Malawi Gay Couple Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison Pardoned

(Thanks to The Wild Reed for this wonderful news, which gives off a ray of hope for justice for gays in Africa.)  Malawi Gay Couple Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison Pardoned By Raphael Tenthani Associated Press May...

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I'M YOURS: ASIAN STYLE

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The Ultimate Journey: Consciousness and the Mystery of Death

I'm presently reading Stanislav Grof's inspiring book, The Ultimate Journey: Consciousness and the Mystery of Death. Grof is one of the pioneers in consciousness studies and his findings amount to deeply spiritual revelations...

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Avant garde Thai director wins Cannes’ Palme d’Or

Cannes, May 24 (DPA)  Bangkok-born director Apichatpong Weerasethakul won top honours at the Cannes Film Festival Sunday for his movie about human beings taking on animal forms in the Thai jungle and a man celebrating...

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Czechs beat Russia 2-1 in ice hockey worlds final

Associated Press Sportsupdated 4:10 p.m. ET May 23, 2010  function UpdateTimeStamp(pdt) { var n = document.getElementById("udtD"); if(pdt != '' && n && window.DateTime) { var dt = new DateTime(); pdt...

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BANGKOK IN FLAMES

I've been closely following events in Thailand this past week, but found them too upsetting to comment upon in this blog. This video just released says it all - for any who are interested. Red Shirt protesters, from the poorest areas of the country in the North and Northeast, fueled and financed by former Prime Minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, ousted...

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The Nun, the Squirrel, the Hawk and the Golf Ball

The Golfing Nun  (thanks to Confessions of a Liturgy Queen for this story.) A nun walks into Mother Superior's office and plunks down into a chair. She lets out a sigh heavy with frustration. 'What troubles...

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QUOTE OF THE DAY

When I despair I remember that all through history, the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and, for a time, they can seem invincible. But in the end they always fall. Think of it....

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MALAWI GAY COUPLE SENTENCED

The heroic (if foolhardy?) Malawi gay couple I posted about several days ago have been sentenced to 14 years of hard labor. Prayers are needed, action more so.  Today a gay couple in Malawi were sentenced to serve...

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:ON RITUAL and THE OCC

Taken from the lovely site, Confessions of a Liturgy Queen, this is a passage with which I resonate completely. Please read the whole article here: On Ritual When I first returned to the Catholic Church after a long absence,...

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Malawi gay couple who 'married' face harsh prison sentences

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Britain Refuses Lesbian Iranian Filmmaker’s Asylum Request

 From Coilhouse Magazine and Bloghttp: Kiana Firouz, 27 years old, is an outspoken Iranian LGBT rights activist, filmmaker, and actress. When clips of her video documentary work featuring the struggle and persecution...

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AFTER RELIGION FIZZLES WE'RE STUCK WITH NIETZSCHE

Chris Hedges' column from Truth Dig: May 9, 2010   Both an outstanding critique and a heartrending lament for the demise of organized religion, if a little bleak.  It tends to ignore more positive signs of spiritual...

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JOHN MCNEILL ON BENEDICT IN PORTUGAL

Once again, John McNeill has posted a very wise, compassionate and insightful response to Pope Benedict’s recent oblique reference to gay marriage as one of ‘the greatest threats to the human race.’ John reminds us that ‘gay marriage’ isn’t just about fairness and justice for gay people, it constitutes an essential gift to the culture at large...

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GAYS IN THE MILITARY

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Loss and Liberation from the Formal Institutional Church

A very interesting post from Confessions of a Liturgy Queen (which I'm shamelessly borrowing in part-thanks to Glorfindel for alerting me to this blog!) A 'lapsed' Catholic forty years away from the fold, returns to the...

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MODELS OF THE FUTURE CHURCH

(thanks to Terence Weldon at Queering the Church for the link to this article at dot.commonweal. Very interesting comments follow the article at the site. )  Models of the Future ChurchMay 9, 2010, 11:16 pm Posted by Lisa Fullam Back in 2004, the archdiocese of Boston announced the closure in one fell swoop...

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OPEN LETTER TO POPE BENEDICT XVI FROM BISHOP GENE ROBINSON

 (thanks to reader John Lliff for this link to The Washington Post) Your Holiness,  Though our churches differ in many ways, we believe in the same God. As your brother in Christ, it pains me to see Catholics struggle with your response to recent allegations of sex abuse by priests. Since my denomination has also battled these demons,...

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HONORING THE REAL CATHOLIC CHURCH

 This just in from Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times Maybe the Catholic Church should be turned upside down. Jesus wasn’t known for pontificating from palaces, covering up scandals, or issuing Paleolithic edicts on social issues. Does anyone think he would have protected clergymen who raped children?Yet if the top of the church has strayed...

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ALMOST ABDUCTED

Ruminating over the sex abuse scandal in the Church today, I was reminded of a disturbing incident from my own childhood, which I didn't fully appreciate at the time, but which has taken on increasing significance with the...

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