Many gay Catholics are maintaining ties with their church in spite of the Vatican’s recent homophobic statements. 52-year-old SF Parishioner: “Let Rome say what it wants. What happens to me on Wednesday nights with all the volunteers and the 120 men and women who are not welcome anywhere in the world — to be with them, nothing replaces that for me.”

Study: Societies worse off when they have God on their side. “Many liberal Christians and believers of other faiths hold that religious belief is socially beneficial, believing that it helps to lower rates of violent crime, murder, suicide, sexual promiscuity and abortion. The benefits of religious belief to a society have been described as its ‘spiritual capital’. But the study claims that the devotion of many in the US may actually contribute to its ills.”

Tom Cruise to deliver four lectures on “The Modern Science of Mental Health”. The second is titled, “Handling Sexual Dis-Orientation: Out of the Closet and Into the Auditing Room”. A Socialite’s Life wonders, “Are we getting a surprise announcement of some sort?”