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Image via Wikipedia Actress Gwyneth Paltrow, a top gay rights proponent in Hollywood, is thrilled that her second-grade daughter is learning about homosexuality. In her newsletter  GOOP , the Iron Man actress says that when her daughter came home with news about a classmate’s lesbian parents, she was enthusiastic. “When my daughter came home from school one day saying that a classmate had two mommies, my response was, ‘Two mommies? How lucky is she?!’” she wrote. Paltrow went on to question how Arkansas school board member Clint McCance, who apologized for publishing a death-wish against homosexuals on Facebook, could base his objection to the homosexual lifestyle on the teachings of the Bible . “This concept, while foreign to me, is interesting, as it used to justify so much judgement and separation in our society,” wrote Paltrow. “What does it actually say in the bible that will cause some people to be upset by my line of thinking?” The post was followed by the opinions of se

Image via Wikipedia Homosexuality is now the most controversial issue of debate in American culture - and it is likely to stay that way for a long time. Once famously described as “the love that dares not speak its name,” homosexuality is now openly discussed and debated throughout American society. Homosexuality is now the most controversial issue of debate in American culture - and it is likely to stay that way for a long time. Once famously described as “the love that dares not speak its name,” homosexuality is now openly discussed and debated throughout American society. Behind this discussion is an agenda, pushed and promoted by activists, who seek legitimization and social sanction for homosexual acts , relationships, and lifestyles.  The push is on for homosexual “marriage,” the removal of all structures and laws considered oppressive to homosexuals, and the recognition of homosexuals, bisexuals, transsexuals, and others as “erotic minorities” deserving of special legal pro

Image via Wikipedia “What stance should Christians and Christian churches take regarding homosexuality?” That question begins an incredible and most useful conversation between two New Testament scholars, one supporting the normalization of homosexuality, and the other defending the historic Christian understanding of sexuality and sexual sin. In the space of roughly one hundred pages, these two scholars set out the basic issues of debate. “What stance should Christians and Christian churches take regarding homosexuality?” That question begins an incredible and most useful conversation between two New Testament scholars, one supporting the normalization of homosexuality, and the other defending the historic Christian understanding of sexuality and sexual sin. In the space of roughly one hundred pages, these two scholars set out the basic issues of debate. In Homosexuality and the Bible : Two Views, professors Dan O. Via and Robert A. J. Gagnon present opposing arguments with full f

Image via Wikipedia The Conservative movement within American Judaism is debating the issue of homosexuality , centered in the questions of the ordination of homosexuals as rabbis and the blessing of same-sex union.  As with Christian denominations , the inescapable issue is the authority of the Bible. The Old Testament ’s clear words of condemnation for all homosexual behavior would seem to be clear enough, but the  Virtual Talmud  blog offers this explanation: The question of same-sex marriage is controversial, of course. It would be easy to argue, as many do, that same-sex marriage, and by extension all homosexuality, is biblically prohibited. Leviticus 18:22 clearly states, “Do not lie with a male as one lies with a woman, it is an abhorrence.”If we were to read the Bible as a fundamentalist would, those words might be enough for us. But as Jews, we don’t act simply on the literal words of the Bible. We seek to understand God’s will for us through the lenses of (rabbinic) inte

Image via Wikipedia The Melbourne  Age  is not usually known as a journal of theological opinion. So it was curious that they featured an opinion piece on the Bible and homosexuality early in November.  The piece argued that there are all kinds of good biblical and theological reasons why we should embrace homosexuality. The article was in fact representative of what is known as theological revisionism.  It is basically a rewriting of theology, of history, indeed, of common sense, in order to make the unacceptable acceptable: to make, that is, homosexuality appear compatible with the Judeo-Christian tradition .  B ut a lot of special pleading and radical hermeneutics is needed to even come close to pulling this off. It is worth looking at some of these ploys in more detail. A typical tactic of the revisionists is to argue that we live in modern times, and dusty old books like the Bible need to be re-read in the light of modern understandings. This is partly true.  Author: Bill