Though I am not a chritian (still not sure what I am) I am always heartened of reports in the press of Churches that a Pro-LGBT. One of those churches is the Episcopal Church in the United States. Two Bishops in California have released guidelines for clergy to allow gay marriages to take place in their church. The marriage itself will not be carried out by a clergy member but by the civil registrar. The two Bishops, Marc Andrus,...
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God Hates Ireland really?
Well we have had Godhatesfags, Godhatessweden, godhatesamerica and my personal favourite godhatefredphelps. Now we have godhatesireland. Where do people get off? Now i know the WBC, does not speak for all americans, but this kind of hate speech belongs in the past. Calling David Norris a fag (A cigarette in Irish slang, something they have failed to notice) and putting a pink triangle with a shamrock on his picture is not going to offend Norris in any way. He...
Burma – The (Good) power of Religion
As may of regular visitors will know, I am a huge supporter of Aung San Suu Kyi and the democracy movement in general in Burma (or Myanmar what ever you want to call it). Over the last few days Buddhists monks and nuns have started protesting against the regieme and have even called for its downfall! “A group calling itself the All Burma Monks Alliance urged ordinary people for the first time “to struggle peacefully against the evil military...
You Must Be In An Arab Country, If…
Got this off Gay patriot (an excellent blog) but this is an excellent post! “When you cannot find a single garden in your city, but there is a mosque on every corner – you know that you are in an Arab country… “When you see people living in the past with all the trappings of modernity – do not be surprised, you are in an Arab country. “When religion has control over science – you can be sure that...
Americans will argue over anything!
from breakingnews.ie Row over first Muslim congressman’s Koran swearing-in The man who will become the US Congress’ first Muslim member is under fire from conservatives because he plans to use the Koran during his ceremonial swearing-in. The decision by Keith Ellison, a Democrat, to use Islam’s holy book for next month’s ceremony instead of a bible triggered an angry column by Dennis Prager on the website Townhall.com. Prager, who is Jewish, headlined the post: “America, Not Keith Ellison, decides...
Gays, a Place in Religion?!?!
Many articles circulating in the gay press at the moment seam to be about the relationship between religious institution and the LGBT community. Between the Catholic Pope saying, “gay rights is an ephemeral social trend” and the Anglican Church about to split on gay clergy. I have started to question what religion means to me, as a young gay man. As most people in Ireland I was raised a Catholic, baptised, made my communion, and my confirmation, but did...
My World View
You scored as Cultural Creative. Cultural Creatives are probably the newest group to enter this realm. You are a modern thinker who tends to shy away from organized religion but still feels as if there is something greater than ourselves. You are very spiritual, even if you are not religious. Life has a meaning outside of the rational. Cultural Creative 100% Romanticist 94% Postmodernist 75% Existentialist 69% Idealist 63% Fundamentalist 50% Modernist 50% Materialist 31% What is Your World...
USI CALLS ON CHURCHES TO HALT ANTI-GAY LOBBYING
9 June 2006 The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) has criticised the Presbyterian Church in Ireland for opposing civil equality for gays and lesbians ahead of new civil partnership legislation promised by Justice Minister Michael McDowell. The planned legislation appears to reflect a growing realisation in Government that gays and lesbians can no longer be treated as second class citizens without political consequences – although USI continues to campaign for the extension of full marriage rights to all...
Is the role of religion dead in today’s society?
Religon is dead in today’s society to the majority of the population. The number of people attending services and making vocations as priest and ministers are declining. There a number of reasons for this. Allegations of Child Abuse and allegatiosn of cover-ups have damaged the catholic church. Other people seam to think that money is the new god. Other people view the established churchs as old-fashioned with nothing to offer them. Others including myself view most relgions as very...
Surprise, Surprise the bishops are against lowering the age of consent!
Catholic bishops hit out at proposed lowering of age of consent Catholic bishops are hitting out at the proposal to lower the age of consent to 16, saying it sends the wrong signal to young people and parents. In a statement issued after the December meeting of the Irish Bishops Conference they say they are viewing the proposal with alarm. Last month the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Child Protection recommended that the age of consent be lowered to 16....
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