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An Open Letter to Miriam Quiambao: Let’s defend every word in the Bible!

The word of God is the word of God. Those who believe in God shouldn't doubt the Bible: each word in the Bible, each punctuation mark, each syllable was written by the owner and creator of the universe, period. I love your zealous and unwavering faith that everything that the Bible says is true and that we should follow it.

What Would a True Catholic Philippines Look Like?

Avoiding the unimpressive arguments for the existence of the specific Catholic flavor of Yahweh, let us, like millions of Filipinos, simply take this on faith. How would the much-desired fully-realized Catholic Nation of the Philippines look?

13 Comments that Put dboncan in My LGBT Spotlight

Let me be transparent with you. My objective for taking time and responding to you today is, at the most, to turn you into an ally, and at the least, to change some of your perceptions by giving you needed information.

LGBT Pride March 2011: Putting the ‘Fun’ back in ‘Fundie’ (Again!)

The LGBT Pride March is one of the happiest days of the year for me.

Why LGBT People Must Get Personal with the Catholic Church

When Pope John Paul II formally apologized for the persecution of Galileo, it was an apology that took the Catholic Church more than 300 years to make. If it also needs 300 years for the Catholic Church to apologize for the persecution of LGBT people, then there is no better time for LGBT activists to start working on this but today.

Shedding Light on “Dr.” Acosta’s Gay Discrimination Lecture

It's been a while since we’ve last heard from Dr. Ligaya Acosta, who drew acclaim for her sold-out performance at last January's RH Bill forum at te Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health. Everybody still remembers how her crazy antics had the audience rolling in the aisles…

Fun With Fundies: On Victim-Blaming And The Bacani Conundrum

Oh no, you di’int! It all started with an (in-character) Tweet. Thanks to an offhand comment on my Twitter about Bishop Bacani's objections to...

RCC: Attacking our bigotry violates our human rights!

Proof once again that the Catholic Church is a big, spineless bully: Attempting to play the victim when people start calling...

Sex, Slavery, and the Pro-Life Movement

This is not about unborn children. This is not about the RH Bill. What we are seeing is a war of attrition against sex, fought one village at a time.

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