Category Archives: LGBT

I Would Do Anything for Church Unity But I Won’t Do That: Sermon Preached on 22nd January 2023 (Third Sunday After Epiphany)

Posted on January 22, 2023 by Gerry Lynch

Would a big worldwide Church really end Christian divisions & what does this have to do with same-sex marriage? Continue reading →

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Five Years in Jail for Saying “I’m Gay”? We Must Speak Out

Posted on October 23, 2021 by Gerry Lynch

A new law in Ghana would jail people for 5 years just for saying they’re gay or trans. The Church must oppose this. Continue reading →

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Things Have Gone Wrong At The Tavistock. Central Government Must Step In.

Posted on December 5, 2020 by Gerry Lynch

I’ve long since passed the point when I thought posting anything political on the internet made any difference, and what I’m about to say is on an issue where questioning a particular orthodoxy often results in abuse. But I don’t … Continue reading →

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Presbyterians, Salvation, and God

Posted on June 9, 2018 by Gerry Lynch

Cross-posted at Slugger O’Toole. We cremated my friend James on the freakishly warm Friday before St Patrick’s Day, between the two bouts of even freakier snow. We did this after a celebration of the Supper of the Lord Jesus Christ … Continue reading →

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The Pope is Still a Catholic

Posted on October 2, 2015 by Gerry Lynch

Cross-posted at Slugger O’Toole… Lefty atheists from North London to Northern California are in outrage today at the latest shock revelations that Pope Francis is, in fact, a Catholic. “The pope played us for fools, trying to have it both … Continue reading →

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To A Young Fisherman

Posted on September 18, 2015 by Gerry Lynch

TO A YOUNG FISHERMAN Fairer still than a rose, your cheeks aglowing, Your feet more graceful than a tulip’s stem And in your eyes there sparkled like a gem, For friendship, such an infinite deep longing. Behind us was the … Continue reading →

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Gay Life in NI if the Conscience Clause Were Enacted

Posted on February 1, 2015 by Gerry Lynch

Originally posted on Slugger O’Toole… It was a summer Friday in 2008, and we were in a provincial town West of the Bann. Jordin Sparks was Number 1 and Ian Paisley’s tenure as leader of Our Wee Country had ended … Continue reading →

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Sexual and Religious Freedoms: the First Casualties of Russian Crimea?

Posted on November 2, 2014 by Gerry Lynch

The excellent Forum 18 organisation, which supports freedom of religious belief and disbelief in Europe and Asia, reports a recent wave of harrasment of and raids on premises owned by Muslims and Jehovah’s Witnesses in what is now Russian-controlled Crimea. … Continue reading →

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Two Ceasefires and A Coming Out: A Memoir

Posted on September 10, 2014 by Gerry Lynch

Cross-posted at Slugger O’Toole… I’ve been thinking about coming out. There have been a few horror stories doing the rounds recently: Vicky Beeching’s harrowing life and those of Lyra McKee’s friends. It’s made me think about how it was for me, all those … Continue reading →

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A Farewell Discourse: The Hard Truths That Set Us Free

Posted on June 8, 2013 by Gerry Lynch

Within a few days, I shall be subsumed the Church of England’s system as a loyal and obedient functionary. Having spent the last three years deeply engaged with the struggle for LGBT acceptance on the other side of the Irish … Continue reading →

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