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The Conversion of St Paul Today, the Church celebrates the feast of the conversion of St Paul. Just in that title, there is encouragement for LGBT Christians: just as Saul of Tarsus, scourge of the early Christians found God and became instead a great champion of their cause, it is possible that the institutional churches, which are so widely seen by the queer community as their persecutors, could likewise meet God and undergo a similar change of heart, to become our champions – turning to what Jenni described a few days ago as a “preferential option for the queer”
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St. Sebastian, Martyr, 20/01 Writing about St Joan of Arc recently I observed that she carries a particular importance for us as gay men, lesbians and transsexuals in the church, as her martyrdom at the hands of church authorities can be seen as a powerful metaphor for the persecution we receive from parts of the church, just for being honest about ourselves,
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Réflexion: Amour, Inclusivité, Justice Accueillir, aimer, être inclusif et travailler pour la justice, c'est quoi?
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sexe et les religions L'ambivalence du judaïsme Perpétuer l'espèce ou plaider la satisfaction du désir sexuel : la tradition juive a constamment oscillé entre la nécessité de réserver la sexualité à la procréation et la légitimation du plaisir.
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homosexualite. Lettre a Jesus (TRADUZIONE IN CORSO DI LORENZA) Jésus infiniment bon et juste, comme membre de ton Église, je m’adresse à toi aujourd’hui parce que je me sens blessé.
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Arrows of desire: How did St Sebastian become an enduring, homo-erotic icon? How did a burly, middle-aged soldier become an enduring, homo-erotic icon? As Guido Reni's extraordinary series of St Sebastian paintings are shown together for the first time, Charles Darwent investigates...
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The Good News and The Eunuch (TRADUZIONE IN CORSO DI Alberto Sonego) The Ethiopian Eunuch is a fascinating character to me, not only because of who he is, but also because of the way he fits into the scriptures. The baptism of the eunuch shows the universality of the gospel. He was as much of an outsider as he could possibly be. At the same time, he gets so little treatment by the scriptures. I find it very interesting that Peter is lambasted by the church hierarchy a few chapters later for baptising Gentiles, but Philip gets no grief at all for baptising this man. It is a sermon from a first person perspective because I imagined that this man would have a great deal to say to us today. The passage for the sermon is Acts 8:26-40.
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DIVERSIDAD CRISTIANA. La comunidad de fe: un espacio de reconocimiento y de gratuidad (TRADUZIONE IN CORSO DI MARCO D.) Observando cómo los convidados escogían los primeros asientos a la mesa, les refirió una parábola, diciéndoles: «Cuando seas convidado por alguien a unas bodas no te sientes en el primer lugar, no sea que otro más distinguido que tú esté convidado por él, y viniendo el que te convidó a ti y a él, te diga: “Da lugar a este”, y entonces tengas que ocupar avergonzado el último lugar.
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Pastore David Eck Asheville: You've Got Mail You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, to be known and read by all; and you show that you are a letter of Christ, prepared by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts. [2 Corinthians 3:2-3, NRSV]
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JESÚS Y EL REINO “QUEER” DE DIOS Jesús predicó el “reino de Dios”, un símbolo rico, polivalente de la teología bíblica y apocalíptica judía. La noción de Jesús acerca del reino de dios es un símbolo “queer”, que vuelve cabeza abajo y del revés algunas tradiciones teológicas judías conservadoras, para transformarlas en más universales e inclusivas.
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Samuel’s Story I am finally FREE!!! (TRADUZIONE IN CORSO DI MARTA) We all have our "coming out" stories, and even if some might sound similar, they are all unique in a certain way. This is my story. I grew up as a JW, even though my mother was inactive and an alcoholic, and my dad had just been reinstated to the congregation after committing adultery when my mum was about to give birth to me.
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Lesbian-gay ministry celebrates 20th anniversary in archdiocese Los Angeles In February 1986, at the end of a 40-hours' devotion at Blessed Sacrament Church in Hollywood, Archbishop Roger Mahony announced the formation of the parish-based Ministry with Lesbian and Gay Catholics (MLGC), which was then called Communidad.
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"Pendant 17 ans mon mari a caché son homosexualité" - Lettera a La Vie (TRADUZIONE IN CORSO DI PIERO) "Nous nous sommes connus et mariés jeunes, et avons connu pendant 17 ans un bonheur comme il y en a peu. Trois enfants sont nés, tout était merveilleux.
