I realized today that it’s been nearly two months ago since I started a sporatic series on (queer) Christian sexual ethics with a post titled Lesbian Sex, Free Downloads, and Naked Photos. I know you’ll be nonplussed to learn that particular post gets the highest number of hits every day, a result of some fairly [...]

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Dear Advocate for Yes on Proposition 8,
I found the handbill you left on our front door Saturday morning with the handwritten note, “Sorry I missed you.” I’m sorry I missed you too. No really. I am. I would have liked the opportunity to meet you and made a little neighborly chit chat before inviting you [...]

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In a recent post Gay? Okay! Sex? No Way! I wrote
Were the prohibition against premarital sex a decree of God’s the inclusion of the Song of Songs in the Old Testament becomes a problem. While it’s often been interpreted as an allegorical depiction of the relationship between God and Israel (as husband and wife) it’s [...]

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In my last post I offered the main Biblical passages (at least of which I’m aware so enlighten me if you know of others) that address the question of celibacy and nothing in those passages suggested that celibacy was mandated in the Scriptures for any one individual or any particular category of people, but rather, [...]

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Does God require life-long celibacy of all those with same-sex attractions?
No.
Should I say more? Okay. I will. Much more.
You hear it all the time, from self-named ex-gay ministries, from conservative Christian circles, from family and friends;  gays and lesbians committed to the Christian life are to refrain from all sexual activity. Be gay but just [...]

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The realization I was a lesbian had barely cleared my cerebral cortex before I was promising to God I’d never do anything with another woman all the days of my life. Anything included, but was not limited to touching, kissing, snuggling, folding, spindling, and kadoodling. Even after reconciling my faith and sexuality I still had [...]

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In The Biblical View(s) of Marriage and Sex I addressed the lack of a clear Biblical sexual ethic to guide us in being sexually responsible queer or for that matter, straight Christians because of the conflicting and culturally limited way in which the Bible addresses human sexuality and relationships. These issues, presented in no particular [...]

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Oops! Sorry for not posting last night as I intended but both my computers were stuck for hours uploading the latest upgrade to the Mac operating system while my iPod Touch was grinding away with it’s own massively time-consuming upgrade. By the time I’d rebooted half a dozen times and sorted my way through the [...]

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In beginning a conversation on queer Christian sexual ethics, I want to offer a couple thoughts upfront.
First up, occasionally you’ll notice I refer to (queer) Christian sexual ethics in my writing with queer in parenthesis. I do so because while I believe there are unique issues to be considered for queer people, our sexual orientation [...]

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Can you imagine how many hits that title’s going to generate on the search engines? At this very moment a heterosexual man in Cleveland, Ohio is eagerly waiting for his slow as molasses dial-up modem to open up this page so he can. . . oh hi, Mr. Cleveland Guy. Here’s the free download of [...]

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