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New Evangelical Richard Cizik on Abortion and Sexuality vis-a-vis the American Elections

Saturday, December 6th, 2008 Posted in Children/Family, From Lisa's Lookout, Politics, Social justice, pro-life/abortion | Comments Off

Lisa Severine Nolland  6 December 2008  Part I  Earlier this week the Revd Richard Cizik, chief lobbyist of  the 30 million strong National Association of Evangelicals, was interviewed on National Public ... Read more..

The slippery slope keeps slipping

Thursday, December 4th, 2008 Posted in Children/Family, Culture, From Lisa's Lookout, Gay Marriage, Marriage, News, Polygamy | Comments Off

Though gay-identified Ms Warren appears unaware of the latest developments --- other sexual orientations and what the emergence of the bisexual element in LGBTQ  activism entails --- she is right to note that old-fashioned heterosexual polygamists are making ... Read more..

Evangelical vs. Liberal: The Clash of Christian Cultures in the Pacific Northwest [book review]

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008 Posted in Culture, Thought | Comments Off

Reviewed by Dale Soden, The Christian Century Hat-tip David Virtue  James Wellman of the University of Washington makes a case that the Pacific Northwest might be a window into the future of Protestantism ... Read more..

How gay ‘marriage’ can shore up traditional marriage

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008 Posted in From Lisa's Lookout, Gay Marriage | Comments Off

Well, good try!  Our author, a partnered gay American ethicist, insists it neither can nor does (thankfully) because traditional marriage is at the root of the problem.  Marriage itself needs to be ... Read more..

Just how gay ‘marriage’ hurts children

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008 Posted in Children/Family, Culture, Freedom Of Speech, From Lisa's Lookout, Gay Marriage, Marriage | Comments Off

From liberal Democrat David Blankenhorn Marriage is society's most pro-child institution. In 2002 -- just moments before it became highly unfashionable to say so -- a team of researchers from ... Read more..

World Aids Day

Monday, December 1st, 2008 Posted in AIDS, Homosexuality, News | Comments Off

This article was written by John heard for 'The Australian' on World Aids Day 1006.  HIV rates continue to rise in Australia, as in other parts of the world. Gays are ... Read more..

Gay Marriage and a Moral Minority

Monday, December 1st, 2008 Posted in Culture, From Lisa's Lookout, Gay Marriage, Gender | Comments Off

By CHARLES M. BLOW, Op-Ed Columnist, The New York Times  Hat-tip David Virtue We now know that blacks probably didn't tip the balance for Proposition 8. Myth busted. However, the fact remains that ... Read more..

Church responds to ‘anti-gay’ opinion

Saturday, November 29th, 2008 Posted in Apologetics, Gay Marriage, Homosexuality | Comments Off

By Melanie Menkevich, Religious Intelligence The Church reacts to the US opinion that all Christians are "anti-gay," especially with the recent passing of proposition 8 in California, which defined marriage as ... Read more..

The Preposterous Premise for Gay Marriage

Thursday, November 27th, 2008 Posted in Coercion, Gay Marriage | Comments Off

By Frank Turek, Townhall.com After the passage of Prop 8 in California, homosexuals are still howling that they don’t have “equal rights.” Hopefully, the California Supreme Court will respect the equal ... Read more..

Diocese of Montreal to draft liturgy for gay blessings

Thursday, November 27th, 2008 Posted in Anglican Church Of Canada, From Lisa's Lookout, Gay Marriage | Comments Off

By Colin Coward, Changing Attitude The Bishop of Montreal, the Rt Revd Barry Clarke, has indicated in an interview that he will follow through with the wishes of the diocese of ... Read more..

A Sign of Things to Come?

Monday, November 24th, 2008 Posted in Coercion, Culture, Freedom Of Speech, From Lisa's Lookout, Gay Marriage, Intolerance, News | Comments Off

Dr. Albert Mohler The passage of Proposition 8 in California has reset the table with respect to the issue of same-sex marriage. Clearly, those pushing for legalized same-sex marriage thought ... Read more..

Gay Marriage is the New Black?

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 Posted in Gay Marriage | Comments Off

By Dennis Prager, FrontPage Magazine “Gay is the new black” is one of the mottos of the movement to redefine marriage to include two people of the same sex. The likening of ... Read more..

Exposing the True Cost of the New Sexual Tolerance in Today’s Culture

Monday, November 17th, 2008 Posted in Culture, Homosexuality | Comments Off

From Christian Newswire DALLAS, November 17 /Christian Newswire/ -- The last few decades have produced some dramatic changes in the national discourse about all things sexual. With elementary school children being ... Read more..

A gay voice I am glad to hear

Monday, November 17th, 2008 Posted in Culture, From Lisa's Lookout, Gay Marriage, News, youth culture | Comments Off

Rev Dr Marvin Ellison, gay ethicist and academic, provides very positive corroboration for Charles Colson's article (see here).  Marvin does a good job covering his material.  He rightly notes the different camps and their concerns:  ... Read more..

A prophetic Colson on how gay ‘marriage’ subverts all marriage

Monday, November 17th, 2008 Posted in From Lisa's Lookout, Gay Marriage | Comments Off

An excerpt from a classic taken from the archives of Christianity Today:  Charles Colson:  Why not gay marriage?  28 October 1996 If people believe marriage is just an invention, then they will feel ... Read more..

Sweden’s Left Party: ‘force pastors to perform gay weddings’

Saturday, November 15th, 2008 Posted in Coercion, Gay Marriage, Religious Liberty | Comments Off

From The Local (Hat Tip: IMaPP) As Sweden moves closer to a same-sex marriage law, Left Party leader Lars Ohly wants to include a provision to force pastors to wed gay couples. All ... Read more..

Proposition 8 – a winning proposition

Saturday, November 15th, 2008 Posted in Marriage | Comments Off

By Jennifer Roback Morse, National Review (Hat Tip: Stand Firm) I can hardly believe the campaign for Proposition 8, the California Marriage Amendment, is over and that we won. I will miss ... Read more..

Bishop of Los Angeles says California voters ‘ignorant’ about homosexuality

Friday, November 7th, 2008 Posted in Homosexuality | No Comments »

By George Conger,  Religious Intelligence The Bishop of Los Angeles has challenged California voters who backed the successful ballot initiative to ban gay marriage to examine their consciences and banish their ignorance ... Read more..

Gay-rights advocates to challenge Proposition 8 in court

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 Posted in Gay Marriage | No Comments »

From LA Times After losing at the polls, gay-rights advocates filed a legal challenge today in California Supreme Court to Proposition 8, a long-shot effort that the measure's supporters called an ... Read more..

McCain failed to Expose Obama’s Far Left Record on Abortion and Homosexual ‘Marriage’

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 Posted in Homosexuality, pro-life/abortion | No Comments »

From Christian Newswire Peter LaBarbera, President of Americans For Truth about Homosexuality, issued the following statement on the election of Barack Obama: We at Americans For Truth join millions of pro-life and ... Read more..