I’m reading Pierre Teilhard de Chardin’s The Phenomenon of Man at the moment. I’ve been meaning to read it for over 40 years and have finally got around to it! He wrote the book in 1947 but it was published posthumously after his death in 1955. Rome refused to allow him to publish. In the [...]
Keeping us all in order
, April 10th, 2013 12 Comments
men and women in marriage, a new report from the Church of England, which has just been published, is the work of the Church of England’s Faith and Order Commission (FAOC). The Commission was formed from two previously existing bodies: the Faith and Order Advisory Group, which dealt mainly with ecumenical relationships, and the Doctrine [...]
Statement against the Second Reading and Passage of the Same Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Bill 2011
, November 22nd, 2012 1 Comment
Queer Alliance issues this statement on behalf of those we represent to present and voice our concerns against the Same Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Bill 2011 We like to note that the 1999 constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is built on one principle – secularism and not religious indoctrination. The contents of the bill [...]
The Director of Changing Attitude does not worship an angry, wrathful, punishing god
, October 12th, 2012 2 Comments
Michael Andrews has commented on my blog about Vaughan Roberts, who I described as an embattled conservative evangelical priest struggling with a ‘homosexual orientation’. Michael reads from the Bible and worships a god with a small g who is very different from the God of Jesus Christ, the God I worship as infinite and unbounded love [...]
A Chosen Lifestyle?
, August 14th, 2012 1 Comment
Elaine Sommers, a trustee of Changing Attitude England, contributes this blog: ’Stop messing about; you’re on the road to hell.’ ‘What you’re doing is sinful and against God’s laws. You need some serious prayer ministry.’ ‘You need to repent of your chosen lifestyle. ‘ Who made these strongly worded statements and to whom were they [...]
Episcopal Church Welcomes Transgender People
, July 9th, 2012 Be
July 9 was a historic day for the Episcopal Church as it declared that gender identity and gender expression are not reasons for excluding someone from the discernment process for ordination, nor from any other activity or lay position in the Church. At its triennial General Convention in Indianapolis, the church House of Deputies approved [...]
Who gets to say what is African and what is not asks Melissa Wainaina in Kenya
, May 17th, 2012 Be
As Kenya’s lesbian and gay community marks the International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO), the country is currently in discussion over the thorny issue of sexual minority rights. This follows the launch of a public inquiry report by the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights, KNCHR, on sexual and reproductive health in Kenya. The Commission is [...]
Ensure transgender people’s rights in Bangladesh
, April 28th, 2012 1 Comment
Speakers at a view exchange meeting in Bangladesh on 27 April 2012 stressed the need for ensuring fundamental rights especially the health, social and legal rights of the transgender people for uplifting their living and livelihood condition. They said the society, as a whole, should come forward with a positive attitude toward the extreme socially excluded [...]
Lesbians strive to end economic and social discrimination
, April 23rd, 2012 Be
Discrimination hurts many women economically and socially, but it has an even greater and sometimes dangerous impact on lesbians, according to a group of women working on lesbian, bisexual and transgender rights in dozens of countries. The women, most of them lesbians, discussed their experiences at a session called “Economic Justice for Lesbian Women: Setting [...]
