Virginia Shakes its “Blues”
From anti-gay executive orders to claims that disabled children are God’s punishment, the religious right is very much alive.
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Lieberman Belittles Gay Service Members
They’re more than just a “pool” of warm bodies.
Read MoreHundreds of Thousands Spent to Fight Gay Marriage While Poverty Grows
Church groups fund gay marriage opposition in D.C.
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Religious Leaders Urge Obama to Condemn Ugandan Anti-Gay Bill at Prayer Breakfast
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.
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Conservative and Liberal Voices Combine to Condemn Anti-Gay Ugandan Law
American Christians speak out as others remains silent.
Read MoreRev. Bernice King Named New President of SCLC. Really?
Is the house that King built trying to end it all?
Read MoreHate Crimes Bill—At What Cost?
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.
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Vatican’s Come-Hither to Anglicans: A Theological Scandal
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.
Read MoreLGBTQ Homeless Youth and the Black Church
After teaching them that the Black Church is their family, their home, our churches are failing our children in their time of need.
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Conservative ‘Cafeteria Catholics’ Favor Opposition to Gay Marriage Over Health Care
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?
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