By Samuel Warde on October 20, 2014
Discrimination, Human Interesting, Inspiraitonal, LGBT Issues, marriage equality, Religion
Activism, Human Interest, LGBT Issues, Religion
You might recall the story of Melissa and Aaron Klein, the owners of an Oregon bakery that made national headlines last year after turning away a pair of lesbian brides-to-be. KATU reported in February 2013 that the Oregon Attorney General’s civil enforcement office received a complaint in January of that year and was investigating allegations […]
By Samuel Warde on October 14, 2014
LGBT Issues, Pope Francis, Religion, Videos
LGBT Issues, Religion, Videos, World News
The Vatican released a document on Monday calling for the church to welcome and accept gay people, unmarried couples, people who have divorced, and the children of those less than traditional families. NBC News reports that the document, which was prepared after a week of discussions at an assembly of 200 bishops on the family, […]
By Samuel Warde on September 12, 2014
Activism, Racial Issues, Religion, Videos
Activism, Racial Issues, Religion, Twitter, Videos
A new craze is hitting the internet identified by the hashtag #BurnWhiteJesus. Otherwise known as the “White Jesus Picture Challenge,” it calls upon people to post online videos of themselves burning pictures depicting Jesus Christ as a white man. The religious education website Patheos writes, the challenge “seems to be a recognition that the common […]
By Samuel Warde on September 8, 2014
Batshit Crazy, Religion
Religion
Mission America’s Linda Harvey wants to celebrate Banned Books Week by having conservative activists pressure school libraries to offer her to stock “Maybe He’s Not Gay,” her book on ex-gay pseudo-science. As Right-Wing Watch reports, during her Friday radio commentary, Harvey called progressives modern-day “Nazis” who “only want certain ideas available” to the public. On […]
By Samuel Warde on August 28, 2014
Religion, right wing hatred
Religion, Right Wing Hatred, Social Justice
A Tea Party radio host launched a vicious attack this week on an Episcopal Church minister in Virginia over a recent sermon regarding social justice. The ultra-conservative WorldNetDaily is reporting that “Sarah Kinney Gaventa, associate rector at St. Paul’s church in Ivy, Virginia, was preaching last Sunday about Peter’s confession of Jesus Christ as the […]