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GLBT notables from D.C., Houston, California

December 13, 2009 No Comments

An election, a city council vote, and political marketing machinery — all with GLBT rights at the center — are in today’s news.

Indoor storm in Copenhagen?

December 10, 2009 No Comments

And so big were its whipping, curving gusts that it toppled both the UNFCCC head and the Danish PM’s office right out of their beds.

Rev. Kapya Kaoma on Rachel Maddow

December 10, 2009 1 Comment

Rev. Kapya Kaoma, PRA Project Director was on MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show to discuss Uganda’s anti-homosexuality legislation and the U.S. Right’s involvement.

Jailhouse conversions and clemency

December 5, 2009 4 Comments

Did then-governor Mike Huckabee of Arkansas pay more attention to a jailhouse conversions and the testimony of pastors than the concerns of therapists and corrections

Thinking aloud about clergy professional standards

November 6, 2009 7 Comments

The job of ordained ministry in congregations is big, complex and hard to nail down. The Rev. Elizabeth Keaton has been thinking about this and, after a year of conversation with colleagues, has drafted a preliminary proposal.

Moral in tooth and claw

October 24, 2009 1 Comment

Philosophical and scientific convention pull toward a conservative account of morality: Morality is a capacity unique to human beings. But the more we study the behavior of animals, the more we find that different groups of animals have their own moral codes. That raises both scientific and philosophic questions.

Does this car make me look fat?

October 2, 2009 4 Comments

If you’re like me there’s no excuse for not making more responsible personal health-care choices. I’m just taking advantage of the system. I would suggest, however, that some personal health-care practices are not due to freedom of choice so much as they are due to a paucity of options. The poor don’t choose to be poor, and many of their options are bad ones.

Religious leaders offering input to G-20

September 24, 2009 1 Comment

“We value your input and we know you hold us accountable”

Obama preaches the moral “we” – Diana Butler Bass

September 10, 2009 No Comments

“Tonight was about the moral “we.” President Obama delivered a hope-filled speech that called us to stop being part of a camp–and instead see our “camp” as the wider American family. Those of us who are rich, who are poor, who are in-between, those who are ill, who are healthy, who one day may be infirm. We are in this together.”

Marketing aid to the poor

September 9, 2009 No Comments

I think there’s a very high risk of commoditizing poverty and poor people so that we, the donors, feel good. That’s the main reason that we don’t offer direct sponsorship of microfinance beneficiaries.

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