Is It?

Last updated on: August 12, 2011 at 10:41 am By John Shore

So this morning we have a story in the The Indianapolis Star about Republican state representative Phil Hinkle (above). Mr Hinkle is married with two children. He is a staunch, anti-gay, anti-Planned Parenthood, pro-“family values” Republican. Which, of course, can mean only one thing: he’s also a profoundly clueless and closeted gay man. (Kidding! No excuse. Sorry.) At least, he was closeted. But then, last Saturday night, Mr. Hinkle got horny. Really horny. So horny that he went up into... Read more

Christian Issues

LGBT and Christianity

2011-08-11T04:49:24-08:00

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My 30th Anniversary: What Happened?

Last updated on: August 11, 2011 at 4:49 am By John Shore

Between the eve o’ tommorow (August 12) and sometime during the weekend of the 20th, I will not be blogging, emailing, Facebooking, Twittering, Huluing, YouTubing, Yahooing, or JohnShore.comming. I’ll be as unplugged as a food processor in an Amish kitchen. (more…) Read more

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