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Commanded to Love

A few weeks before summer started, one of my old friends (who is still in high school) organized the annual “Human Rights Week” for our Amnesty International club. She kindly invited me to attend one of their events: a screening of Mormon filmmaker Douglas Hunter’s short film “The Constant Process,” about lesbian Episcopal priest Susan… more »

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A Christian Response to the Westboro Baptist Church’s Visit to Harvard

On March 20, 2009, members of the Westboro Baptist Church plan to stage a protest at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. For several years, the Westboro Baptist Church’s anti-homosexual and anti-America protests at military funerals and elsewhere have received significant attention from around… more »

Broken Mountain

Brokeback Mountain . Dir. Ang Lee. Focus Features, 2005.
A few Saturday mornings ago at a local coffee shop, I overheard a group of middle aged men discussing Brokeback Mountain. One particular remark seemed to sum up the group consensus:
“There is absolutely nothing my wife could do,” one of the men said,… more »

Gays and God: What’s at Stake for Conservatives

At present, one of the most pressing issues for many Christians is the churches’ stance on homosexuality and the “inclusive” or “exclusive” theologies that attempt to inform that stance. With regard to this issue, many conservative Christians have taken… more »

Gay Marriage: A Moral Imperative

As one who has grown up immersed in a strongly Christ-centered family and community, I find that I exhibit the tendency to adhere to the received, orthodox Christian tenets I absorbed during that time. At… more »