Guest Voices: sex


Posted at 01:57 PM ET, 12/31/2012

Keeping the faith: 2012 in gay rights victories
By Becky Garrison
Advances made in religious circles towards LGBT equality would have been deemed wish lists even a year ago, says writer.

By Becky Garrison  |  01:57 PM ET, 12/31/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Becky Garrison; gay marriage; same-sex marriage; Episcopal Church; GLAAD; LGBT equality; LGBT; religious circles; faith communities; discrimination; same-sex couples; transgender rights

Posted at 05:01 PM ET, 12/16/2012

Can the First Husband talk about marriage?
By Elizabeth Marquardt and W. Bradford Wilcox
Researchers offer America’s leaders, including President Obama, a marriage agenda.

By Elizabeth Marquardt and W. Bradford Wilcox  |  05:01 PM ET, 12/16/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Elizabeth Marquardt; W. Bradford Wilcox; President Barack Obama; President Obama; Obamas; marriage; families; same-sex marriage; gay marriage

Posted at 01:01 PM ET, 12/10/2012

A holy impatience: Supreme Court must right a great wrong on marriage
By Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite
Now is the time for the court to act, not wait when it takes up same-sex marriage cases, says theologian.

By Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite  |  01:01 PM ET, 12/10/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite; Advent; Christmas; same-sex marriage; gay marriage; Supreme Court; marriage equality; gay; lesbian; bisexual; transgender

Posted at 09:54 PM ET, 12/02/2012

Uganda, AIDS, God and gays: Rick Warren and a punch in the nose
By Nancy Wilson
It is time to speak out against this violence perpetrated in the name of Jesus, says MCC moderator.

By Nancy Wilson  |  09:54 PM ET, 12/02/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Uganda, AIDS, God and gays: Rick Warren and a punch in the nose; Uganda gays; Uganda homosexuals; LGBT; lesbian gay bisexual transgender; megachurch pastor Rick Warren; Saddleback Church Rick Warren; Purpose Driven Life Rock Warren; evangelical; World AIDS Day; HIV/AIDS; HIV; AIDS; Piers Morgan; anti-homosexual bill; Uganda Parliament; Uganda Parliament; LGBT people; the Rev. Dr. Nancy Wilson; faith communities; churches; Ugandan Christian leaders; faith leaders; anti-LGBT politics; Speaker Rebecca Kadaga; Rebecca Kadaga; Desmond Tutu; Nelson Mandela; AIDS in Africa; people of faith; Hope in Uganda; marriage equality; same=sex marriage; gay marriage; religion; Civil Society Coalition in Uganda; Ruth Messinger; American Jewish World Service; Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel; AIDS rate; AIDS activist; HIV/AIDS infection; Canon Gideon Byamugisha; condoms; Metropolitan Community Churches; moderator of Metropolitan Community Churches; Joel Osteen; Bishop T.D. Jakes; Joyce Meyer; Bible

Posted at 02:01 PM ET, 11/20/2012

Marriage equality campaigns: The difference faith makes
By Sharon Groves
Religious engagement was a key to victories in Maine, Md., Minn., and Wash., says a Human Rights Campaign leader.

By Sharon Groves  |  02:01 PM ET, 11/20/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  You will know them by their fruits; Matthew 7:16; gay marriage; same-sex marriage; marriage equality; Maryland; Maine; Minnesota; Washington state; African American; Latino; Protestants; Catholics; gays; lesbians; LGBT community; LGBT; Sharon Groves; Human Rights Campaign; HRC; religion; faith; communities of faith; churches; congregations; LGBT community; LGBT activists; Rev. Rebecca Voelkel; conservative religious leaders; religious leaders; communities of faith; Rev. Dr. Marvin Ellison; Religious Coalition Against Discrimination; RCAD; people of faith; campaigns; boots on the ground; faith communities; President Obama; President Barack Obama; Obama; Rev. MacArthur Flournoy; Rev. Delman Coates; Delman Coates; straight and LGBT clergy; African American community; pro-equality; Roman Catholic; Catholics for Marriage Equality; Auburn Theological Seminary; HRC Religion and Faith Program

Posted at 02:30 PM ET, 11/08/2012

Compassion in chief: Why Obama won
By Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite
A new America can be glimpsed in the pattern of those voters who supported not just President Obama, but a vision of shared obligation as well as shared rights.

By Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite  |  02:30 PM ET, 11/08/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  election 2012; campaign 2012; President Obama; Joe Biden; reelection; White House; faith; politics; religion and politics; women voters; Hispanics; Obama; same-sex marriage

Posted at 11:46 AM ET, 11/08/2012

Voters exercise their liberty of conscience at the polls
By Becky Garrison

By Becky Garrison  |  11:46 AM ET, 11/08/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Becky Garrison; 2012 election; 2012 campiagn; President Obama; Mitt Romney; same-sex marriage; Billy Graham; Todd Akin; Richard Mourdock; evangelicals

Posted at 01:11 PM ET, 11/05/2012

‘With Liberty and Justice for ALL’
By Delman Coates
Md. pastor says the state should not codify discrimination because of who people choose to love.

