Reading Time: 3 minutes On Friday, Rep. Glenn Thompson, a Republican from Pennsylvania, attended his gay son’s wedding. But earlier in the week, Thompson voted with most of his GOP colleagues against a bill that would protect same-sex marriage rights across the country. What’s good for his son, apparently, isn’t good enough for anyone else. 47 House Republicans voted in […]
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Posted inLGBTQ
The ‘A’ in LGBTQIA: It doesn’t stand for ‘ally’
Reading Time: 3 minutes The LGBTQIA+ acronym has taken multiple forms and inspired many debates over which identities should be included. But having the “A” (one of them, anyway) stand for “ally” is not the way to go. Typically, we sort the letters as such: L = lesbian G = gay B = bisexual T = transgender Q = […]
Posted inSexuality
In defense of the May/December relationship
Reading Time: 4 minutes I met my future husband in 1996, two years after losing my partner Brian to cancer. A former British army recruit, Brian was 47, I was a couple of years older. We’d been together for two decades. Then I met Marcus. Frankly, I thought nothing would develop out of our chance encounter on a tube […]
Posted inCartoons, General
Gay Cake (a very real problem)
Reading Time: < 1 minute Todd Almighty is giving the rundown on the biggest scandal to ever hit the faith: the scourge of gay cakes. He is rudely interrupted by some other distracting news of the day.
Posted inArts, General, Politics
The Unholy Trinity – That’s Not How Discrimination Law Works!
Reading Time: 10 minutes This is part of my series on Matt Walsh’s book, The Unholy Trinity, Blocking the Left’s Assault on Life, Marriage, and Gender. Chapter 7 is titled “Acceptance Is Mandatory: Why It’s Always A Mistake To Appease The Liberal Rodent”. Hopefully the subheading tips you off on the type of content you’ll find in this chapter. Here, […]
Posted inGeneral, Politics, Sex & Gender
The Unholy Trinity – Rehashing Gay Marriage Years Too Late
Reading Time: 10 minutes This is part of my series on Matt Walsh’s book, The Unholy Trinity, Blocking the Left’s Assault on Life, Marriage, and Gender. Chapter 6 is titled “The Impossibility of Same-Sex Marriage.” I’m glad to get back to writing, graduate school has gotten in the way recently. I’ve been trying to do this book review more frequently, […]
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Thoughts and Prayers and Todd’s Plan
Reading Time: < 1 minute In the wake of tragedy, Spatsby prays to Todd Almighty for help and guidance.
The trouble is sometimes Todd works in mysterious ways.
Posted inGeneral
Only Todd Can Judge Me
Reading Time: < 1 minute Love the sinner. Hate the sin.
It sounds nice until you realize what they think is sin and how they really feel about it.
Posted inEvolution, Sex & Gender
Gay Marriage – Here We Go Again
Reading Time: 4 minutes Back in 2010, I wrote a piece about California Proposition 8 which banned gay marriage. It was challenged in court, and eventually struck down on Constitutional grounds. Since then, many states have passed laws legalizing gay marriage, but the religiously motivated opposition has never given up, and now with a Republican Congress and White House, […]
Posted inSex & Gender
A Conversation With Al on Gay Marriage
Reading Time: 9 minutes This is the fourth in a series of conversations on religious and moral topics with my fictitious friend Al who is a devout Christian. If you haven’t read the others, I recommend that you do so before reading this one. The first three are: A Question of Faith Religion and Morality Conversations with Al: Diane […]