What, oh what, will the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) decide about allowing gay leaders? Will they “cave” so as not to be considered hateful and homophobic? Will they finally “be on the right side of history” and change their policy? Even some Christian blogs and commenters are urging the BSA to lift the ban…
Today I read the article “Dan and Me: My Coming Out as a Friend of Dan Cathy and Chick-fil-A” by Shane Windmeyer. This gay activist, bestselling author, and Executive Director of Campus Pride shares his perspective on a new-found friendship with Dan Cathy, a man whom he had previously considered his enemy. He wrote that Cathy…
The French see the question of legalizing gay marriage for what it really is- the endorsement of same-sex parenting. This secular nation held one of their largest demonstrations since 1984 today- in opposition to gay marriage. About 340,000 protesters marched at the Eiffel Tower to voice opposition to their president’s proposal to legalize gay marriage and…
Like the rest of the nation, my husband and I have been pondering what could have been done to prevent a tragedy like the one in Sandy Hook, or the theater in Aurora, or Columbine, or, or, or… In ministry we get to see God’s hand at work in even the most difficult situations. But we have…
A few weeks ago, I caught the end of an NPR interview with Andrew Solomon about his book “Far From the Tree.” Interviewer Robert Siegel asked Solomon about his own “post-nuclear family.” Solomon explains: When I met John, who is now my husband, he told me that he had had some friends, Tammy and Laura,…
Suzanne Venkner’s Fox News opinion piece “The War on Men” is garnering great attention in the blogosphere. I agree with, and cultural trends seem to affirm, many of her conclusions. The climax of her article is this statement. “But what if the dearth of good men, and ongoing battle of the sexes, is – hold on to…
“Satan has asked to sift you as wheat. But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your strength may not fail.” Luke 22:31-32 Did you feel the earth shift on election night? Something foundational has given way. Liberals and conservative bloggers and commentators all seem to sense that a great change is upon us. We…
A few of you have been a little bewildered by my most recent post, “Best Wishes.” Please allow me to explain. First, I was being completely serious. It’s easy to read snark into the written page- that is where the cyber world falls dreadfully short of the face-to-face ideal. But I assure you, I was…
For all the supporters of R-74: Congratulations. I wish for you all the fullness that this life has to offer. I pray for depth of relationship, sweetness of abiding peace, and a taste of the greatest love that this life can know. Warmly, theBigot
Today NPR interviewed Brendon Ayanbadejo and Chris Kluwe, two NFL players who have revealed their support of gay marriage this week. What got my attention was the statement that there are no openly gay players in the NFL. Ayanbadejo and Kluwe went on to discuss what it would take for a gay man to feel…
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