Tags: lgbt rights
Richmond's Religious Right Darlings Target Gays and Lesbians

Candace Chellew-Hodge.

Governor Bob McDonnell and Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli prove that the religious right, once again, is not dead.

Virginia Shakes its “Blues”

Candace Chellew-Hodge.

From anti-gay executive orders to claims that disabled children are God's punishment, the religious right is very much alive.

Lieberman Belittles Gay Service Members

Candace Chellew-Hodge.

They're more than just a "pool" of warm bodies.

Hundreds of Thousands Spent to Fight Gay Marriage While Poverty Grows

Candace Chellew-Hodge.

Church groups fund gay marriage opposition in D.C.

Religious Leaders Urge Obama to Condemn Ugandan Anti-Gay Bill at Prayer Breakfast

Sarah Posner.

Obama is scheduled to address the National Prayer Breakfast, organized by ‘The Family,’ which has ties to the ‘kill-the-gays’ bill in Uganda. Religious leaders, including a member of the president's faith-based Advisory Council, are calling on the president to condemn homophobia and offer an alternative, inclusive prayer event.

 

 

Conservative and Liberal Voices Combine to Condemn Anti-Gay Ugandan Law

Candace Chellew-Hodge.

American Christians speak out as others remains silent.

Rev. Bernice King Named New President of SCLC. Really?

Jonathan L. Walton.

Is the house that King built trying to end it all?

Hate Crimes Bill—At What Cost?

David Gillespie.

I would hope that as thousands of my fellow GLBTQ citizens celebrate this day for which they have so long worked, and so hard, that they not lose sight of the cost which has come with it.

Vatican’s Come-Hither to Anglicans: A Theological Scandal

Mary E. Hunt.

While the Catholic Church is touting its warm welcome to conservative Anglicans, it’s also a simple union of those who reject gay and women’s ordination.   

LGBTQ Homeless Youth and the Black Church

Rev. Irene Monroe.

After teaching them that the Black Church is their family, their home, our churches are failing our children in their time of need.

Conservative 'Cafeteria Catholics' Favor Opposition to Gay Marriage Over Health Care

Paul Gorrell.

As the debate over gay marriage is reignited in New Jersey, the local Roman Catholic bishops threw themselves in with a zeal they have yet to display in the fight for universal health care, despite theological requirements that they fight for it. Are they acting like “cafeteria Catholics,” picking and choosing which parts of the Church’s mandates to follow?

Lutherans Reap the Whirlwind

Candace Chellew-Hodge.

Or, as I would have titled this post, if not for the delicate sensibilities of the RD editors, "God Breaks Wind on Lutherans."