A Tenable Belief

(Continuing my posts in which I explore my thoughts about Stephen Bennett, after noting some clarifications I’m looking forward to seeing in his upcoming book.) In his September 2004 sermon on video (titled “A Heart for the Homosexual,” available near towards the bottom of the ministry site’s home page) Stephen mentions that he loves gays… Continue reading »

(If you haven’t read it already, I’ve prefaced this with a few thoughts about my motivation for writing about Stephen Bennett — he strikes me as a real person, I’m like him in some ways, and I’m in the mood to do a bit of analysis and self-examination.) Stephen Bennett is writing an autobiography, apparently… Continue reading »

I keep finding myself writing about Stephen Bennett and his ministry. A quick review: May 4, 2004: Provincetown evangelism planned – ExGayWatch (xgw) July 3, 2004: Provincetown evangelism plans scaled back (xgw) August 4, 2004: Stephen Bennett in P-Town on Saturday (xgw) April 4, 2006: Stephen Bennett anecdotes (xgw) April 25, 2006: Stephen Bennett’s Very… Continue reading »

A piece in today’s Washington Post makes some interesting points. Remember covenant marriage? In a few states where folks blamed no-fault divorce for high rates of the family breakdowns, couples applying for marriage licenses have a choice to make. They can stick with the standard, or they can go for the marriage-on-steroids version. The bulked-up… Continue reading »

Our friends at the AFA have named preserving the use of AD/BC notations as a pressing issue which needs a congressional mandate: Should Congress pass a law making BC/AD the official method of dating time? The Kentucky Board of Education has voted to take the first step in redefining how America dates time. The board… Continue reading »

Looks like Rosie O’Donnell is headed for Meredith Viera’s seat on The View. Anybody want to hazard guesses as to responses to this? It’s still in the confirmed-but-unannounced phase, and there’s no word as to whether it is a trial run or a longer-term contract.

A lawsuit was filed yesterday in Boston by David and Tonia Parker and Joseph and Robin Wirthlin, parents of kids in the Lexington schools. The problem? A book called King & King was read to a second-grade class. Here is Amazon’s description of the book: Once there lived a lovelorn prince whose mother decreed that… Continue reading »

Rabbi Eric Yoffie, leader of the Union for Reform Judaism, … sharply criticized the religious right in an address last November. His audience yesterday wasn’t typical for him. “Gay Americans pose no threat to their friends, neighbors or co-workers, and when two people make a lifelong commitment to each other, we believe it is wrong… Continue reading »

Near the top of his personal testimony page, Stephen Bennett has a link to a video of a television appearance he did. Near the end of it, as he and the show’s host are discussing how Christians can best reach out to gays and lesbians, he says (emphasis mine): We need to love the sinner,… Continue reading »

I named this site A Tenable Belief because beliefs are so often the crux of the debates about sexual orientation. Sex has historically been easier for anti-gay folks to grab hold of; their arguments could appeal to the cultural “ick” factor surrounding same-sex intimacy with a religious undertone that assumed any belief system which was… Continue reading »