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THE QUESTION
Gay unions and clergy
What does your faith lead you to believe about gay unions and gay clergy? Could you ever change your mind?
Posted by
Sally Quinn and Jon Meacham on February 28, 2007 6:11 AM
FROM THE PANEL
Love is Blind, or Should Be
When it comes to the gay community, Christians often have a blind spot.
Posted by Donna Freitas, on March 6, 2007 11:17 AM
Listening is a source of faith
My faith has been built on listening.
Posted by William Tully, on March 6, 2007 10:21 AM
Let’s Move Beyond Fear
Liberal Jews overwhelmingly believe that gays should not face discrimination in marriage or ordination.
Posted by David Saperstein, on March 6, 2007 9:58 AM
'That Bible I Mean to Follow'
Church and society have been wrong. Gay friends and colleagues deserve the same love and respect as my own family.
Posted by James Anderson, on March 5, 2007 11:32 AM
We Are All Created in the Image of God
Let us be honest. The Church has ordained gay men for centuries.
Posted by Jane Holmes Dixon, on March 5, 2007 9:38 AM
Gay People are People Like Anyone Else
One could argue that same-sex marriage is allowed since the Qur’an has not forbidden it.
Posted by Pamela K. Taylor, on March 5, 2007 8:19 AM
I Have Changed My Mind
The contradictions between what I saw and what I had been taught troubled me deeply.
Posted by Mark S. Sisk, on March 3, 2007 10:31 AM
We Can't Abandon Fundamental Moral Laws
I can’t envision a time when the Church will accept same-gender unions.
Posted by Michael Otterson, on March 3, 2007 9:08 AM
"Judge Not" Means Keeping an Open Mind
My mind has changed about gay unions and gay clergy.
Posted by Welton Gaddy, on March 2, 2007 10:11 AM
Theological Wiggle Room
Same-sex marriage for Catholics must meet a sacramental test.
Posted by Anthony M. Stevens-Arroyo, on March 2, 2007 10:00 AM
Modern Judaism's View is Open, Generous
The obsession with sexuality, and what people do with their genital organs, is something that is a blot on the reputation of many faiths and sections of those faiths.
Posted by Julia Neuberger, on March 2, 2007 8:48 AM
Against Nature?
Paul was wrong on hair and equally wrong on homosexuality.
Posted by John Dominic Crossan, on March 2, 2007 7:41 AM
Scripture and Experience Set Clear Familial Order
I could not condone clergy who are practicing homosexuals anymore than I would condone clergy engaged in an adulterous heterosexual relationship.
Posted by Charles "Chuck" Colson, on March 1, 2007 9:55 AM
The Goddess Blesses All Forms of Love
The Goddess blesses all forms of love.
Posted by Starhawk, on March 1, 2007 9:33 AM
Church Should Repent, Not Gays
The repentance that is needed must come from religious leaders and religious people whose ignorance on this subject has led the Christian Church to act toward gay and lesbian people in a way that violates everything that Christianity has ever taught.
Posted by John Shelby Spong, on March 1, 2007 8:20 AM
My God and My Gay Neighbor
All are one, everybody equal—that’s in the Bible too.
Posted by Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite, on March 1, 2007 7:53 AM
Too Selective in Love and Judgment
The issue here is what I have come to call the ruse of selective literalism.
Posted by Randall Balmer, on February 28, 2007 10:53 AM
Calling All Gays: Try Reason Instead of Religion
How revealing and repellent it is that religious people should waste their time arguing about whether two adults who love each other should have the right to solemnize their marriage in church!
Posted by Susan Jacoby, on February 28, 2007 9:09 AM
God Sets the Limits, Not Us
The God who created us gets to set boundaries inside of which we are to live for our benefit and for His glory.
Posted by Cal Thomas, on February 28, 2007 8:47 AM
Blessed are the persecuted
Why are we generating so much heat over this issue at a time when the world is groaning under the burden of dehumanizing poverty, when disease is devastating whole communities, when conflicts are sowing mayhem and carnage?
Posted by Desmond Tutu, on February 28, 2007 7:34 AM
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