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 [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Homosexual Conduct'
Why am I a Bigot?
November 26th, 2008 13 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: Bad Reasoning · Ethics · Feticide · Homosexual Conduct · Religion and Public Life
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 commitment [...]
Tags: Cactus Kate · Glenn Peoples · Grant Robertson · Homosexual Conduct · Stephen Franks
John Key on Religion and Public Life
September 30th, 2008 20 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: GayNZ.com · Homosexual Conduct · John Key · National Party · Religion and Public Life · Sexual Morality
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: Abortion · Feticide · GayNZ.com · Homosexual Conduct · Sexual Morality
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: Abortion · Eugenics · Family Planning · Feticide · Gerry Falwell · Homosexual Conduct · Media · Planned Parenthood · Urban Myths
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: Bad Reasoning · Ethics · Homosexual Conduct
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: Elections · Grant Robertson · Homosexual Conduct · National Party · Stephen Franks