Do churches want leadership and ideas from young women?
June 1, 2015
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Are authority and leadership from women welcome in The Episcopal Church?
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“Queer Icons” photographic series by Gabriel García Román
June 1, 2015
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Gabriel García Román is a Mexican-American artist whose newest series features people of color, and at different points on the gender and queer spectrum, in the portrait style of classic Christian icons.
“Champing” – Camping in church
May 31, 2015
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The CoE has set aside some church buildings no longer used for worship as “champing sites,” places to camp in old churches.
Anti-Islamic protests in Phoenix
May 31, 2015
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Armed protesters and counter-protesters gather in front of Phoenix mosque.
Handling the Truth
May 31, 2015
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On its website, the Australian TV network ABC has posted an editorial on issues of Authority and Power in Anglican debates over full inclusion of LGBT persons and the ways in which the Truth gets battered.
Dio Blackburn, Church of England, proposes liturgy for transgender folk
May 30, 2015
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A young man had asked for re-baptism with his male name, surmising that God might not recognize him, as he was originally baptized as a girl. He wished to be reintroduced to God in his new identity.
A threat to child safety
May 30, 2015
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For decades GLBT folks have been falsely accused of being a threat to children. They have been reported to have an agenda to groom future GBLT people by taking advantage of children. A reality TV Show family, the Duggars, have been influential of late in promoting those falsehoods about GLBT folks. They were actively a part of the successful campaign to overthrow an anti-discrimination law in Fayetteville AR. Yet, all the while they damaged the reputations of GLBT folk, they tried to conceal their own dark secret of a child predator in their own home.
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GAZE International LGBT Film Festival Dublin looks back at last week’s Irish Republic referendum
May 30, 2015
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The sad aspect of this, that seems to be overlooked in all the celebration, was that the Irish referendum was that the majority was voting
Diana Butler Bass responds to Pew report on decline of professed Christians in US
May 30, 2015
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Responding to the recent report issued by the Pew Research Center, Paul Brandeis Raushenbush, the Executive Religion Editor at The Huffington Post interviewed Diana Butler Bass to get her unique take on the findings in the report.
Change, change, change, and change some more
May 29, 2015
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Change is in the air, but strong headwinds work against progress as shown in this overview of the Episcopal Church’s efforts in a changing cultural landscape.
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