In an effort to eliminate all references to homosexual activity as sinful from Scripture, a new homosexual-friendly “Bible” has been produced. The gay Bible, called the Queen James Version, with a rainbow cross on its cover, changes eight passages that its publishers claim have been wrongly construed to refer to homosexual behaviour. Continue reading
Posts Tagged ‘Gay’
Cardinal declines pro-gay award
Tuesday, October 30th, 2012Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki of Berlin has declined a nomination for the 2012 Respect Award by the Berlin Alliance Against Homophobia (Buendnis gegen Homophobie) for being the first high-ranking figure in the Catholic Church to speak out in favour of a “new cooperation with homosexuals in society”. The cardinal said that as a Catholic, respect Read more
Dangers of gay conversion
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2012
My first encounter with gay conversion or gay reparative therapy (GRT) was the day I finally summoned the courage to ask a friend about the cluster of scars on his wrists. ‘Gary’ explained that when he was 15, his parents took him to a place called Exodus International where a group leader would try to Read more
Christian compassion and gay marriage
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012
The Marriage Amendment Bill aims to amend marriage legislation to ensure gay couples are not treated in “a discriminatory manner”. It has passed its first reading and is now open for submissions from the public. In our next piece in a series of opinions, Wairarapa man and future Labour political hopeful Kieran McAnulty says marriage Read more
Drag queens in San Francisco parish controversy
Friday, August 17th, 2012
Whether or not drag queens have been banned from events at San Francisco’s Most Holy Redeemer Catholic parish has become a controversial topic in the city’s Castro district. Drag queens had been a feature of an annual Harvest Feast fundraiser held on the gay-friendly parish’s property by the Castro Country Club, an addiction recovery group. Read more
Google criticised for advocating same-sex relationships
Tuesday, July 24th, 2012Google’s push for the legal recognition of same-sex relationships in countries like Poland has drawn the ire of critics, who suggest the company should address basic human rights violations elsewhere. “I am afraid that Google can’t distinguish between discrimination, tolerance and promotion,” Fr. Maciej Zieba, the director of Krakow’s Tertio Millennio Institute, told Catholic News Read more
Having one sexual partner for life best for your health says visiting doctor
Tuesday, June 26th, 2012
A visiting United States psychiatrist says in sexuality – “and I’m not talking about morality, I’m a physician” – the ideal was one sexual partnership for life, delayed until adulthood. “People that are able to achieve that – not that this is so easy – never have to worry about these myriad health issues.” “Health issues Read more
Feminists and gay Christians who accept the Church
Tuesday, June 12th, 2012
Acceptance, a Sydney organisation of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Catholics, “have celebrated a weekly Mass continuously for most of the past 40 years”, notes Kristina Keneally in a recent address. She goes on to speak about how it is that she is a feminist and still a Catholic, and that while she finds in the Read more
Boris Johnson bans ‘gay cure’ bus adverts
Thursday, April 19th, 2012London’s transport chiefs stepped in on the Mayor’s orders to block the posters, faced with a the prospect of the argument being played on the streets of the capital next week with rival advertisments. Two Christian groups announced on Thursday that they had booked advertising space promoting the idea that people can become “post-gay” through Read more
Pride and Prejudice: The uneasy relationship between gays and lesbians and their church
Friday, February 24th, 2012
On a clear, windy Sunday in March 2010, Father William Breslin told his parishioners at Sacred Heart of Jesus in Boulder, Colorado why the parish school would not re-enroll a child of same-sex parents for the coming school year. “I hate the fact that I had to make a choice between being loving and protecting Read more