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Le relationnel dans l’affectivité et l’homo-affectivité (TRADUZIONE IN CORSO DI PIERO) Le thème des relations occupe des rayons entiers de bibliothèque. Si on le centre sur l’affectivité, cet espace rétrécit et si on cadre ce sujet dans la sphère homo-affective, homosexuelle, on précise un certain nombre de situations concrètes.
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Rev. Candace - Bless Those Who Persecute You: The Just Response to Gay Bullying (traduzione in corso di VILIAN) Justin, Asher, Tyler, Zach, Billy. Just listing the names of the teens who recently took their lives after being bullied for their sexual orientation (or perceived orientation) brings up a tide of rage that I didn't think I was capable of. To think of these lives, cut short because of how cruelly they were treated by those around them, makes me want to lash out -- to be equally cruel to those who bullied these young men to their deaths.
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LESBIANISME, CROYANCES ET VALEURS SPIRITUELLES Ce cercle de discussion est un moyen de partager nos différences spirituelles et religieuses en lien avec l’orientation sexuelle lesbienne. Le fait de s’accueillir mutuellement, de se dire, peut favoriser des pas en faveur de la justice des personnes présent
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A Gay Christian's Coming Out Ever since I was little I was brought up in church. I had attended on Sundays, and during the summer for Vacation Bible School, and participated in a youth group. I, like any Christian, had my ups and downs, but remained strong in my faith. However, while growing up, it was made clear to me that homosexuality was a sin, and anyone who was gay was to go to hell.
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TESTIMONIANZA: A Mighty Whirlwind (TRADUZIONE IN CORSO DI Raphael B.) I never could have imagined that the day would come when I would be battling with my sexuality as well as my faith. I assumed that God would always be there for me no matter what I went through and no matter what I did.
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Are lesbians treated the same as gays in the Bible? From a purely scriptural perspective, lesbians are treated exactly the same as gay men in that lesbians are never mentioned in a negative way in the Bible. Gay men are also never mentioned in a negative way in the Bible.
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Why are some people homosexual? (TRADUZIONE IN CORSO DI Raphael B.) Homosexuality is a normal condition for about 5% of the human population. Scientists and theologians still disagree over what, if anything, causes homosexuality.
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Transgender Issues On transgender issues we extend God's grace Transgender and transsexual issues are not directly addressed in the Bible just as the Bible does not directly address issues of nuclear power or energy efficient housing. Our job as Christians is to alway "rightly divide the word of truth," 2 Timothy 2:15.
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Once a Daughter, Now a Son: The Mother of a Transgender Child Shares Her Emotional Transition Two years ago, a woman named Kathy had a pivotal conversation with her daughter.
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A Mother's Love for a Daughter Who Is a Son There are those moments when someone tells me a truth of their life, and I feel so grateful for the privilege of hearing it. Not long ago a truly "rock-star mom" gave me one of those moments.
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When Parents Reject Their Transgender Child In my last post, I highlighted an amazing dad who supports his transgender teen daughter. Sadly, parental support is not common. Few parents have heard about transgender issues, and some react so strongly to their child's gender nonconformity that they force their child to leave home.
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James Alison and Catholicism’s “Field of Mendacity” about Homosexuality On my recent trip to the west coast, I decided to reread James Alison’s excellent On Being Liked (2003). I’m stunned, as I wrote in my most recent journal entry, by Alison’s perceptiveness and prescience in the book.
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Homosexuals and the Catechism Many people believe that the Catechism teaching on homosexuality is well known: in effect, you can be gay, just don’t do gay (which makes as much sense as saying you can be left-handed, just don’t write left-handed – but I’m not getting into that, today).
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For Pentecost, Receive the Holy Spirit, Celebrate Catholic Inclusion Pentecost is a major feast in the liturgical year – and one with special significance for LGBT Catholics and other Christians. This is when we celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit on God’s people, and the inclusiveness of the Christian church, symbolised by the gift of tongues, which made explicit the inclusion of all language and ethnic groups, but which also extends to other forms of inclusion.
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Inhabiting a Queer Space June is Pride month, a month for reminding ourselves how far we’ve come since that fateful day – 28 June 1969 – when patrons of the Stonewall Inn, New York, decided that they were through with government-backed harassment of gays. Their brave stand sparked a series of riots that many now see as the birth of the gay liberation movement. Without denying all the big and little moves that had already been made before, Stonewall became a defining event in the walk towards full equality for LGBT folk.
