Healthcare Bill Would Remove Gay Tax Inequity

So, the House has passed the long-awaited healthcare reform bill, and Speaker Nancy Pelosi is basking in congratulations. Good for her, and good for the country. It may even be good for partnered Lesbians and Gay men.
The New York Times points out today that the House bill contains a provision to remove a little-known injustice [...]

The Central Liturgy of Life

Dr. David Fankhauser, University of Cincinnati Clermont College.

The New York Times has a fantastic article today by Michael Pollan about the decline of cooking—fantastic in its wide range and the memories it conjures up. It’s called “Out of the Kitchen, Onto the Couch,” and discusses Julia Child, the current movie “Julia and Julie,” the rise [...]

Obama Defends Special Rights for Heteros

Cartoon: the Southern Voice
Episcopal Café notes that Barack Obama’s Justice Department is upholding the so-called Defense of Marriage Act:
President Obama’s administration filed a legal brief defending the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in a court case seeking to overturn it. In effect the administration has come out defending the constitutionality of measures that give a [...]

Maine Catholics Lobby Against Gay Marriage

UPDATE: The legislature in Maine passed the Gay marriage bill May 6 and Gov. John Baldacci signed it. Whaddaya know, Democrats who act like Democrats. Hooray for Maine!

Richard Malone, Bishop of Portland, Maine.
I guess it’s no surprise, the Catholic Church hates Gay people, and calls us such charming phrases as “intrinsically disordered.”
In your being, [...]

God’s Total Approval of Us

Mark Dukes: Wedding Icon, St. Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church, San Francisco
This post is going to be the most experimental yet, because I’m writing about something I barely know. And yet I do know it, it’s just hard to pull together facts to cite to back up my claim.
God approves of Gay sexuality, exactly [...]

New York Gov. Patterson Remembers His Gay Uncles

Gov. David Patterson of New York (Associated Press)
Dear Governor Patterson:
I write as a former New Yorker to thank you for your sponsorship of the Gay marriage bill.
You are absolutely right, the Legislature should vote it up or down.
The state has suffered for too many years from the pernicious practice of a tiny group [...]

What’s So Bad about Lust?

I have no idea whether I’ll even hit Publish on this one, it’s pure speculation and wondering. The audience is me, not you.
But I know to make it as honest as I can, to get the most out of writing it. It’s funny, I have a fictional character (Kent) who doesn’t always know what [...]

Obama & Warren: Way Too Cute

I’ve found myself since Friday posting a lot of comments on newspapers’ websites concerning the incoming President’s selection of Rick Warren to give the invocation at his inaugural.
I’ve used phrases like “megachurch huckster,” so you know where I’m coming from. I’ve also posted my displeasure on Obama’s “transition” website, change.gov.
This is not just an [...]

A Prayer Before Sex, a Song of Songs

For Those About to Make Love
Immortal One, now we’re getting naked, as you made us in deep affection, so that we can make holy love to one another: We praise you for the gift of this relationship; nothing reveals you more clearly to our souls than the face and body and spirit of our loved [...]

Sex & Intimacy: Paired & Learned?

I wish there were a Gay sex blog that takes the subject seriously, especially in these days of legal Gay marriage.
I like eye candy as much as the next guy, but I’d like to find a forum that deals with the sexual issues I think about:
• How do two guys make a relationship?
• What [...]