This is my latest contribution to the local newspaper dialog I’ve been having with Rev Dean Lueking on doubt and faith.
Dean, I was curious to see what you’d say when I realized your last contribution to our dialog was about being gay and being on The Way. [The Way and being gay, Viewpoints, Oct. 8]
This is such a sensitive topic. As best I understand, for many if not all gay people, “I am gay” is part of their very identity. When others make pronouncements that homosexual activity is not OK, what these people hear is, “Who I am is not OK,” which is a very hurtful message. Read the rest of this entry »
01-12-2009 |
87 Comments »Eliza sent me this. I’ve also seen it on a few blogs.
12-05-2008 |
2 Comments »I enjoyed this (my son found it on graphjam, a site where you can make and post your own graphs)
11-29-2008 |
8 Comments »by Eliza
On Saturday, November 15th, people gathered in cities & towns all over the United States to protest the passage of Proposition 8 in California, & to advocate for equality of marriage rights for same-sex couples. (Scan down at the site linked to see photos & comments from many cities & towns.)
My 10 yr old son and I attended the rally & march in Seattle, along with 3000-8000 other people (depending on whose estimate you believe). I ran into ~20 people I know, from various arenas of my life: work, my son’s school, my UU church, and an atheist group I belong to. The mayor, the county executive, a state Senator, and our Representative to the U.S. House all spoke at the rally (proving how liberal this area is). It was a stirring demonstration of the right of the people to peaceably assemble, and it was upbeat and positive, yet it feels like it will be years before anything will actually change.
There’s a lot I could say. The observation I’d like to present is this: with ideas being communicated on placards and in chants, people distilled issues down to the features they felt were most important to communicate to others. Read the rest of this entry »
11-17-2008 |
28 Comments »Wow, I just watched this. If I’d seen it yesterday I would have posted it as the Friday Video.
11-15-2008 |
10 Comments »