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Erotic Christ / Rethinking Sin and Grace for LGBT People Sin is a difficult issue for many, if not most, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (“LGBT” or “queer”) people of faith. It is the primary reason why LGBT people are denied full participation in the life of the Church, including the denial of sacraments and rites such as same-sex marriage and ordination, as well as the denial of many secular rights such as civil marriage and anti-discrimination laws.
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Out Christ / Rethinking Sin and Grace for LGBT People The second christological model of sin and grace for LGBT people is the Out Christ. The Out Christ arises out of the reality that God reveals Godself most fully in the person of Jesus Christ. In other words, God “comes out of the closet” in the person of Jesus Christ; it is only through the incarnation, ministry, crucifixion, and resurrection of Jesus Christ that we understand the true nature of God (for example, God’s solidarity with the marginalized and oppressed).
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Liberator Christ / Rethinking Sin and Grace for LGBT People The third christological model of sin and grace for LGBT people is the Liberator Christ. This model is rooted in the liberation theologies of Latin American and Black theologians such as Gustavo Gutiérrez and James Cone. In other words, Jesus Christ is understood as the One who frees all those who are enslaved to systematic oppressions, including heterosexism and homophobia.
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Transgressive Christ / Rethinking Sin and Grace for LGBT People The fourth christological model of sin and grace for LGBT people is the Transgressive Christ. The Transgressive Christ arises out of the reality that Jesus Christ was crucified by the religious and political authorities of his day for refusing to conform to their standards of behavior. Indeed, Jesus is constantly seen in the gospels as transgressing the commonly-accepted religious and legal boundaries of his day.
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An Analysis of Six Critical Texts Used To Condemn Homosexuality (TRADUZIONE IN CORSO DI MARTA) When I first began attending to Internet newsgroup threads about homosexuality and the Bible, I held the conventional view: the Bible condemns it. I knew of ways to discount each of the standard texts; I thought a person could in a piecemeal way discount all of them and stay just barely within the bounds of intellectual honesty.
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Une famille formidable (TRADUZIONE IN CORSO DI MARIA GIOVANNA M.) Après le meurtre de leur garçon par des extrémistes, des parents tentent de sortir de l'horreur en refusant la haine. Un documentaire raconte leur combat.
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LA ORIENTACIÓN SEXUAL NO ES UN PROBLEMA DE EDUCACIÓN Ya fue descripto que un comportamiento de rol (distinto) suele identificarse con una orientación sexual (distinta), como la homosexualidad. Esta interpretación equivocada proviene de prejuicios.
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Catholic Hearts and Minds on Gay Rights (TRADUZIONE IN CORSO DI SILVIA LANZI) Earlier this year, a high school student in Minnesota penned a heartfelt and deeply moving missive, "Life as a Gay Teen," in his Catholic school's newspaper. In the piece, Simonsen confronted the homophobic work of many bishops in Minnesota, who actually spent nearly a million dollars this year sending out a DVD to Catholic families blasting same-sex couples.
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Un Dios queer para un Pueblo queer (TRADUZIONE A CURA DI JESSICA) “Todos los publicanos y los pecadores se acercaban a él para oírle, y los fariseos y los escribas murmuraban, diciendo: «Este acoge a los pecadores y come con ellos.»
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Gay theology pioneer trusts 'God's shrewdness' (TRADUZIONE IN CORSO DI LUCIA T.) When The Church and Homosexuality was published in November 1976, its author, Jesuit Fr. John J. McNeill, became an instant celebrity. A front-page story in The New York Times told about the Jesuit theologian who had openly challenged the Catholic ch
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Parent et confronté à l'homosexualité de son enfant (TRADOTTO DA NADIA) Etre parents n'est pas une tâche facile, d'autant plus quand on est parent d'un jeune gay. Car souvent, notamment au moment du coming out, c'est à dire au moment où le jeune annonce à ses parents son homosexualité, l'étape est aussi dure à vivre pour le jeune comme pour les parents. Comment réagir, que dire, que ne pas dire ?
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DISTANCE ET CONSTANCE D'UNE CAUSE: OPINION Se distancer de la cause de l'inclusivité LGBT parce ça prend trop de place dans notre vie, parce que nous croyons que ce n'est pas ou ce n'est plus notre place à cause des exigences dans l'action ou encore parce que nous ne voulons pas que notre vie soit en permanence identifiée qu'à cette cause est fort compréhensible.
