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Trinity United Church of Christ (Yes That Church) on President Obama's Marriage Equality Stance
Seeded on Tue May 15, 2012 6:02 PM EDT (YouTube)
Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III challenges fellow black clergy and all of us who are upset with President Obama's position on same-sex marriage.
There Is No Such Thing As 'Traditional Marriage'
Seeded on Tue May 15, 2012 4:24 PM EDT (Outside the Beltway)
The debate over same-sex marriage usually begins with someone on the right claiming that they oppose the idea of two men or two women being married because they wish to defend “traditional marriage.” What becomes clear after a short while, though, is that their idea …
Does the idea of same sex marriage fly in the face of thousands of years of traditional marriage? Actually, no.
Seeded on Sun May 13, 2012 7:34 AM EDT (Immoral Minority)
Contrary to myth, Christianity's concept of marriage has not been set in stone since the days of Christ, but has constantly evolved as a concept and ritual. Prof. John Boswell, the late Chairman of Yale University's history department, discovered that in addition to heterosexu …
President Obama's calculated gamble on gay marriage
Seeded on Thu May 10, 2012 7:34 AM EDT (The Washington Post)
Now that the President is on record in support of gay marriage, it’s worth breaking down the political pluses and minuses of that position. Let’s start with the pluses. 1. Public opinion: The movement in national polling on the issue is something rarely seen; suppor …
As the Collective Heads of the GOP Conservative Tea Party Extremist Evangelical Wing Exploded earlier today, I Looked Out the Window at Work in Tampa and Saw a Rainbow. After all, God did create EACH of us in HIS image he did not stipulate a Separate but
Wed May 9, 2012 6:50 PM EDT
Today, President Obama, made history when he evolved publicly on the side of justice, equality, humanness, solidarity, freedom, acceptance, civility and announced, at last, for the first time for him and for ANY sitting president EVER in history that he is in favor of the RIGHT …
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It Is Enough: An Open Letter to the Sick at Heart
Seeded on Wed May 9, 2012 6:14 PM EDT (Truthout - All Articles)
Stop me if you've heard this one before. A holy man stands before his flock and says, "Dads, the second you see your son dropping the limp wrist, you walk over there and crack that wrist. Man up. Give him a good punch. Ok? You are not going to act like that. You were made by God …
Another National Day of Prayer has come and gone, but legal challenges continue
Seeded on Tue May 8, 2012 4:40 PM EDT (The Christian Post)
Freedom From Religion Foundation has several suits going through the courts, some dating back to November 2008 and others filed recently against cities in Florida, Texas and Arkansas. Brett Harvey, senior counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund, told The Christian Post that his …
Psychology Of Fraud: Why Good People Do Bad Things
Seeded on Sat May 5, 2012 1:00 PM EDT (NPR)
Enron, Worldcom, Bernie Madoff, the subprime mortgage crisis. Over the past decade or so, news stories about unethical behavior have been a regular feature on TV, a long, discouraging parade of misdeeds marching across our screens. And in the face of these scandals, psychologist …
Same Kind of Different as Me - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Seeded on Thu May 3, 2012 10:59 AM EDT (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same_Kind_of_Differen)
While I am not a Christian I don't think you have to be to be moved by the story of Denver Moore who speaks to us, and I mean literally speaks to us, from the book Same Kind of Different As Me. I am currently reading this book about the unlikely, almost impossible to imagin …
Bob Fu, once obscure crusader of rights in China, is now famous for helping dissident Chen Guangcheng
Seeded on Thu May 3, 2012 8:18 AM EDT (The Washington Post)
One week ago, Bob Fu was an obscure crusader for religious rights in China. His nonprofit group, China Aid, improbably based in this dusty West Texas oil town, followed the plight of persecuted “house churches,” opposed forced sterilizations and abortions, and promote …
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