I stumbled across the blog of a former co-worker of mine, and was moved by his account of having to struggle with his sexuality inside of the church.  I'm taken the liberty of linking to it here.
It looks like he is deciding to still stay in the church and work for this issue. I part company with him slightly on this because I have left the church, but I admire his bravery nonetheless.

And on a different note, from cracked.com

5 Lies About the Vietnam War You Probably Believe 

(There's a lot of politics behind the Vietnam War, but this particular post has no political edge to it.  It's just interesting historical details your textbook got wrong.  Interesting for what it is, even though there's a lot more to be said on the subject.)