MandM header image 5

Entries Tagged as 'Homosexual Conduct'

Easy Dupes: Amina Abdallah Arraf al Omari “Gay Girl in Damascus”

July 3rd, 2011 7 Comments

Narratives are powerful.  They control what we identify as significant data or facts, how we empirically apprehend the data, what interpretations and shades of significance we place upon the evidence, and the conclusions drawn.  Absolute objectivity is impossible.  Only relative neutrality and disinterestedness are possible.  The cut of our jib determines the winds we catch [...]

Tags:   · · · · · · · ·

Middleton Grange, Free Exercise and the Gay Rights Movement UPDATED

July 26th, 2010 284 Comments

Over at GayNZ.com’s Proclamations of the Red Queen blog, Craig Young is in a celebratory  mood. Middleton Grange, a Reformed Evangelical Christian school has been forced by law to pay reparations and have their management undergo “human rights education” because they dismissed a netball coach on the grounds that he openly engaged in homosexual conduct. Middleton [...]

Tags:   · · · · · · · ·

Chai Feldblum: “We Should not Tolerate Private Beliefs”

January 27th, 2010 4 Comments

In “Diatribe: To All Da Haters” (originally entitled “Queers and Destiny: Who Hates Who”) an article published a few years ago in Critic (the student magazine of Otago University) I wrote the following: … If teaching that homosexual conduct is wrong is akin to racism or propagation of apartheid, then the aforementioned religious organisations are [...]

Tags:   · · · · ·

Why am I a Bigot?

November 26th, 2008 16 Comments

I am a Theologian with a strong background in Philosophy; apart from Philosophical Theology, my particular area of interest is Ethics. Given this, I often post my thoughts and reflections on moral issues of various persuasions on this blog. I have discussed the morality of warfare, whether it is sometimes permissible to lie, the morality [...]

Tags:   · · · ·

Homosexuality and the Right-Wing Socialists

November 18th, 2008 27 Comments

Lately I have been thinking I must write a post about the sacred cow of homosexuality and how it can turn the most ardent liberal into a lefty. I am not the only person to have noticed this phenomena. As Matt once commented, “Christians should be very concerned with people who will sell out their [...]

Tags:   · · · ·

Fisking Grant Robertson

November 7th, 2008 25 Comments

Supporters of Labour Candidate for Wellington Central, Grant Robertson, have published this video to provide evidence that Stephen Franks, the National Candidate for the same electorate, is “homophobic.” I remain unconvinced; in fact, I suggest that a careful analysis of the contents show that, if anything, Robertson is the bigoted ideologue. Unlike Robertson’s supporters, I [...]

Tags:   · · · ·

John Key on Religion and Public Life

September 30th, 2008 21 Comments

A few weeks ago someone gave me a copy of this interview with John Key. Now the first thing to note is that the article was published by Gaynz.com. Gaynz.com are not a terribly reliable media outlet, and Madeleine would say that they are beneath the term “media outlet”. Hence, much of what is written [...]

Tags:   · · · · ·

Praise from our Critics

June 20th, 2008 3 Comments

Despite holding to a somewhat contrary viewpoint and despite having had more than one clash of viewpoints it appears that our critics accord us some praise. I just now stumbled accross this thread on GayNZ.com’s forum discussing Christian blogs and websites and was pleasantly surprised by the comments on our blog. Kay writes: “The M [...]

Tags:   · · · ·

Genocide ! Who Cares? Tell them about crazy Falwell and Tinky Winky

March 2nd, 2008 1 Comment

A few years ago I heard with amusement the NZ media report that Jerry Falwell had condemned Tinky Winky from the Teletubbies as gay. A little while latter I came across an article in First Things pointing out that the sources of these reports were mistaken. I was not a fan of Falwell but whatever [...]

Tags:   · · · · · · · ·

Bigotry is Tolerance: Homophobia as Orwellian Double-Speak

September 19th, 2007 5 Comments

Kiwiblog has some discussion on the recent mix up between Gordon Copeland and Destiny Church. Predictably respondents in the comments section denounce Destiny as hate filled homophobic bigots. This of course nothing new this charge is frequently bandied about in the media whenever a theological based objection to homosexual conduct is raised. Now don’t get [...]

Tags:   · ·