same-sex attraction
The SBC’s same-sex abuse problem
By Russell L. Meek — December 18, 2019
(RNS) — If our zeal for a biblical view of sexuality outshines our desire to protect the people in our churches, something has gone very, very wrong.
Namibian Christians vest hopes in ‘pray the gay away’ tactic
By guest — December 16, 2016
WINDHOEK, Namibia (RNS) Judgmental attitudes towards gays and lesbians are common in the nation’s Christian churches.
Henri Nouwen’s intimate letters shed light on his ‘theology of the heart’
By John Murawski — October 4, 2016
(RNS) Nouwen's letters chronicle his lifelong struggles with celibacy, his disaffection with academia and his prolonged recovery from a nervous breakdown -- among the many spiritual stations that mark this late priest's life.
Conversion therapies don’t work, experts say, so why do gay Mormons still seek them out?
By Peggy Fletcher Stack — September 28, 2015
SALT LAKE CITY – By not providing an alternative, the LDS church unwittingly created a vacuum and conversion-aimed retreats have filled it.
When straight women marry gay Mormon men, struggle often ends in divorce
By Peggy Fletcher Stack — January 13, 2015
When straight Mormon women married Mormon men who were attracted to other men, as many as 69 percent of those marriages ended in divorce.
New ‘My Husband’s Not Gay’ show causes uproar
By Ann Oldenburg — January 6, 2015
(RNS) The one-hour special, which TLC plans to air Sunday, focuses on four Mormon men who are married to women but attracted to men. Critics call the show irresponsible and harmful.
Was Dietrich Bonhoeffer gay? A new biography raises questions
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — July 3, 2014
NEW YORK (RNS) “I think theologians are often terrified of what we’ll discover when we go more deeply into human character if we say that a person had very complicated relationships with character, psychology, formation and sexuality,” says Dietrich Bonhoeffer biographer Charles Marsh.
COMMENTARY: May God have mercy on Fred Phelps
By Amy Tracy — March 20, 2014
(RNS) I don’t like to think of Jesus with Fred Phelps through the hands and words of a hospice volunteer -- but that shows how far off the mark I am in the grace department. It’s a cause for prayer, for sure.
New Mormon website features softer, gentler tone on gays
By Peggy Fletcher Stack — December 7, 2012
SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) The Mormon church is not changing its tune about homosexuality, but it has launched a new website to alter the tone. The site includes video clips of gay members and their families promoting compassion and understanding toward homosexuals, and encouraging everyone to be "disciples of Christ.'' By Peggy Fletcher Stack.
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