Richard Cizik used to be a Fundie darling. But then he started disagreeing with their social statements and was ousted from being a vice president of the National Association of Evangelicals. But that didn't shut him up.
He's now doing such things as challenging the Fundie mantra that contraception condones sex outside marriage, undermines marriage, and promotes abortion. He has found that a woman dies in childbirth each minute, one in four births is unplanned, and contraception prevents 112 million abortions worldwide. In addition, it is good for the planet because it curbs overpopulation. Use a condom, save the earth.
Catholic Archbishop Sartain of Seattle has put out a "Policy Refresher" that Catholic priests cannot take part in Washington's newly approved gay marriage and their buildings can't be used for the ceremonies (and don't even think about a reception in the social hall). Yeah, it feels harsh, but we didn't expect anything different.
Here's why it is worth mentioning: Along with each piece of the policy he includes the appropriate section of the state law that affirms churches cannot be forced to perform marriages for which it has religious objections. That flatly contradicts campaign messages that said marriage equality would "endanger religious liberty" and that priests could be jailed for refusing to conduct gay weddings.
Andrew Belonsky of the blog Towleroad has assembled a list of the 50 most powerful coming out stories of 2012. A cool part of the list is how many times the announcement was no big deal and has had no consequences to the person's career. Each one of these stories has made lives for us a little bit better.
David Mixner has a post with his choice of the dozen best journalism photos of the year.
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