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"Gay Unions Shed Light on Gender in Marriage" from the New York Times, Science section, June 10, 2008: "A growing body of evidence shows that same-sex couples have a great deal to teach everyone else about marriage and relationships. Most studies show surprisingly few differences between committed gay couples and committed straight couples, but the…
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On May 15, 2008 in a powerfully-worded decision, the CA Supreme Court ruled that same-sex couples should be permitted to marry. From the decision: [I]n contrast to earlier times, our state now recognizes that an individual’s capacity to establish a loving and long-term committed relationship with another person and responsibly to care for and raise…
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This Fall I have spent six weeks traveling almost continuously in support of my book. It’s been a remarkable experience. The most intensive period was two weeks spent speaking across the midwest including events in Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, and Illinois. I spoke 21 times to over 3,000 people. In every case, the crowds were…
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Kudos to the U.S. House of Representatives for passing the Employment Non-Discrimination Act!!! Congratulations to the Democratic leadership and to the 200 Democrats and 35 Republicans who took a historic stand against employment discrimination. The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church has been on record since 1978 as opposing discrimination in employment based on sexual…
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On September 27, while I was out on road on my midwest book tour, the U.S. Senate took the courageous step of passing the Matthew Shepard Act! The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) had made passage of the Matthew Shepard Act an urgent priority. I join with the Human Rights Campaign, More Light…
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A friend sent me a link to an interview with Jim Wallis about his new book, God’s Politics: Why the Right Gets it Wrong and the Left Doesn’t Get It. Click (here) for the full interview–it’s definitely worth reading. I was struck by a passage in the middle of the interview about a conversation Wallis…
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Greetings! This past fall I was diagnosed with prostate cancer. Thanks be to God, on January 9, 2007 doctors at the City of Hope in Duarte, California successfully removed my prostate (using this remarkable new minimally invasive robotic device called da Vinci!). The doctors tell me the cancer cells had not spread and that I…
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"Honoring All Voices" at Bethany Presbyterian Church in Huntington Station, NY It’s been an extraordinary year. By the grace of God, my book Jesus, the Bible, and Homosexuality: Explode the Myths, Heal the Church has resonated with more people in more places than I ever could have imagined. The book is now in its 4th…
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The current issue of Theology Today (Vol. 63, No. 3, October 2006) contains a review of my book Jesus, the Bible, and Homosexuality: Explode the Myths, Heal the Church and a review of The Bible and Homosexual Practice: Texts and Hermeneutics by Robert Gagnon. The review was written by Princeton Theological Seminary professor, William Stacy…
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Jack Rogers speaking at luncheon with members of Salem Presbytery in Greensboro, North Carolina Luncheon with Salem Presbytery Book signing at Presbyterian Church of the Covenant in Greensboro, North Carolina Signing a copy of Jesus, the Bible, and Homosexuality in Greensboro. Greetings! I recently spoke at nine events in four days across North Carolina. The…
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