Confessions of a Recovering Pharisee

[USA Today] A gay man is suing two heavyweight Christian publishers, claiming their versions of the Bible that refer to homosexuality as a sin violate his constitutional rights and have caused him emotional pain and mental instability. Bradley LaShawn Fowler of Canton, Mich., is seeking $60 million from Zondervan, based in Cascade Township, and $10 million from Nashville-based Thomas Nelson Publishing. Fowler filed the suit in federal court against Zondervan on July 7, the same day U.S. District Judge Julian Abele Cook Jr. refused to ... Read More

Why the need to shove this in our faces?  What people do behind the scenes is one thing.  Obviously they have right to make the commercials they want.  But I have the right to buy Del Monte instead of Heinz too. This is in the UK but I'll bet this will be in the US before long. What do you think? Read More

[LA Times] Yesterday, gay and lesbian couples were lining up at county clerk's offices across the state to exercise their new right to marry, bestowed on them last month by the California Supreme Court. In its controversial decision, the court insisted that these same-sex marriages would not "diminish any other person's constitutional rights" or "impinge upon the religious freedom of any religious organization, official or any other person." Religious liberty would be unaffected, the chief justice wrote, because no member of the clergy would ... Read More

[Christian Post] Jay Bakker, a big supporter of a pro-gay group, met privately with Joel Osteen of Lakewood Church to talk about faith and sexuality issues and to ultimately gain the support of the megapastor.Son of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker, Jay and a group of gays and lesbians attended one of Lakewood Church's Sunday worship services in an effort to change the influential pastor's view on gays and lesbians. At the end, Osteen did not affirm homosexuality. It was the first of six ... Read More

[Inside Higher Ed] At many colleges, human resources officials are leaders in promoting equity and diversity among those who study and work together. And while colleges periodically debate views of various officials that are seen as biased against various groups, it is highly unusual for the head HR official at a university to be the source of such a controversy. But at the University of Toledo, a column in a local paper by Crystal Dixon, the associate vice president of human resources, has set off such ... Read More