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Catho-gays: Comment vivre sa foi lorsqu’on est homosexuel(le)? Mais il en est certains pour qui cet épisode est sans doute plus difficile à vivre : les catho-gays, tiraillés entre une vie qu’ils n’ont pas choisie et la fidélité à une institution qui dénonce à longueur d’années leur orientation sexuelle. Témoignages auprès de CIGaLes, l'association dijonnaise de soutien aux gays...
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«On naît homosexuel, on ne choisit pas de l'être»: qu'est-ce que cela change? Etudes sur les jumeaux et les fratries, données génétiques et hormonales... Pour Jacques Balthazart (ci-contre), directeur du Groupe de recherches en Neuroendocrinologie du Comportement (Université de Liège, Belgique), les études scientifiques sont suffisamment nombreuses pour affirmer que l'homosexualité innée est la théorie «la plus plausible».
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Pastore David Eck Asheville: No Designer Labels Now you’re dressed in a new wardrobe. Every item of your new way of life is custom-made by the Creator, with his label on it. All the old fashions are now obsolete. Words like Jewish and non-Jewish, religious and irreligious, insider and outsider, uncivilized and uncouth, slave and free, mean nothing
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EL SIDA NO ES UNA "ENFERMEDAD HOMOSEXUAL" A muchos padres les viene a la mente la enfermedad del SIDA cuando piensan que su hijo podría ser homosexual. Cuando la enfermedad fue conocida, a principios de los años ochenta, muchos consideraban que se trataba de una misteriosa enfermedad que afectaba a los varones homosexuales con un mortal cáncer de piel.
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Gays Are Christians, Too (TRADUZIONE IN CORSO DI ANGELA DI G.) Two of the identities I hold dear to my heart are my faith and my orientation. As a child, I wondered if I could lead a "normal" life as a gay Christian. My family and I attended a Baptist church in eastern New Mexico, and I had numerous experiences within the church that shaped my core values: love for family and neighbors, a yearning for strong community, and a calling to pursue justice and equity.
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Saliendo a la esperaza La invitación a "salir" ha sido un punto de encuentro en el movimiento LGBT. De este modo Isaías 49:8-16, con su explícita exhortación a "salir" (49:9) y sus promesas de libertad, parecería ser un pasaje ideal para una comunidad cristiana acogedora e inclusiva.
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A Conversation with God Turned it All Around (TRADUZIONE IN CORSO DI DANIELA D.) I am a transsexual Christian. In that sentence, the word “transsexual” is an adjective. An adjective is a word that describes. It tells the reader an attribute I possess. I have the attribute of being a transgender woman.
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"Le pido a Dios que me libre de Dios" di José Maria Castillo El problema no está en que cada creyente se invente “su propio dios”, de acuerdo con sus particulares conveniencias. No se trata de eso. El problema radica en que las personas que creen en Dios, por eso mismo, tienen la tendencia (inconsciente) a relacionar determinados ámbitos de su vida y su conducta, no con Dios en sí, sino con la “representación de Dios” que cada cual se hace.
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How to be Happy by Aaron I am gay. So what? I am not blind. Live in Malta where gayness is tolerated and not punishable to death like in Iran. Have work. Don’t live in a poor country, and so on. Count your blessings doesn’t mean feeling superior but knowing how fortunate you are.
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LOS COMIENZOS DEL "COMING OUT" "Paulatinamente, fui dándome cuenta de que era diferente de la mayoría de los compañeros de mi clase. Según sus relatos, ellos habían hecho cosas lindas e inquietantes con las chicas. La mayoría tenía una amiga. En una ocasión cuando me visitó un compañero de la escuela y me contó de algunos apretujones con una chica, me sentí terriblemente mal.
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Verdadera identidad (TRADUZIONE IN CORSO DI PINA) ¿Qué significa ser elegido por Dios? ¿Qué significa ser amado por Dios?
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Y vio Dios todo lo que había hecho: y era muy bueno Las sanciones de la jerarquía eclesiástica contra el sacerdote de Valverde del Camino (Huelva) que ha declarado públicamente su comportamiento homosexual, así como las descalificaciones contra su persona (‘desorden moral’, según el portavoz de la Conferencia Episcopal, o ‘enfermedad’, según el obispo de Mondoñedo-Ferrol) vienen a confirmar que la sexualidad sigue siendo una de las asignaturas pendientes del cristianismo.
