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The Observer is reporting: There is growing evidence that Shia militias have been killing men suspected of being gay and children who have been sold to criminal gangs to be sexually abused.

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Mark Turner in The Observer: Welcome to the cruising capital of the world Whether he was careless, reckless or foolish, as some have claimed, really isn’t very interesting. I also don’t care if he takes drugs (‘Shock! Horror! Pop Star Smokes Dope!’). I don’t care if he’s a well-adjusted homosexual. I don’t care about his [...]

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There’s a skirmish in the culture wars under way in Lexington, Massachusetts. Elementary school principal Joni Jay is holding her ground about a teacher’s decision to read King and King to a second-grade class. The newspaper account describes her as a real pro, as well as having a balanced and sensible attitude. She’s met with [...]

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The New York Times has an article on A Religious Push Against Gay Unions: Organizers said the petition had brought together cardinals from both the left and right sides of the United States bishops’ conference, including the liberal Cardinal Roger M. Mahony of Los Angeles and the conservative Cardinal Francis George of Chicago, as well [...]

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Inspired by Doc Smartypants, here is my inaugural Friday Ten: David Brown David Epstein Jeffrey Kofman Anderson Cooper David Muir Jim Sciutto Dan Harris Terry Moran Jake Tapper Matt Lauer (And if you think, "Ten what?", well, the only point is that there are ten of them. That’s all the guidance there is from the [...]

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Check out this UCC blogger: Chuck Currie: Beth Stroud And The Call To Ministry. He comments on a sermon preached by Beth Stroud, a lesbian United Methodist minister currently appealing the revocation of her credentials. Here’s a snippet. (He includes a link to the whole sermon.) It’s taken me a while to learn that my [...]

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Fresh on the heels of Live8: Make prejudice history by Sir Elton John in The Observer (on the Guardian website). I strongly believe that when thousands of us refuse to look away and stay silent, we make a difference to what politicians do and say. The sheer force of our numbers will ultimately help those [...]

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Yesterday was the first anniversary of legal same-sex marriages in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Unitarian Univeraslist Association had a lovely reception for the plaintiff couples in the legal suit that brought about the equalization of marriage. Six of the seven couples were able to attend, as well as Mary Bonauto, the lawyer who represented [...]

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Interesting summary of an article on the now-adult children of gay and lesbian couples over at SRV. It ends with this wonderfully ironic gem: The children of lesbian parents can be just as mean as any other’s: “A well-worn anecdote circulates in Park Slope, Brooklyn, a progressive neighborhood, about two gay men who were concerned [...]

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