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Looking Back on Cornerstone – The Gays Have Their Day
By
Tony Jones
Probably the most anticipated element of Cornerstone that I was involved with was a panel discussion entitled, “Gay Rights or Wrongs,” which was a conversation about how the church should approach the issue of GLBT persons. (I wrote about other aspects of Cornerstone last week.) This was an exceptional moment in the 26-year history of…
Should Christian Leaders Be Outed?
By
Tony Jones
Do you think that Christian leaders who publicly support same sex marriage, gay rights, etc., should be pushed out of the closet? Last fall, I publicly affirmed gay marriage as a Christian and biblically virtuous lifestyle. Of course, not all Christians agree with me. But some do. In fact, some Christian leaders do. Last weekend…
Doug Kmiec Is Right: Clergy Should Not Perform (Legal) Marriages
By
Tony Jones
Last week, Doug Kmiec went on Colbert and became the next in a long line of people: Those who’ve gone on Colbert and said what I want to say on Colbert. Kmiec said what more and more of us are saying: Churches and clergy should get out of the marriage business. And by that I…
Getting Beyond the “Ick Factor” in the Gay Marriage Debate
By
Tony Jones
In one of my early posts on same sex marriage, I wrote that I used to be in the “natural law” camp of persons who said that, thought there’s not an overwhelming amount of verses in the Bible about homosexuality (six, to be exact), there’s a strong argument to be made from Genesis. It’s the…
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