When Mormons Mobilize: Anti-Gay Marriage Prop. 8 Effort ‘Outed’?
New documents introduced in the challenge to Prop. 8 reveal that the LDS Church sought to create “plausible deniability” in its role in supporting the Yes on 8 campaign. Why would the LDS hierarchy want to deny Mormon involvement?
Without the Bible as support, anti-gay marriage attorneys resorted to a smattering of flimsy arguments, half truths, and discredited studies.
Old Politics, New Bedfellows: The Olson/Boies Challenge to Prop. 8
When two attorneys from opposing sides of the political spectrum argue that some issues transcend the differences between liberals and conservatives we must remember that, as nice as it sounds, none of us can afford the luxury of imagining ourselves above the political fray.
“Jon & Kate” Plus Prop. 8 Hate
A reality show about a failing family. The upholding of Prop. 8. There’s hypocrisy afoot in our culture.
By The Way: Gay Marriage in Iowa, not California?
To all the breathless detractors of “flyover country,” think about the history of Iowa before expressing shock.
Milk: Hollywood Does Gay History
While Milk does much to revive the history of the gay liberation movement, it misses a few big opportunities.
Sex, Race, and Religion: The Lessons of Proposition 8
Prop. 8 opponents frame the struggle in the context of the larger civil rights movement. But what if the right to marry for LGBT people is actually a question of religious freedom?
New Poll Shows Big Love For Gays
An interview with Neil Giuliano, president of GLAAD, in the wake of a new poll that shows much wider concern for LGBT rights than might be expected, even among conservative Christians.
Election Day: Hope, Heartbreak, Naiveté, and Studs Terkel
We may not have had a big map, or red and blue markers, or a flashing digital electoral vote count, but some of our favorite writers agreed to share a few words on this big day.
Cizik sizes up McCain; It’s Planned Parenthood, stupid!; Greening evangelicals; AFA voting guide; Prop. 8 updates
While biblical opposition to gay civil rights echoes the opposition to ending slavery, that institution didn't end with the triumph of the abolitionist biblical view.
Argue-by-Number: A Suggestion for the Church
In which our columnist suggests that the Church adopt a scheme of numbering to refer to its various arguments against homosexuality. It would be more efficient, certainly, given that these arguments are continually invoked. But why the incessant repetition?
It all rides on the passage of California’s anti-same-sex marriage initiative, according to the AFA’s Don Wildmon
The religious right will back county clerks that refuse to perform wedding ceremonies after June 17...
I have learned as both a pastor and a member belonging to several minority groups—African-American, women, and lesbian—that a popular opinion on an issue does not always reflect the right choice.
Its the Spiritual Economy, Stupid: Why the Gay Marriage Fracas Isn’t About Either
Why would Christian conservatives yoke the future of their movement to an unpopular issue?