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Biblical Homophobia And Christian Pastors

Christopher Lane | Posted 05.23.2012

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Christopher Lane

To see a Republican lawmaker and a prominent Christian pastor try to outdo each other in their bigotry and murderous hate puts in unpleasant but clear relief the moral health of the organizations they represent.

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Street Art, Bomb Scares, and Times of Anxiety

Jaime Rojo & Steven Harrington | Posted 05.23.2012

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Jaime Rojo & Steven Harrington

Last Friday morning all was going normally on the streets of Williamsburg, Brooklyn as the cool, crisp breeze of a sunny May day made New York as it ...

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GOP Lawmaker Speaks After Anti-Gay Facebook Post

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.22.2012

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Mississippi state GOP Rep. Andy Gipson clarified on Monday an earlier Facebook post, claiming that his citation of a Bible passage calling for gay men...

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13 Things The Bible Forbids That You're Probably Guilty Of Doing

Posted 03.12.2012

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Late last week Kirk Cameron gave a now infamous interview on "Piers Morgan Tonight" during which he discussed his feelings about homosexuality and mar...

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14 By 14, A Biblical Emissions Mandate: 14 (Percent Reduction) By (20)14

Rabbi Fred Scherlinder Dobb | Posted 04.08.2012

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Rabbi Fred Scherlinder Dobb

We should let our workers rest from their labors; and the Earth should be allowed to rest, too. Social, spiritual and ecological sustainability intertwine.

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What Does The Bible Actually Say About Gay Marriage?

Lee Jefferson | Posted 08.29.2011

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Lee Jefferson

The Bible is a complicated collection of documents that was never meant to "speak" to our contemporary situation, but groups often speak through the lens of the Bible on issues like same-sex marriage.

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Weekly Reader: Lady Gaga, Leviticus, and Calling Obama's Bluff

Bil Browning | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bil Browning

While my threats to out hypocritical Indiana state legislators who voted for a marriage discrimination amendment has been the talk of the Statehouse t...

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'We Are All God Carriers': The Universal Wisdom Of Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater

We are all God-carriers, he kept repeating, God's stand-ins, God's viceroys. Would we kill others if we believed it was killing a part of God every time?

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Rosh Hashanah 2010: Liberate Yourself, Renew Your Life and Help Others Do the Same

Brad Hirschfield | Posted 05.25.2011

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Brad Hirschfield

Rosh Hashanah 2010, the Jewish New Year, begins at sundown on September 8th. And while it marks the turn of Jewish calendar year 5770 to 5771, it also celebrates the fundamental human need for liberation, return and renewal.

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Leviticus 16:3: Am I the Captain of My Soul?

Rabbi David Wolpe | Posted 05.26.2011

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Rabbi David Wolpe

How does one achieve holiness as a Captain? I'd like to offer two possibilities to understand this enigmatic saying.

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Birthright Citizenship Under Siege in the Promised Land and the Home of the Brave

Eli Y. Adashi | Posted 05.25.2011

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Eli Y. Adashi

One cannot help but note an eerie similarity between the birthright debates raging in the US and the State of Israel. Both nations are badly in need of resetting their immigration policies in the face of a rapidly globalizing planet.

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What Were Jesus' Views on Homosexuality?

Elizabeth Cunningham | Posted 05.25.2011

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Elizabeth Cunningham

It hardly seems cricket for Christians to riffle through Mosaic law to pick the ones that reinforce their opinions while ignoring scores of others.

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Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Even Talk About It

Bob Franken | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bob Franken

Maybe popular thinking is wrong. It's entirely possible that when President Obama advocated doing away with "Don't Ask, Don't Tell the other night, t...

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The Audacity of Dope

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 05.25.2011

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Robert S. McElvaine

I'll take the Christianity of a Jesus Follower like Barack Obama over that of a Jesus Thief like James Dobson any day of the week.

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God Bless Barack Obama

Bill Press | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bill Press

Obama is standing up to the religious right, saying that when making the laws that govern our nation, we don't turn to the Bible. We base our laws on the only sacred text all Americans worship: The U.S. Constitution.

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