Tag: ethics

  • Civil Unions Better than Nothing

    First published at Between the Lines News on May 26, 2011 By the time you read this, the Rhode Island House will have passed a civil-unions bill that no one…

  • What Makes ‘Real’ Parents?

    First published at 365gay.com on May 13, 2011 Many years ago, when I was about 10 years old, my father was driving me to school one day when a story…

  • Biological Bonds and Gay Marriage

    First published at 365gay.com on May 6, 2011 I’ve spent the last two weeks helping my sister care for my 5-month-old niece, Tess. I have two nieces: my sister’s baby,…

  • So, you Think I’m a Sell-Out?

    First published at 365gay.com on April 29, 2011 In response to my last column [http://www.365gay.com/opinion/corvino-what-the-bible-doesn’t-say/], a reader comments, “I’m sorry, but every time I read anything by Corvino I can’t…

  • What the Bible Doesn’t Say

    First published at 365gay.com on April 22, 2011 Gay-rights advocates often complain that our opponents are selective in their use of the Bible. Indeed they are. But so are our…

  • The Meaning of Transgender

    First published at 365gay.com on April 15, 2011 A friend recently asked, “Do you ever have doubts about the whole transgender thing?” My friend has a habit of referring to…

  • Gay People Have Work to do

    First published at 365gay.com on March 4, 2011 Let me begin with a huge Thank You to readers who weighed in thoughtfully on last week’s column [http://www.365gay.com/opinion/corvino-is-it-time-for-the-gay-moralist-to-retire/], which pondered the…

  • Is it Time for the Gay Moralist to Retire?

    First published at 365gay.com on February 25, 2011 It is a strange, challenging, and encouraging time for me as the Gay Moralist. For almost nineteen years I have been giving…

  • Should we Care if we Were ‘Born This Way’?

    First published at 365gay.com on February 18, 2011 I am about to commit an act of gay heresy. It wouldn’t be my first time. But it is the first time…

  • Help a Hero

    First published at 365gay.com on February 4, 2011 You may not know Frank Kameny’s name. You should. Frank Kameny has sometimes been called the “Rosa Parks” of the LGBT movement.…