By Delman Coates  |  01:11 PM ET, 11/05/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Question 6; same-sex marriage; Delman Coates; gay marriage; faith; politics; election 2012; campaign 2012

Posted at 04:03 PM ET, 11/04/2012

Not fasting and praying for a Romney win: A Mormon LGBT ally speaks
By Catherine Jeppsen
Instead of observing Fast Sunday, writer prays with group concerned about the LGBTQ community.

By Catherine Jeppsen  |  04:03 PM ET, 11/04/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Mormons; LDS Church; Mitt Romney; LGBT: LGBTQ; Circling the Wagon conference; Catherine Jeppsen; same-sex marriage; politics; faith and politics

Posted at 05:38 PM ET, 11/02/2012

My mom’s gay wedding
By Robert V. Taylor
Author wishes she were alive to witness the developments around the gay marriage ballot initiatives.

By Robert V. Taylor  |  05:38 PM ET, 11/02/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  same-sex marriage; Maryland; Washington; Maine; gay marriage; Robert V. Taylor

Posted at 04:57 PM ET, 10/26/2012

‘Were we able to welcome a fellow Jew, a registered sex offender, to pray?’
By Fred Scherlinder Dobb
The controversy around his congregation’s difficult decision raised this question of opposing truths, says Rabbi Fred Scherlinder Dobb.

By Fred Scherlinder Dobb  |  04:57 PM ET, 10/26/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Rabbi Fred Scherlinder Dobb; Adat Shalom; Rabbi Kaye; sex offender; child sex abuse

Posted at 02:07 PM ET, 10/26/2012

Wolpe on Brandon’s Holocaust analogy: ‘It is stupidity on stilts’
By David Wolpe
L.A. rabbi thinks it’s time for Holocaust references to be off limits to “manifest idiots.”

By David Wolpe  |  02:07 PM ET, 10/26/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Pastor Brandon; Hitler; Holocaust; gay marraiage; same-sex marriage; Minnesota for Marriage; Rabbi Wolpe

Posted at 01:44 PM ET, 10/26/2012

‘These aren’t my grandfather’s Knights of Columbus. And that’s a shame!’
By Marianne T. Duddy-Burke
Author is troubled by Catholic group’s politicized activities such as financing gay marriage bans.

By Marianne T. Duddy-Burke  |  01:44 PM ET, 10/26/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  anti-gay arriage; same-sex marriage; Knights of Columbs; Catholic fraternal group; Marianne T. Duddy-Burke

Posted at 01:01 PM ET, 10/19/2012

Religious implications of N.Y. federal appeals court striking down DOMA
By J. Manny Santiago
Decision says religious institutions will be free to act according to their beliefs, says a Wash. pastor.

By J. Manny Santiago  |  01:01 PM ET, 10/19/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  DOMA: J. Manny Santiago; gay marriage; religion and politics; marriage equality; religion and sexuality; same-sex marriage; religion; Supreme Court; Second Circuit Court of Appeals

Posted at 02:54 PM ET, 10/10/2012

Liberty and justice for all in Maryland
By Gene Robinson
The state is in no way muzzling religious freedoms by allowing gay and lesbian couples to marry.

By Gene Robinson  |  02:54 PM ET, 10/10/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Maryland marriage equality; same-sex marriage; gay marriage; Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley; Bishop V. Gene Robinson; Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson

Posted at 01:46 PM ET, 10/10/2012

The Black Church is accepting LGBT people as congregations, pastors talk
By Cedric Harmon
More pastors, others in the Black community need guidance as we journey toward understanding.

By Cedric Harmon  |  01:46 PM ET, 10/10/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  LGBT; gay and transgender justice; Cedric Harmon; black church; black clergy; black pastors; same-sex marriage; Maryland same-sex marriage referendum; homosexuality

Posted at 11:57 AM ET, 08/16/2012

LGBT groups stand in solidarity with the Family Research Council
By Becky Garrison
Groups condemn shooting at the conservative organization’s headquarters that injured a security guard; reports suggested the gunman disagreed with the Family Research Council’s positions, yet no major LGBT groups claim any affiliation with the suspect.

By Becky Garrison  |  11:57 AM ET, 08/16/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Family Research Council shooting, LGBT, same-sex marriage, conservative views, Floyd Lee Corkins II, the Family Research Council, FRC shooting

Posted at 06:59 PM ET, 07/17/2012

Presbyterian Church, marriage equality, and a mother’s desires
By Patrick Evans
Minister looks forward to when her son would be able to be married in the eyes of the law, the church, and most importantly, his Creator.

By Patrick Evans  |  06:59 PM ET, 07/17/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Presbyterians, General Assembly, same-sex marriage, gay unions, gay rights

Posted at 03:01 PM ET, 07/09/2012

Catholic sex abuse crisis, 10 years later
By Thomas G. Plante
Are kids safer in the church today than they were in 2002?

By Thomas G. Plante  |  03:01 PM ET, 07/09/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  catholic church, sex abuse

Posted at 01:16 PM ET, 02/15/2012

Hot. Sexy. Yoga?
By William J. Broad
Did yoga really start off as a sex cult?

By William J. Broad  |  01:16 PM ET, 02/15/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  yoga, sex, valentine's day