I read through this year’s platform of the Republican Party of Texas in horror. It is really, really bad. And then I wondered if it always had been this bad. Have the state party’s legislative priorities changed in any way…
I don’t need to read the comments
My weekend started with a follow suggestion for Mark Driscoll. I was as shocked as you. For people in and around churches in the late 1990s and early 2000s, Driscoll was a thing. He was part of the young, restless…
Mohler again claims same-sex marriage harms children
A leading Southern Baptist Convention spokesman has taken aim again at the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2015 decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide. Al Mohler, president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky., and author of the SBC’s constitutional amendment…
Waco judge wins right to refuse same-sex weddings
A Texas court has awarded $640,000 to a Waco, Texas, judge who sued the state after it disciplined her for refusing to perform same-sex weddings because of her evangelical Christian faith. A district court awarded Judge Dianne Hensley $10,000 in…
Complacency is greatest threat to same-sex marriage, report warns
Complacency has become one of the biggest threats to marriage equality since the U.S. Supreme Court recognized the constitutionality of same-sex unions in 2015, according to a report by Interfaith Alliance. The landmark ruling in Obergfell v. Hodges held that…
Church of England winds down Living in Love and Faith as deep divisions remain over same-sex blessings
Living in Love and Faith (LLF), the years-long process of discernment in the Church of England that led to same-sex blessings, is to be formally wound down in July.
Now some conservatives think Chick-fil-A has gone ‘woke’
First, Chick-fil-A was the target of a boycott by the gay community for allegedly funding anti-gay efforts through its WinShape Foundation. Now, some evangelicals claim the chicken chain is too gay friendly. The crime this time? A Utah franchise publicly…
AWAB praises court’s rejection of Obergefell review
The Association of Welcoming and Affirming Baptists praised a U.S. Supreme Court decision not to take up a challenge to the landmark 2015 ruling that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide. “In a time when the politics of our day bring overwhelmingly…
Largest gay church pushes back on Texas Supreme Court
The pastor of the world’s largest progressive church with a primary outreach to the LGBTQ community issued a statement blasting a Texas Supreme Court assessment that allows state judges to refuse to conduct same-sex marriages based on religious freedom claims….
First female archbishop of Canterbury faces multiple challenges
Worlds collided in London on Oct. 3 when Taylor Swift released her latest album, The Life of a Showgirl, and the prime minister’s office released the name of the Church of England’s newest archbishop of Canterbury, Dame Sarah Mullally. Swift…
Kim Davis is back — challenging same-sex marriage nationwide
If it chooses to, the U.S. Supreme Court now has a pathway to reconsider its landmark 2015 ruling that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide. If it does it, the court will fulfill the dream of conservative evangelicals — including Southern Baptists…
‘We’ve seen an explosion in state-level anti-LGBTQ laws’
The June Supreme Court ruling upholding Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors is a signal that more anti-LGBTQ legislation is on the way, said Orion Rummler, reporter for The 19th, an independent nonprofit news organization. “We’ve seen an explosion…