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Les crises se suivent Les crises se suivent et ne se ressemblent pas. D’abord, la crise financière, puis la crise de l’Église catholique, enfin la crise de la grippe A. Il est évident qu’elles ne se ressemblent pas.
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Catholicisme J'ai mal à mon Eglise (TRARADUZION IN CORSO DI MARA R.) Catho et homo, Henri de Portzamparc dénonce un « magistère austère » qui exclut plutôt qu'il n'accueille, qui divise plutôt qu'il ne multiplie.
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Homosexual o Heterosexual. ¿Se puede elegir? (TRADUZIONE IN CORSO DI ANNA A.) Cuando la gente se enfrenta al debate sobre la homosexualidad y los homosexuales, generalmente lo hace teniendo en mente ciertos estereotipos, caricaturas, abstracciones, chistes obscenos, y estudios pseudocientíficos sobre el tema.
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Seeds of Change: Seeing Transformation in Ordinary Time Ordinary Time encompasses the months of agricultural growth and transformation in the Northern Hemisphere. Transgender people embody transformation in wonderful ways that can give us a new understanding of the meanings of this season.
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Elías y la experiencia de los gays cristianos “La pasada tarde oraba en casa con unos chavales de Tarazona, y uno de ellos, Nachete, le dio un sentido muy atinado a la primera lectura de la Eucaristía, los comienzos del ministerio profético de Elías, en 1Re 17, 1- 6: el profeta es enviado por la palabra de Dios fuera de la ciudad; allí, en el desierto, lejos de casi todo, es alimentado por los cuervos y bebe del arroyo; el presagio de muerte, el ave carroñera sinónimo de ruindad, se convierte en instrumento del Señor para dar vida a su enviado, que cobra de este modo energías para encontrarse con el rostro de Dios, y ser su testigo en medio de una sociedad idolátrica.
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Lorsque notre plus jeune fils nous a confié son homosexualité (TRADUZIONE IN CORSO DI ANGELA DI G.) « Lorsque notre plus jeune fils nous a confié son homosexualité, il y a un peu plus d’un an, il avait 20 ans. Nous l’avons assuré qu’il restait toujours notre fils. A la réflexion, nous pensions que notre amour pour nos enfants devait s’exprimer par l’accueil de toutes les facettes de leur identité. ...
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HOMOSEXUALITY AND THE BIBLE In his book Living in Sin: A Bishop Rethinks Human Sexuality John Shelby Spong speaks of a Southern pastor who wrote to him in opposition to his support for the blessing of committed gay and lesbian relationships. He relates that the pastor wrote "urging that I 'be in repentance and sorrow for the anti-scriptural stand on sexuality you have taken. The thought of blessing the very same perversions that have scripturally been promised due penalty is abhorrent to the very mind of Christ"
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Rev. Candace - When is it Fair to Call Someone a Homophobe? (TRADUZIONE IN CORSO DI VILIAN) "Why is it that those who support gay rights are quick to label someone a 'homophobe' if the person is against homosexuality? The reason that I ask is that many people who I know are against homosexuality based on their understanding (or misunderstanding, as the debate goes) of scripture, rather than any animosity or hostility or fear (thus the 'homophobia' label) of those who are homosexual.
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Reconciling my faith with being gay I was raised Roman Catholic and am one of the few Catholics I know who had positive experiences with the church growing up. I have faltered in my faith as we all do but God has always been my rock and Jesus my Savior.
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A Transgender Comes Out Hello, my name is Dix. First, and most importantly, I am saved, sanctified and filled with the Holy Spirit. I am a child of the Most High King. God is my Father, Jesus is my big brother and Savior, and the Holy Spirit empowers me.
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TESTIMONIANZA: A Mother's Love (TRADUZIONE IN CORSO DI ELENA P.) I grew up in a Christian Fundamentalist setting. My beloved great grandparents were Assembly of God preachers. My father was very adamant about fundamentalism when I was growing up although now he has come to an understanding that Christ is what matters, not legalism.
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Is it possible to change from homosexual to heterosexual? (Traduzione in corso di Emilia M.) You've asked a very important question. My answer is: No, people do not change their sexual orientation and there is no proof that God ever changes anyone's sexual orientation. We are born gay or lesbian (without making the choice to be that), according to Jesus in Matthew 19:12, where He tells us, eunuchs are born that way.
