Want Marriage Equality? Follow the Money
No matter what Welton Gaddy might hope, anti-gay religious groups are not interested in finding common ground on marriage equality—they need the conflict to fill their coffers.
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“Ex-Gay” Common Ground More of a Killing Ground
Columnist Dan Gilgoff, in reporting on the conflict between gays and ex-gay ministries, forgets that there are, in fact, happy, healthy, gay Christians.
Read MoreBless Your Heart! The Religious Right Tries to Be Civil
A new campaign from the religious right, “The Civility Project,” aims to solve difficult social issues with politeness. What’s the real agenda here?
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Carter, Speaking Out Against Gender Discrimination, Gives “Elder Care” a New Meaning
It’s great that the former president is speaking out against unequal treatment of women but why did it take him 60 years to leave the SBC?
Read MoreSame-Sex Marriage: Good for Marriage, Good for the Pocketbook
Bishop Harry Jackson, pleading for the president to maintain the ban on same-sex marriage, calls it the number one domestic issue. But what about, say, the unemployment rate? Will the ban help those without jobs?
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Bishop Sends Shockwave, Slaying the Sacred Cow of Individual Salvation [Includes an online comic]
While many expected LGBT issues to be at the forefront of controversy at the Episcopal Church’s General Convention, presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori stunned some participants by taking aim at narrow notions of salvation.
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Praying for a Christian Nation on the Fourth
Instead of praying for “foundations of Satan” to be wiped from the U.S.A., we might instead dedicate ourselves to praying that our own selfishness and tribalism be wiped from the entire planet.
Read MoreNew Poll Shows Gays and Lesbians Believe in God
In another stunner from the right wing, a best-selling conservative author discovers that gays can be Christians too.
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ENDA Times: LGBT Groups, Echoing the Civil Rights Era, Approach Churches
The Human Rights Campaign, while lobbying for the passage of a comprehensive federal nondiscrimination bill, is hoping to “reclaim the moral ground” from the religious right by targeting churches with its new curriculum.
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RDPulpit: I Am Not A Number: Gays and Lesbians and Opinion Polls
A new poll shows that a majority of Americans support legal recognition for gay unions. Our columnist wishes they would stop taking surveys and start taking action.
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