Another Update On The Call To Methodist Bishops
This email arrived a few minutes ago from the Bishop of Virginia Conference of the United Methodist Church. The VA Conference Bishop has also written George.
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Religion is a frequent topic on this blog, and should not be confused with Christianity.
Boycott Conservatives Won't Tell You About
Here’s a boycott the conservatives don’t want you to know about. Apparently, in 1999, a group of conservative organizations called for a boycott of military enlistment. Their excuse, Wicca. So help me God…
Read moreNew Religious Left Group Forms
The success of the Religious Right in appropriating the language of Christianity has led many people to become generally wary of religion in the public sphere and of Christianity in particular. The Religious Right has used the language of Christianity to promote an extreme and divisive political agenda that has helped polarize our nation. But foundational Christian values like compassion, justice and peace are largely absent from our political discussion. And there are millions of Christian Americans who share progressive views, or, at a minimum, are increasingly turned off by the extreme rhetoric and political agenda of the Religious Right.
Read moreWhen All Else Fails-Bash Some Queers
Reviving a major plank of his re-election campaign, President Bush called for a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage Tuesday. It’s like a broken record, ain’t it? You’d think by now that Chimpy’s pious, brain-dead following would wake up and smell the giant pile of cowdung that their Dear Leader is shoveling at them. But alas, no.
Read moreUpdate On Letters To Methodist Bishops
I’ve sent a series of letters to U.S. Methodist Bishops trying to get them to pay attention to U.S. Government sponsored torture. I finally convinced two out of fifty to do something.
Read moreHere I Go Again
I felt compelled to write another to the U.S. Methodist Bishops. My friend Glenda chastised me, saying I was going to cause them to just start deleting my messages. Indeed, at least two already do that (I request a read receipt). But as I told her, I can’t stop them from doing that, but I feel an obligation to try to move them. I can only do what I can do, and they will only do what they feel compelled to do.
Read moreFred Phelps To Picket Soldier's Funeral
According to a story in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Fred Phelps and members of the congregation of his Westboro Baptist Church will picket the funeral of an Idaho National Guard soldier killed in Iraq. The church has been picketing the funerals of other soldiers as well.
Read moreAnother Letter to U.M. Bishops on Torture
I believe we as a nation are acting egregiously in this “War On Terror,” and I believe that good people in this country are standing by and letting it happen. It has happened previously in the history of the world, and the consequences have been dire. So, I will make a deal with you. I will stop pestering you about the issue of U.S. Government Sponsored torture, if you will write a letter to the President, and ask that the U.S. cease torturing captured prisoners, charge or release detainees (especially women and children), and observe all tenants of the Geneva Conventions regardless of the ?status? he elects to assign these people. I do not believe that is asking too much.
Read moreZach and Ex-Gay "Ministries"
Making the rounds of the blogoshpere is the blog of 16 year old boy who came out to his fundamentalist parents. They had him committed to a Tennessee-based “re-education” facility. Some Ex-gay ministry called Love In Action.
Read moreZach and Ex-Gay “Ministries”
Making the rounds of the blogoshpere is the blog of 16 year old boy who came out to his fundamentalist parents. They had him committed to a Tennessee-based “re-education” facility. Some Ex-gay ministry called Love In Action.
Read moreGet Your Honorary Doctoral Degree Here
According to the Bishop of the Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church, it means more than an academic degree one earns.
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