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If the Bible applies to me, does it also apply to you? Those who quote the Bible to condemn homosexuality, often claim that the Bible is clear, and not open to interpetation.
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Deux poids, deux mesures : quand le magistère s'embrouille Tout semble cohérent, vu de loin, dans le magistère catholique : la relation sexuelle est ordonnée à la finalité de la procréation. Les actes homosexuels sont donc "intrinsèquement désordonnés."
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Coming Out. What Every Gay Christian Should Know Before Coming Out (TRADUZIONE IN CORSO DI Raphael B.) Coming out can be a dazzling adventure or a dismal disaster, depending on how you handle it and to whom you come out. If you’re young and hip, your friends probably won’t much care so being open and honest with them may not pose any problems.
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Preocupaciones de los padres: ¿pueden los hijos ser felices? Aún si los padres tuviesen, desde el comienzo o luego de superada la crisis, una actitud positiva con respecto a la orientación sexual de sus hijos, siguen manteniendo las preocupaciones por su bienestar. Los hijos viven en un mundo que no siempre los acepta.
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"Homosexuality" in I Corinthians and I Timothy (TRADUZIONE IN CORSO DI ERIKA P.) Finally, we turn to two other letters of Paul, one to Timothy and the other to the Christian community in Corinth, passages which are used to condemn homosexuality in modern times. A closer look at those identified as "male prostitutes" and "sodomites" (in the New Revised Standard Version translation) reveals serious questions about who is being talked about in these passages.
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Did you know that Gay Marriage is as old as history? As churches struggle with the issue of homosexuality, a long tradition of same sex marriage indicates that the Christian attitude toward same sex unions may not always have been as "straight" as is now suggested. A Kiev art museum contains a curious icon from St. Catherine's monastery on Mt. Sinai.
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What happens when child says, 'I'm gay'? Marge Mayer of North Hollywood, Calif., found out nearly seven years ago in a letter from her son Tim. "I want us to be closer and I want to be more open about my personal life," he wrote. "I am also sick of hiding who I am -- it's not fair to me or
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Coming Out As A Child of God (TRADUZIONE IN CORSO DI VILIAN) Living in the closet is sort of like staying in the womb! It's safe! At least we can fool ourselves into believing it is safe. But safe isn't always comfortable. It's a struggle between who we are and who we want to be. With how we wish to be known by others and how we really feel, about ourselves and about our sexuality.
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Long Invisible, Gay Seniors Seek Respect, Services Bob McCoy is a youthful, active 78-year-old. He sings in his church choir, takes a weekly computer class, and regularly attends social gatherings organized by a gay senior citizens group in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he lives. But McCoy worries about a day when he can no longer care for himself: he has no close family, no partner, and he's outlived most of his friends.
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"Someone to watch over me" (traduzione in corso di Francesca T.) We women were with Jesus when he died. The men had run away - except John, who was with Jesus' mother. We women served him for three years while he went around teaching and preaching to anyone who wanted to listen. And to some who didn't like what they heard. We served him and helped him with our money.
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Stories: A Growing Faith I am a preachers kid (PK) and so growing up the thoughts of being gay weren't even there. My family didn't talk down about gay people, we just didn't talk about it at all. It never was an issue. I had a good childhood but as I got into my later teens I knew I was not truly and fully happy. I always felt like something was missing. Since I did not date even guys I figured it might be that. During college some people wondered if I were gay and that got back to me. I was even asked at one point. I laughed it off and felt it was just beyond any realm of possibility and did not give it another thought.
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Stories: Raindrops in the Desert Raindrops in the Desert
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Women's Voices: Is a Spiritual Lesbian an Oxymoron, an Oxymormon? For this discussion I'd like to describe spirituality as persons relation with deity. Someone described as a very spiritual person could also be called "close to God," by my definition. While I am definitely a lesbian, I only aspire to be a spiritual
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PLUS: Making Church a Safe Place Former homosexual Darryl Foster started a church in Atlanta that models loving ministry to those seeking freedom from homosexuality.
