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Wednesday, October 08

Utah Mormons Rachet Up Pro-8 Student Phone Banking

The Salt Lake Tribune reports on increased organized efforts to get students at Brigham Young to influence the vote in California. But during a special satellite broadcast from Salt Lake City tonight to LDS chapels in Utah County as well as in California, LDS authorities are expected to ask Brigham Young...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Box Turtle Bulletin on 10-08-2008
Tuesday, October 07

Mormons provide at least 40% of Prop 8 Funding

Mormons for Proposition 8 have analyzed the donations to Yes on 8 over $1,000 and found that the largest contributing group is members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. - Individual Donors, Mormon - 40.40% ($7,615,842.43) - Individual Donors, Other* - 29.94% ($5,643,497.71) - Non-Mormon...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Box Turtle Bulletin on 10-07-2008
Friday, October 03

PCUSA Continues to Walk a Fine Line

A Presbyterian court has found that a pastor accused of violating church law by conducting a marriage between two women was not guilty (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) A church court of Pittsburgh Presbytery ruled 9-0 that the Rev. Janet Edwards did not violate scripture or the constitution of the Presbyterian...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Box Turtle Bulletin on 10-03-2008
Monday, September 29

We Found ‘Em: Jews for Prop 8

There are, no doubt, many Orthodox Jews who devoutly believe that their faith requires that they oppose same-sex marriage, yet do so with decency, compassion, and empathy. Rabbi Yehuda Levin isn’t one of them. In response to the Southern California Board of Rabbis’ decision to oppose Proposition...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Box Turtle Bulletin on 09-29-2008
Wednesday, September 17

One-Third of “Yes for Prop 102″ Contributions Come from Mesa, Arizona

That’s right. As an update to the our earlier report, further analysis of the contributors of at least $10,000 to the “yes” campain for Arizona’s Prop 102 shows that 70 out of 190 — more than one third — come from Mesa, Arizona. This includes three of the four $100...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Box Turtle Bulletin on 09-17-2008
Tuesday, September 16

Christian Singer Ray Boltz Comes Out

There have long been rumors about the sexual orientation of some of the better known names in Christian music, including some who are superstars in the genre. Now an artist in Contemporary Christian Music with a recognizable name and familiar songs has come out. Ray Boltz’ songs include “Thank...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Box Turtle Bulletin on 09-16-2008
Wednesday, September 10

Episcopal Bishops Endorse Marriage and Oppose Prop 8

As expected, the top six Episcopal Bishops in California announced their opposition to Proposition 8, the anti-gay marriage amendment. The bishops argued that preserving the right of gays and lesbians to marry would enhance the “Christian values” of monogamy, love and commitment. “We...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Box Turtle Bulletin on 09-10-2008
Tuesday, September 02

Palin’s Misunderstanding of History

Often evangelical conservatives suffer under the misperception that the nation’s Founding Fathers shared their belief that the country was intended to be a Christian Nation governed according to a conservative understanding of Scripture. Although even the most casual reading of our founding documents...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Box Turtle Bulletin on 09-02-2008
Sunday, August 10

My Very Favorite Gagnonism

In Robert Gagnon’s latest condemnation of me, Box Turtle Bulletin, and all the “homosexualists” that comment here, he selects a passage from the book of Matthew to illustrate why “the ‘historical Jesus’ would have opposed homosexual practice”. “Do not judge...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Box Turtle Bulletin on 08-10-2008
Tuesday, July 29

Frothing Lunacy, Part 2

Perhaps Jim Garlow, pastor of Skyline Wesleyan Church in San Diego, found Bam Bam Barber to be an inspiration. Because Garlow has come up with some projections about Proposition 8 that rival Barber’s carnival of nutjobbery. Garlow has organized a teleconference with pastors and lay leaders to explain...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Box Turtle Bulletin on 07-29-2008

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