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Gay Bishops and the New Orthodoxy of the Episcopal Church
By
Paul Raushenbush
It looks like the Episcopal Church is going to lift its ban on gay bishops.This is great news for those of us who support equal rights of gays and lesbians to serve at the highest office in any political or religious sphere. The only requirement should be that they demonstrate that God has given them…
Wise Latina Power! Judge Sotomayor and the Senate Confirmation Hearings
By
Paul Raushenbush
I’m sick of the constant harping on Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s ‘Wise Latina’ comment. Jeff Sessions, the Senator from the great state of Alabama (‘everybody knows about Alabama’ -Nina Simone) made reference to it again in his opening/opposing statement at Sotomayor’s confirmation hearings today. The sentence, for those of you who haven’t been following the obsession, goes…
Gay People Should Celebrate and Support the NAACP at 100!
By
Paul Raushenbush
Gay people and their allies should take the occasion of the NAACP’s centennial to celebrate the NAACP’s century of accomplishments and recommit to supporting the organization and its objectives of ending racism in America. Why? I’ll give you three reasons. 1) The NAACP provides an example of endurance against horrible odds to create equal rights for African American…
The Pope’s New Encyclical: No Communion for Economic Sinners?
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Paul Raushenbush
Were any of the Wall Street scam artists and greed mongers who led our country and world into economic meltdown Roman Catholics? If so, will they receive communion? The New York Times reports on the Encyclical Letter Caritas in Veritate…On Integral Human Development in Charity and Truth released today by the Vatican. In it Pope Benedict …
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