by David Pooler | Mar 11, 2021 | Opinion
Why it is so hard for some people of faith to own their own discomfort? To own their own fears and see how they injure others? These are salient questions when it comes to creating caring Christian community for the LGBTQIA+ community. It is an even more relevant...
by Skye Perryman | Mar 8, 2021 | Opinion
I had planned to attend the U.S. presidential inauguration this year with my god-daughters – ages 17 and 9 – but the global pandemic and Capitol insurrection made that impractical. They would have worn their pearls and marveled at the inspirational women who took the...
by Mitch Randall | Mar 4, 2021 | Opinion
The United Methodist Church, with 80 million members, is undergoing a schism centered primarily around LGBTQ+ equality. Conservatives hold to a “traditional” understanding of sexuality and marriage, while progressives advocate for all Methodists’ inclusivity and...
by Tony C. Cartledge | Mar 3, 2021 | Opinion
Last week saw two significant developments regarding people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender. A new Gallup poll of 15,000 persons found that 5.6% of adult Americans identify with one or more LGBT categories. The poll did not ask whether...
by Starlette Thomas | Oct 12, 2020 | Faith Freedom 2020, Opinion
The 13th Amendment abolished the enslavement of human beings as well as involuntary servitude in the United States, with the exception of imprisonment as pointed out in magnificently dramatic form in Ava DuVernay’s 2016 documentary “13th.” The 14th Amendment granted...
