The Grio  Kimberley McLeod discusses how Rev. Bernice King, (youngest daughter of Martin Luther King Jr., fan of Samuel Rodriguez, and a former elder in the mega church of the serially scandalous  and notoriously dominionist Eddie Long) says that because some of her friends are gay, her opposition to LGTBQ civil rights cannot be based on homophobia.

The Guardian  Charlotte Higgins reports:  

Christians in Britain and the US who claim that they are persecuted should "grow up" and not exaggerate what amounts to feeling "mildly uncomfortable", according to Rowan Williams, who last year stepped down as archbishop of Canterbury after an often turbulent decade.

"When you've had any contact with real persecuted minorities you learn to use the word very chastely," he said. "Persecution is not being made to feel mildly uncomfortable. 'For goodness sake, grow up,' I want to say."

True persecution was "systematic brutality and often murderous hostility that means that every morning you wonder if you and your children are going to live through the day". He cited the experience of a woman he met in India "who had seen her husband butchered by a mob".