This is part one in a two part series, Part Two is here. It was originally written as part of the Homeschoolers Anonymous series, “Homeschoolers Are Out.” *** It turns out that it’s easy to guard your heart when you’re not attracted to someone, but I’m getting ahead of myself here. To begin this story, we […]
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One more thing
A few days ago I wrote a post on what I would like to tell straight Christians. The following is a followup expanding some of the ideas I touched on in that post, particularly more of what is behind my frustration with people trying to force “Washed and Waiting” on anyone in the Church who […]
“Stop telling us to read Wesley Hill,” and other things I would like to tell straight Christians
I’m really tired of writing about this stuff, I feel like I’m beating a dead horse, but because I don’t want to cut tons of people out of my life I keep seeing things pop up on Facebook that frustrate me. Here then, is my stock response that I think I will just turn into […]
Dispatches from the Culture Wars: DOMA
Sixteen and a half years ago President Clinton signed the Defense of Marriage Act, enshrining inequality into federal law. As Clinton tells it, he had to sign it because it was a veto-proof majority and any veto would have been overruled anyway, though I rather suspect that it had more to do with the fact […]
The Right And Marriage Equality: A Breakthrough
The Right And Marriage Equality: A Breakthrough Go read Andrew Sullivan’s recap of twenty some odd years of making a conservative case for marriage equality and the push back over the years. It puts the amicus brief from 75 conservative political figures into historical context. Tipping point, etc.
Stream of consciousness
By the time I finish this amicus brief research, I really am not going to want to think about DOMA and Prop 8 ever again. It’ll be worth it if it helps sway the mind of a Supreme Court justice though. Speaking of which, I have a hard time wrapping my head around the idea […]
We the People, that means you
The President of the United States mentioned Stonewall in his inaugural address. Let that sink in for a minute. Ronald Reagan did nothing about HIV until 1987 because it was seen as a “gay disease” and well, who cares if they’re dying. In thirty years we’ve gone from a president refusing to mention a deadly disease […]