loraine tulleken

journo, editor, author, irreverent Anglican priest, blogger, politics, theology, equalrights.

[loraine tulleken @tulleken1]

Many parents assure a LGBTQ child: ‘We love you and accept you as you are.’ But it wasn’t until fairly recently that I understood the true price of that parental commitment and how the road to a rocky familial relationship is often paved with good intentions. #LGBTQ

[loraine tulleken @tulleken1]

@LouisleGrange1 @MarvinCharles_ @JvanLogg @IOL @TheCapeArgus You don't tip an invalid no matter how "Cheeky"

[Lisa Carter @LisaCRadio]

Michigan AG warns on election fraud claims: A false claim of criminal activity is a crime https://t.co/H9rCCE7RBp

[The Global Interfaith Network @ginssogie]

Biological AND chosen families have been the foundation of social organization, cohesion & care for centuries, ensuring that all individuals are loved and taken care of, whatever their conditions & situations. This is what we cherish, celebrate & protect. #familyframedconvention

[Jason Hickel @jasonhickel]

Imagine what economic theory would look like if the basic unit of behavioral modelling wasn't an abstract, bourgeois male individual but a mother.

[James Martin, SJ @JamesMartinSJ]

"A huge deal," say LGBTQ Catholics in this article in @MotherJones by @danspinelli902
https://t.co/fvdS8fHLKr

[Richard Spoor @Richard_Spoor]

Tendele Mine entered into a lease agreement with the Ingonyama Trust for 200km2 of community land to mine it. The mine doesn’t have to pay until everyone living on the land has been removed. This incentivizes the King to help evict them. Everyone is surprised it turned violent.

[Jason Hickel @jasonhickel]

In Māori communities, the custom of "rāhui" is employed to restrict use of certain resources - rivers, forests, fisheries - in order to allow ecosystems to recover, and out of respect for other living beings. This is the sort of ethic we desperately need to learn.

[Jason Hickel @jasonhickel]

This is the most powerful, captivating text I have read in some time. Don't miss it. "The white man knows too little for the power that he wields, and the damage that he causes." https://t.co/2eTKyC8a1v

[James Martin, SJ @JamesMartinSJ]

Love your neighbor as yourself, said Jesus. Today that means: Wear a mask. Maintain social distance. Wash your hands. Stay home and get tested if you feel ill. Remember that these precautions are for the other person. Love your neighbors by reverencing their lives. #WearAMask

[loraine tulleken @tulleken1]

#StopAmazonFires -- call on the EU @vonderleyen @EU2020DE to ban the imports from illegally deforested lands in the Amazon. Join now to save Brazil's rainforests & RT https://t.co/OYpTQ3ydJi

[Jason Hickel @jasonhickel]

An economy that requires ever-increasing levels of production and consumption in order to keep from crashing apart is an economy that is fundamentally incompatible with the web of life.

[Richard Spoor @Richard_Spoor]

Fantastic court victory for our Xolobeni clients. The N.Gauteng High Court has ruled that the owners and occupiers of land in respect of which a mining rights application is filed are entitled to be furnished with a copy of the application as of right.

[Jason Hickel @jasonhickel]

It is absolutely possible for high-income nations to achieve a rapid transition to 100% renewable energy—in years, not decades. It's just that it can't be done while chasing GDP growth. And that's okay. We don't need GDP growth to thrive. We do, however, need a habitable planet.

[James Martin, SJ @JamesMartinSJ]

Religious freedom should not be used as a disguise for discrimination. The church has a right to require its employees to support church teaching. The problem is selectivity: it's applied almost exclusively to #LGBTQ people, when many other employees disregard church teachings.

[James Martin, SJ @JamesMartinSJ]

On September 1, @Pontifex used the "World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation" to kick off the month-long Season of Creation, or a jubilee celebration of God's creation. His video this month stresses this deep reverence for God's world: https://t.co/aC6O0YZHG8 @VaticanIHD

[James Martin, SJ @JamesMartinSJ]

Today a well known Catholic commentator made fun of stuttering. But instead of focusing that person's hatred, let's focus on something positive, from the life of #BraydenHarrington who impressed all of us last night with his bravery.

[loraine tulleken @tulleken1]

@Abducted_C0w @CostaCoffee Strongly suggest you change "MIght not" to "Will not". I do not support any establishment where the staff do not wear masks, that does not insist on patrons doing so and has decent distancing for eating and drinking.

[loraine tulleken @tulleken1]

Lightshot — screenshot tool for Mac & Win https://t.co/mnBljhJA6J via @light_shot

[Jason Hickel @jasonhickel]

Now that we've learned the vast majority of flights are unnecessary, we should institute tradable personal carbon quotas for air travel, within a declining aggregate cap. I suspect people will be ready to accept this. Now is the time.

[James Martin, SJ @JamesMartinSJ]

All I can do is marvel at the perseverance of LGBTQ Catholics. They stay in the church despite every effort to throw them out or make them feel unwelcome. As Jesus said about the Roman centurion in Capernaum, another person on the margins: "Never have I seen faith like this."