Tag Archives: Gay Rights Activism

To Treat One Another As Humans: Part 2a

This entry is part 2 of 5 in the series To Treat One Another As Humans

I have recently urged gay rights advocates To Treat One Another As Humans. We Christians need reminders at times, too. Our public face in the gay-rights controversy is dominated by the message of “You Can’t Do That!” We don’t entirely control how the media portray us, but we can at least be sure that we’re …

December 2, 2010 – 11:30 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Deep Social Change, Ethics, Life and Choices, The Faith | Tagged , | Comments (12)

Gay Rights Distortions and Aggression

This entry is part 2 of 3 in the series Manhattan Declaration

Clay Farris Naff asked in the Huffington Post this week, Do We Really Want America to Be a Christian Iran? It only takes a moment’s reflection on that question to realize Naff’s sense of proportion (like Tavis Smiley’s) is askew. Many of his “facts” and his arguments are too. It’s about the Manhattan Declaration, from …

May 30, 2010 – 8:51 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Life and Choices | Tagged , | Comments (35)

Hate Is Not A Family Value

Recently posted on the Center For a Just Society website, my thoughts on “Hate Is Not a Family Value,” beginning with, The other day I saw a car displaying the bumper sticker, “Hate is not a family value.” As slogans go, I thought, this one is just about perfect. Packed with emotional impact, in just …

March 9, 2010 – 11:03 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Life and Choices, Thinking Christianly | Tagged , , | Comments (11)

“Turning the Bible on its Head — Newsweek Goes for Gay Marriage”

Introductory The national news media are collectively embarrassed by the passage of Proposition 8 in California. Gay rights activists are publicly calling on the mainstream media to offer support for gay marriage, arguing that the media let them down in November. It appears that Newsweek intends to do its part to press for same-sex marriage. …

December 8, 2008 – 3:06 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Life and Choices | Tagged | Comments (1)

“Civil Rights and Gay Marriage”

Probably the best piece I’ve seen written so far on the gay rights movement and Proposition 8: Civil Rights and Gay Marriage. It’s from Black and White, “Birmingham’s City Paper.” The author, Jeff Jacoby, is identified as a columnist for the Boston Globe. His question: where is the real bigotry and hate being displayed? (I’ve …

November 28, 2008 – 8:53 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Life and Choices | Tagged | Comments (18)

What Does Love Really Look Like?

…tell him I forgive him. [Link: The Point: Bible thumpers takes on a whole new meaning] (More details here–some of it unfortunately rather graphic.) Related: What Does Hate Really Look Like?

November 18, 2008 – 1:43 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Life and Choices, The Faith | Tagged | Comments (1)

What Does Hate Really Look Like?

The line out there in much of the media is, Christians hate gays. The fact is, Christians (evangelicals, generally, that is), disagree with much of the gay rights agenda; gay rights activists disagree with Christians. A recent attack on a church in Lansing, Michigan, could fairly be described as an expression of hate. Worshippers at …

November 12, 2008 – 2:34 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Life and Choices | Tagged | Comments (95)

Wrong Questions About Same-Sex “Marriage”

We’re continually asking and answering the wrong questions about same-sex “marriage.” Defenders ask, “what’s wrong with it?” Opponents answer by pointing out its various moral and social ill effects. Defenders deny that those effects happen or that they make any difference.Then they ask, “Since you can’t show it’s doing any harm, why not allow it?” …

November 2, 2008 – 9:54 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Life and Choices | Tagged , , , , | Comments (31)

Twisted Logic on Atheism and Proposition 8

If I thought this was an isolated sentiment I wouldn’t pay it much attention. Unfortunately it’s not. “We can sympathize with gay people because they are a minority and we are a minority,” said anti-Prop. 8 rally organizer Doug Kalagian, 17, a senior who founded the school’s Freethinking Atheist and Agnostic Kinship student club. “Prop. …

November 2, 2008 – 5:55 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Life and Choices | Tagged , | Comments (44)

Same-Sex “Marriage” Weaponry?

This LA Times headline is unbelievable: Wielding religion as a weapon against gay marriage. The first completely irresponsible assumption the writer, Steve Lopez, makes is that opposition to gay “marriage” came first, and religion is just being used as cannon to shoot at it. He discounts the fact that many Christians, myself included, Believe what …

October 22, 2008 – 7:19 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Life and Choices | Tagged | Comments (4)