Author: Andrew Gerns

Jeweler has Second Coming Sale

Suppose it had to happen in America at some point, and we’d be a little surprised if it hasn’t already, but one jeweler has found an eschatological marketing niche.

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Bishop Gene Robinson on what the Bible says about homosexuality

Part of the community whose voice needs to be considered, is that of the Tradition – that is, what has been said over the years about any given passage of scripture. We, in the present time, are not the only ones who have struggled with these passages, and our own understanding needs to be informed by the larger community of the faithful in the past.

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Myth of American religious exceptionalism

. . . the idea of a special, even divine, role for America can be fairly slippery. At its best, it has inspired Americans to hold themselves to a high moral standard, serving as exemplar to other nations. At its worst, it becomes a license for rationalizing away morality itself.

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Bahati will be barred from American event

MP David Bahati, the mover of Uganda’s kill-the-gays bill currently under consideration, continues planning to attend a meeting of The International Consortium on Governmental Financial Management slated for this week, despite having had his invitation withdrawn, Box Turtle Bulletin reports.

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