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HIV and AIDS in the family (TRADUZIONE IN CORSO DI LAURA M.) June 6th the most devastating news a mother could hear was “I am HIV Positive”. It is now a week later and the socked in the gut feeling has subsided but the tears have now let lose. I broke down today in the Borders bookstore after finding out that none of the bookstores carry any books on HIV and living with this disease. I got socked in the gut again realizing that the stigma is alive and well in the tidy suburbia where neighbors will close their doors and minds to a mother’s grief.
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Père Jonathan - Eglise et homosexualité : un choc culturel... parmi d'autres (TRADUZIONE IN CORSO DI MARCO C.) L'avantage d'avoir étudié un peu l'histoire de l'Eglise, c'est qu'on peut comparer la situation présente à des situations du passé. Je propose donc de réfléchir à la question de l'homosexualité pour l'Eglise, en la pensant comme un « choc culturel », à l'image de deux autres chocs culturels : l'héliocentrisme, l'évolution des espèces.
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Love in the dock (TRADUZiONE IN CORSO DI LAURA M.) As a homosexual couple in Malawi start 14 years' hard labour, we talk to gay activists across Africa about why they're prepared to risk so much
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I’m an Active Jehovah’s Witness! – What Now? )(TRADUZIONE IN CORSO DI LAURA M.) This essay is written specifically for active Jehovah’s Witnesses who are visiting this site who are self-identified as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, or who are questioning their sexual orientation. While most of this web site is geared towards the individual who has left or been expelled from the Organization, we felt the need to build a page specifically geared for active Witnesses. Several chapters of A Common Bond have attendees who are active Witnesses.
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Témoignages d'homosexuel-les: Enlevez les étiquettes (TRADUZIONE IN CORSO DI DANIELA C.) Moi ? Hétéro
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Homosexuels musulmans: « Nous voulons être visibles » (TRADUZIONE IN CORSO DI PIERO) « Nous voulons être visibles. Ne plus subir la représentation identitaire hégémonique contruite par des prédicateurs qui viennent en France dans nos quartiers nous dire ce que doit être un musulman », explique Ludovic Lofti Mohamed Zayed.
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Daniel Maguire: "Heterosexism, Not Homosexuality, is the Problem" (TRADUZIONE IN CORSO DI SILVIA LANZI) When he was in the Twin Cities last month, speaking on why Catholics can and should support gay marriage, theologian Daniel Maguire generously gifted me with a copy of Heterosexism in Contemporary World Religions: Problem and Prospect.
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Homosexuality in Sodom and Gomorra (TRADUZIONE IN CORSO DI GIACOMO TESSARO) Now, we move on to Sodom and Gomorrah (Genesis 19:1-16, see text at end of post), the infamous cities of homosexual sin. Or is that their sin? Certainly, that is how tradition has passed them on to us - even giving us a name (sodomites) for the unspeakable sin and those who commit it. However, most modern Old Testament scholars agree that that may not indeed be true, and that the point of the story was Sodom's violation of the rather strict and universally acknowledged norms of hospitality - a code of ethics one still finds in Middle Eastern cultures today.
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Père Jonathan: La Bible n'est pas très gay (TRADUZIONE IN CORSO DI MARCO C.) La Bible n'est pas très gay ! Et on trouve sur les blogs tellement d'articles, soit pour dire que la Bible condamne très clairement l'homosexualité, soit pour dire au contraire que ce qu'elle en dit de négatif n'a pas vraiment de poids. Faisons le point !
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Dios, el vacío y el amor Como creyentes, no podemos evitar que nuestras prácticas, acciones, representaciones y gestos tengan directa relación con la manera en que entendemos y definimos lo divino. La visión de un Dios severo o amable, amoroso o juzgador, tendrá directa repercusión con las formas en que actuamos dentro de la realidad.
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Fuera del Mesón Según el evangelio de Lucas, el nacimiento de Jesús tuvo lugar mientras su madre y su padre realizaban un viaje. María se puso de parto en el momento más inapropiado, pero la vida es así, no espera a que todo el mundo esté preparado para recibirla, sino que se abre camino en cualquier circunstancia.
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Un paso más hacia una Iglesia inclusiva y valiente Mucha de la gente que entramos por las puertas de la Iglesia, en mayúscula, entramos heridos o heridas. Entramos con un bagaje que nos ha llevado a la exclusión de una manera u otra. Quizás hemos entrado con fuerzas y ánimo para predicar el Mensaje pero los años o las circunstancias nos han ido cambiado o acomodando y pensamos que ya nuestro trabajo ha acabado, y no hay nada más lejos de la realidad.
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