I really don’t want a schism or regional split to be the solution because that doesn’t help LGBTQ folks in conservative areas - and I am especially worried about walking away from LGBT youth and young adults being raised in queerphobic churches - but given that the UMC in this country is heavily concentrated in the…

I’ve been a Methodist for my entire life and I stay because people like Bishop Oliveto stay - and as a straight cis-woman, I am constantly working on how to be an ally and be aware of my privilege in spaces that are at times hostile to LGBTQ folks. It’s a big tent denomination - Bishop Oliveto came from a church in…

Thank you Bobby, for making a dream that I didn’t even know I had come true

That’s my main concern - performers who want to use condoms and can’t. I agree with you on the ideal being each actor having a choice, but that ideal being very hard to achieve. Prop 60 still seems like an easy no vote because it opens performers to liability for something that should be the responsibility of…

Regardless of whether you think condoms should be required in porn - and I think I tend to lean towards yes - Prop 60 seems very poorly written. In my mind, the purpose of requiring condoms would be to protect performers from studios who don’t want condoms in their videos. So allowing the performers to be sued makes…

I loved reading Millihelen and am sad to see it go - loved your writing and a lot of the contributors and loved that it was never intimidating and also a great place to find new products. Looking forward to seeing you at The Toast!

Yes, that is the other reason not to trust the California electorate.

I don't know about bluest of blues. We did elect Arnold Schwarzenegger governor (twice!), so if the GOP decides to run the right bro, they could have a shot. Statewide elections always make me a little nervous and Senator Boxer seems almost irreplaceplaceable, but Harris as the first candidate to announce seems like…

Gah! I never liked birds, but it was been basically chased out of a park in London by a gang of swans that led me to a full on bird phobia. It is nice to know the fear would be validated if I lived in the UK as it is not taken v. seriously stateside

I share your take on Genesis and really like a good analogy, but haven't heard the one you use here - so thanks for that!

It's on Amazon Prime and BBC America has an OnDemand channel on Time Warner and maybe other cable providers

I have Time Warner and I believe all the episodes are on their BBC America OnDemand channel

"Unfollowing" can be a good middle step - it hides posts from your news feed. I use it when I don't want to totally unfriend someone but also don't want to hear about #Benghazi or the intimate details of their doctor visits.

Mine almost makes sense: "In Houston, adultery, family relationships, and anti-semitism collide for a Christian astronaut and a Jewish baby"

Speaking as someone who has been a part of the UMC since birth, staying is a big question. I stay because people like Rev. Brown and Rev. Newhill and Rev. Schaefer stay and because there is a (growing) movement towards inclusiveness. In the church I am a member of, I stay because it gives me a place to be an…