Continue reading Sr Jeannine Gramick: “Own Your Faith” (VIDEO)
Month: June 2016
“What’s Morally Wrong With Homosexuality?” (VIDEO – John Corvino)
Dr. John Corvino is Chair of the Philosophy Department at Wayne State University in Detroit, specialising in ethics and the philosophy of religion. He is the co-author (with Maggie Gallagher) of Debating Same-Sex Marriage and the author of What’s Wrong with Homosexuality? You might also like: So God Made a Gay Man (Video) Kids Explain Gay Marriage?…… Continue reading “What’s Morally Wrong With Homosexuality?” (VIDEO – John Corvino)
Catholic Teaching and Homosexuality: Introduction
Most people think they know what the Catholic Church teaches about homosexuality, which can be simply summed up as “don’t do it”. That much is true – just as the Church also says “don’t do it” to married heterosexual couples who want to use contraception, or to unmarried couples, or to single people who want…… Continue reading Catholic Teaching and Homosexuality: Introduction
What Quest Does – and Aims to Do.
Reflecting on the problem of religious homophobia a few days ago, I out the question, “How should Quest respond?”. I and the rest of the Quest national committee been giving a lot of thought to the core nature of our purpose and activities, as we prepare for a “strategy weekend” at the end of the month, at…… Continue reading What Quest Does – and Aims to Do.
Religious Homophobia: How Should Quest Respond?
In the days immediately after the news broke of the Orlando gay nightclub massacre, I noted at Queering the Church that the responses by Catholic bishops, and even by Pope Francis, did not include any recognition that this was not just a crime of violence by an Islamist jihadist, but was specifically targeted at gay…… Continue reading Religious Homophobia: How Should Quest Respond?
Orlando: Religion and Homophobia
Consider the facts: The killer in Orlando was a Muslim, and his target was gay men. It’s been reported that he had recently been “angered” by the sight of two men kissing. Across the country, another man was arrested on his way to a gay pride parade, armed with an alarming cache of weapons. He…… Continue reading Orlando: Religion and Homophobia
You must be logged in to post a comment.