My friend Rachel Held Evans, who wrote the awesome book Evolving in Monkey Town, is embarking on a project where her fellow Christians can ask a guest from a different background (Mormon, Orthodox Jew, etc.) whatever questions they want, and the guest will respond to the most popular questions the following week. I’m happy to be the first guest and Christians are welcome to submit their questions for me on her site… BRING IT! *Hemant puts on boxing gloves…* Read more
When an anti-gay Christian preacher is spouting his/her hate speech, there are clever ways to strike back… There are even scandalous ways to strike back… … but you don’t want to actually touch/harass the preacher. Unfortunately, that’s what 74-year-old gay rights supporter Joan Parker did recently: … Parker admits she kissed a preacher on the cheek at the event, proclaimed by the Salisbury mayor as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Day. “He was just waving his arms and has… Read more
Were the teachings of Jesus really as morally incredible as his followers claim? Not so much, says Peter Brietbart, producer of the terrific-looking new short film Madman or Something Worse. I’ll sometimes hear Christians quote Mahatma Gandhi: “I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.” I don’t know if Gandhi ever actually said that, but there’s a sense that even though some Christians are jerks, Jesus was a great role model…. Read more
Guess who’s helping lead San Antonio’s gay pride parade this Saturday? Will Phillips! Will is the 11-year-old who’s been advocating civil rights for years — years! — refusing to stand for the Pledge because we don’t really have “liberty and justice for all” and speaking out in support of same-sex marriage. Will has long been motivated by a desire to see people treated fairly, she said. While just in preschool, Will fumed when other school kids taunted one of his… Read more