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Written by Staff
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Saturday, 12 May 2012
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Clearly this topic is
the hottest around, in many different circles, and certainly among
evangelical Christians. There was some talk it was the hottest topic in the
history of Twitter. We are providing seven more links to the best of the rest
out there.
In case you missed it, here is the initial offering of eight articles on the topic.
Most of the names on
the list below are familiar to our readers, but many may not recognize Matt
Tuininga. Matt served as The Aquila Report News Editor's (Don Clements)
summer preaching intern a few years ago while a student at Westminster West.
He is now a PhD candidate at Emory University in Atlanta. Here is a tease
from his blog article on the topic:
In the three years I
have spent at a major American research university, pursuing my PhD in the
field of Ethics and Society (as a concentration of Religion), there is no
issue on which I have seen more browbeating, shameless slander, and
manipulative argument than on the issue of homosexuality. Students who are
concerned about the moral ramifications of theological or political approval
of homosexuality, whether undergraduates, seminarians, or PhD Candidates like
myself are literally terrified to offer careful, reasoned arguments on the
subject, because they know they will not be heard. They will be described as
bigots, charged with having an anti-gay agenda, or simply receive the silent
treatment of utter astonishment. To argue against the morality of same-sex
relationships at a research campus today is for many academics akin to
arguing that we should be racist.
There, I said it. The
academy is not capable of having an honest, substantive conversation about
the morality and justice of homosexuality. The issue is discussed, but only
superficially and sentimentally.
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