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NOM’s Brian Brown calls out Dan Savage: ‘You name the time and place’

NOM’s Brian Brown calls out Dan Savage: ‘You name the time and place’

Saturday, May 5, 2012
National Organization for Marriage President Brian Brown has challenged LGBT activist and "It Gets Better" founder Dan Savage to a duel -- or, a debate, at least -- and Savage has accepted.
Dan Savage and the truth about homosexuality and the Bible

Dan Savage and the truth about homosexuality and the Bible

Monday, April 30, 2012
What immediately become a meme amongst Dan’s critics is that those who walked out of his talk felt bullied by him. But that’s impossible. People get bullied because of who they are: how they look and act, what they say and do. ... The people who walked out during Dan’s talk were not separated from their peers by anyone. They were content to do that themselves. They were not frightened or cowed. They were offended. They felt that by disparaging what amounts to their God, Dan had transgressed beyond their capacity for toleration. And they were pleased to show their intolerance of Dan’s words by protesting against them in the manner they did. Theirs was not an act born of suffering. It was a proud show of disdain.
The Bible and homosexuality, a Biblical presentation with Matthew Vines

The Bible and homosexuality, a Biblical presentation with Matthew Vines

Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Matthew Vines attended a conservative Presbyterian church growing up. He excelled in school and went to Harvard in 2008, and in that less restrictive social and academic environment, Matthew came to understand and accept that he was gay. In conservative denominations, there are only a few options for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender members: leave it all behind to possibly find a welcoming denomination, stay and hide out or submit to a reparative therapy program, or leave the church altogether. None of those seemed acceptable to Matthew...
Pat Robertson implores woman not to attend sister’s same-sex wedding

Pat Robertson implores woman not to attend sister’s same-sex wedding

Friday, March 9, 2012
Today on the 700 Club, a woman asked Pat Robertson whether it was appropriate for her to serve as a bridesmaid or even attend her lesbian sister’s wedding to another woman, and if that breaks up the union between them, well... "tough luck."
‘Is Homosexuality a Sin?’ — What this question is really asking…

‘Is Homosexuality a Sin?’ — What this question is really asking…

Sunday, October 23, 2011
What “Is homosexuality a sin?” really means—what anyone asking that question is really asking—is, “Are acts of homosexual sex sinful?” That’s the question to which the whole Christian debate about homosexuality invariably and necessarily boils down.
Bullies with Bibles, preachers and screechers descend upon Charlotte Pride

Bullies with Bibles, preachers and screechers descend upon Charlotte Pride

Saturday, September 3, 2011
One of the most severe forms of bullying is the misuse of the Word of God — with its intrinsic message of love — to try to coerce anyone to conform and worse, to do harm to people.
God does have a  ‘better way’ —  Don’t stand in the path of it

God does have a ‘better way’ — Don’t stand in the path of it

Friday, September 2, 2011
Be advised, you do not dictate the rules for God’s House of Worship. God does have a much better way. If you can't figure it out or understand it, get out of the way, because a revival is hitting the LGBT Christian community and more are navigating their way around your “repent or burn” banners...
How is being gay like gluing wings on a pig?

How is being gay like gluing wings on a pig?

Sunday, August 28, 2011
Virtually all sins share a crucial, defining, common quality. Because that quality, which is present in every other imaginable sin, is utterly missing from being or acting gay, insisting on putting homosexuality into the same category as every other sin — or in the category of sin at all — is like gluing wings on a pig...
New York’s vague new marriage licenses will lead to animal marriages

New York’s vague new marriage licenses will lead to animal marriages

Sunday, August 21, 2011
The town clerk of Ledyard, N.Y. -- Rose Marie Belforti -- has finally responded to the controversy over her recent decision to not sign marriage licenses for same-sex couples, and wondered if there was another agenda that would result in allowing marriage between non-humans.
Come out of the woods, Christian soldiers: World War Gay has ended

Come out of the woods, Christian soldiers: World War Gay has ended

Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Unaware that their cause had been lost, a small number of Japanese soldiers deep in the jungles of the Philippines continued waging guerrilla warfare against an imaginary enemy years after [...]
What would Jesus do if invited to a gay wedding?

What would Jesus do if invited to a gay wedding?

Sunday, August 14, 2011
I've recently been invited to a couple of gay weddings. So -- what with being Christian and all -- I asked myself the famous, "What would Jesus do?" (Which I [...]
Yielding to censorship: Missouri school bans books that are ‘contrary to the Bible’

Yielding to censorship: Missouri school bans books that are ‘contrary to the Bible’

Wednesday, August 3, 2011
The school board in Republic, Missouri, voted 4-0 recently to ban Kurt Vonnegut’s novel “Slaughterhouse-Five” and another book, Sarah Ockler’s “Twenty Boy Summer,” after a local resident complained that the books teach ideas contrary to the Bible.
Sorry, Pat Robertson, but homosexuality was not the sin of Sodom

Sorry, Pat Robertson, but homosexuality was not the sin of Sodom

Tuesday, June 28, 2011
In response to New York marriage equality, post-mortem televangelist Pat Robertson has come out strong with a warning: America is defying God, and it could be facing his wrath, much like the ancient city of Sodom that the Bible alleges God destroyed with “fire and brimstone.”
Gwyneth Paltrow: Why is the Bible used to justify so much judgement in society?

Gwyneth Paltrow: Why is the Bible used to justify so much judgement in society?

Friday, June 10, 2011
In honor of LGBT Pride Month, actress-turned-lifestyle guru Gwyneth Paltrow tackles the subject of homosexuality and the Bible.
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