1.5% of British People Identify as Gay or Bisexual – New Study

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From The Guardian: Nearly three-quarters of a million adults in Britain say they are gay or bisexual, according to figures published for the first time today by the Office of National Statistics. The findings, based on interviews with more than 450,000 people – the biggest pool of social data after the census – show that an estimated 481,000 people regard themselves as gay and a further 245,000 – mainly women – say they are bisexual. The estimate puts Britain's gay community at 1.5% of the total population – much lower than the most commonly used estimate of 5% to 7%, which … [Read more...]

British Comedienne, and Former Lesbian, Becomes Happily Married Mother of Four

Jackie Clune

From How I Went from Committed Lesbian to a Happily Married Mother of Four: Looking at my four children racing around the garden with their father, it seems almost impossible to believe that only a few years ago I never imagined having a family. Or rather, when I did stop to think of myself as becoming a mother, I imagined the only way I'd do so would be through an anonymous sperm donor. Today, with five-year-old triplets, Thady, Frank and Orla, and a seven-year-old daughter, Saoirse, a husband and a home in a leafy London suburb, I could be viewed as the archehtypal wife and mother, … [Read more...]

Charges Against Street Preacher for “Hate Speech” Dropped

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We previously blogged about the Preacher Arrested in England for Saying Homosexuality is a sin. After being being held in prison for seven hours and dealing with a 26 day needless battle the charges have been dropped. A Christian street preacher arrested and hauled before the courts for saying homosexuality was sinful has had the charge against him dropped. Dale Mcalpine, 42, was held in a cell for seven hours before being charged with a public order offence for telling a gay police community support officer that he believed homosexuals were going against the word of God. But yesterday … [Read more...]

Preacher Arrested in England for Saying Homosexuality is A Sin

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From AlbertMohler.com: We have seen this coming for some time now. The public space has been closing, especially when it comes to Christian speech — and especially when that speech is about homosexuality. Now, a Christian preacher has been arrested in Britain for the crime of saying in public that homosexuality is a sin. This arrest is more than a news event — it is a signal of things to come and an announcement of a new public reality. Even if all charges are dropped against this preacher, the signal is sent and the message is clear. The act of Christian preaching is now a potential … [Read more...]

More Evidence of a Post-gay Reality from One Secular Perspective

Patrick Muirhead

Often, on this blog and elsewhere, you will hear me refer to my 17 year walk away from homosexuality, gay identity and gay culture as a Christian Post-gay Journey.  I reject gay, straight and ex-gay as labels because they are too confining and not accurate.  Unfortunately post-gay will inevitably be used as a personal label but I think the true definition is too large for that minimization. Post-gay describes a cultural journey beyond "gay or straight only" dichotomy. So, I talk about Post-gay quite a bit from a Christian perspective.  Yesterday Peter Ould posted an article out of the … [Read more...]

Episcopalians Elect Lesbian Bishop – Gracious Restraint Fails True Leadership

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The Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles elected the Reverend Mary D. Glasspool of Baltimore as an assistant bishop. She is expected to be consecrated as bishop on May 15 in Los Angeles. This comes during a time frame that Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, has said is a season of "gracious restraint" on both sides of the gay debate. Please read the whole of Albert Mohler's blog post on the matter.  I will post the conclusion here and add more thoughts afterword. Mohler concludes: Here is a great lesson: We cannot reduce a question of truth to a question of process. The real … [Read more...]

Free Speech and Common Sense Wins In England

Randy Christine London

Lord Waddington has been championing free speech in England for people who do not hold the politically correct pro-gay ideological view and want to speak into the public discourse concerning the topic of homosexuality. Some were saying that there is a tolerance for free speech but many who do not hold a pro-gay view were being harassed and intimidated into silence. Last Monday Lord Waddington wrote the Times Online: Some might say it (his free speech ammendment) is so moderate that it merely states the obvious and is therefore unnecessary. But those who say that are closing their eyes to … [Read more...]