Urgent: Uganda’s Inhumane Anti-Homosexuality Bill

As many of you may already know there is a highly disturbing bill being considered by the Ugandan government that will place inhumane penalties on those who are gay or lesbian, as well as those who are friends or family of LGBT people. The Ugandan government already allows life imprisonment if convicted of homosexuality. However, [...]

Gay Students at Christian Colleges

Even Jerry Falwell’s ultra-conservative Liberty University has gay students. In 2007, at least forty LGBT students at Liberty sought help from the campus counseling center. I read that surprising stat in Kevin Roose’s insightful book The Unlikely Disciple. Roose went undercover for a semester to get the inside scoop on “America’s holiest university.” Among other [...]

Engaging in Sustained Dialogue

Since we have been talking about “bridging the gap” and engaging in conversation with those who have different viewpoints, I thought I would post this article I wrote on Sustained Dialogue. It was first published at Gifted for Leadership last year. True tolerance is not about forcing everyone to agree with our own personal opinions. [...]

Bridging the Gap

Several years ago, when I visited a GLBT center for the first time, my anxiety about choked me unconscious before I reached the door. I was entering “taboo” territory. Never mind that I had been in lesbian relationships, had gay friends and had attended gay related events in the past—crossing the threshold of that GLBT [...]

Christians Against Anti-Gay Bullying

The National Day of Silence is scheduled for April 17th this year. Thousands of students across the country are expected to participate. The purpose of Day of Silence is “to bring attention to anti-LGBT name-calling, bullying and harassment.” As usual, there is strong reaction from ultra-conservatives who view the day as strategic brainwashing by gay [...]

Lessons From the Uganda Homosexuality Conference

Update: Randy Thomas has also made a public comment on his blog.
Update: Warren Throckmorton just posted a public statement from Scott Lively, as well as a public statement from Alan Chambers as reported to the Christian Post.
Recently, I received a couple e-mails from individuals concerned about a conference on homosexuality that took place in Kampala, [...]

Be Merciful as Your Father is Merciful

I need to forgive the religious Right.
Just writing that sentence makes my heart heavy. I’m finding it difficult to do what I need to do. Resentment has wedged itself deeply in my mind and heart. I’m not the only one struggling with bitterness. Much has been said about the backlash against the Christian Right. Books [...]

Gay Marriage?

Since this blog doesn’t have enough controversy already, and because I am, apparently, a glutton for punishment, I thought we could have a discussion on gay marriage. As you know, all eyes are on the West Coast after the California Supreme Court ruled that gay couples have the right to marry. Chief Justice Ronald M. [...]

Beyond the Religious Right

Anyone who has read my blog knows I’m not a fan of the religious Right. In fact, I admit I have an attitude problem. I carry with me baggage from being raised in fundamentalism. This aversion isn’t without just cause. Yet, at the same time I err in using the terms “religious Right” and “fundamentalist” [...]

The War I Don’t Want

Jeff Lutes, Executive Director of Soulforce recently expressed a sentiment that resonates with me. In their latest newsletter, he said, “. . . each family participating in the American Family Outing is highly trained in nonviolent resistance methods of M.K. Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. If you’ve ever attended a Soulforce training event, you [...]