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July 2011

July 12, 2011

Biblical Marriage

Bruce Bawer at The Dish recounts the multifarious forms of "marriage" cataloged in the Bible:...

July 08, 2011

Rejected Anti-Gay Ad

David Brauer reports that the Minneapolis StarTribune has rejected an ad placed by the Presbyterian...

July 01, 2011

Millenials for Gay Marriage, But Not Necessarily Pro-Choice

The Public Religion Research Institute has a new study out on abortion opinions in America. ...

May 2011

May 13, 2011

An Open Letter to My State Senator and Representative

Dear State Senator Geoff Michel and Representative Pat Mazorol, Your party's move to put to...

May 02, 2011

Kentucky Church Won't Sign Marriage Licenses

This hopeful news comes from a church that will not sign marriage licenses anymore --...

February 2011

February 24, 2011

Gaga and Obama Love the Gays

President Obama made big news yesterday, through Eric Holder, when the administration announced that they...

February 11, 2011

Patrol Mag: Let's Stop Making Pronouncements about Others' Sexuality

If you don't subscribe to the online mag Patrol, you should, because you'll get to...

October 2010

October 12, 2010

How Fast Is Public Opinion on Same Sex Marriage Changing?

Yesterday was both Columbus Day and National Coming Out Day, so I saw many tweets...

September 2010

September 13, 2010

In defense of Kosher

A funny, and telling, thought experiment at Reddit. What if kosher Jews used the same...

August 2010

August 18, 2010

Ponderings on a Faith Journey: A Legal Analysis of the Recent Prop 8 Decision

Bob Cornwall, a consistently thoughtful, progressive voice, has a guest post from an attorney in...

August 13, 2010

What Is the "Gospel" Response to the Prop 8 Ruling?

That's the question that Christianity Today asked a variety of evangelical leaders and thinkers. Since...

July 2010

July 19, 2010

Katherine Kersten's Many Fallacies

Katherine Kersten is the often-mocked conservative columnist at the Minneapolis StarTribune. Often mocked because her...

July 09, 2010

Presbyterians: Two More Years of "Talking" about Same Sex Marriage

The StarTribune reports: Hours after giving their blessing to ordaining noncelibate gays and lesbians, leaders...

May 2010

May 20, 2010

Expelling the Child of a Lesbian Couple

That's what a school in Boston did, and, not surprisingly, they made headlines. Well, I'm...

August 2009

August 26, 2009

Video Blog: The Slippery Slope Doesn't Exist

August 19, 2009

A Thoughtful, Reasonable, Pastoral Comment about Same Sex Sex

There have been some real gems among the hundreds and hundreds of comments left on...

August 18, 2009

Video Response: Natural Law, Gays, and the Church

August 15, 2009

Video Response: Those Pesky Six Verses about Homosexuality

August 13, 2009

What I've Learned about Gays and the Church…

...since last week.

August 04, 2009

An Honest Question about Gays in the Church

OK, I'm serious about this. I'm not even being snarky. Really.If you are one who...

July 2009

July 17, 2009

Is Gay the New Orthodox?

"It's a clean sweep for the liberal agenda in the Episcopal Church," said David Virtue,...

July 16, 2009

Me on Patheos on Gays

An interview with me on the issue of gays and the church just went live...

July 15, 2009

Looking Back on Cornerstone – The Gays Have Their Day

Probably the most anticipated element of Cornerstone that I was involved with was a panel...

May 2009

May 22, 2009

Should Christian Leaders Be Outed?

Do you think that Christian leaders who publicly support same sex marriage, gay rights, etc.,...

April 2009

April 22, 2009

Doug Kmiec Is Right: Clergy Should Not Perform (Legal) Marriages

Last week, Doug Kmiec went on Colbert and became the next in a long line...

April 20, 2009

Getting Beyond the “Ick Factor” in the Gay Marriage Debate

In one of my early posts on same sex marriage, I wrote that I used...

April 03, 2009

Breaking News: Rod Will Debate Same Sex Marriage

It just turns out that he won't debate it with me.Last fall, Rod and I...

February 2009

February 13, 2009

Richard Mouw and Proposition 8

In this week's edition of Newsweek, Richard Mouw, the president of Fuller Theological Seminary, penned...

January 2009

January 29, 2009

Comment of the Day

Noah, a self-described conservative, makes a calm and helpful comment under Same Sex Marriage Blogalogue:...

January 28, 2009

Same Sex Marriage Blogalogue: Press Pause

Several of you have been dropping comments under other posts, asking why this much-pimped series...