All posts tagged "religion"
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Anti-gay Kirk Cameron bothered by “being on receiving end” of name calling; Morgan rebuts his “moaning, whining”
Televangelist and former 1980s teen icon Kirk Cameron went on NBC’s Today Show to promote his latest Christian film and to defend his recent denigration...
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Communion-Withholding Priest Suspended
A Catholic priest in the Archdiocese of Washington who denied communion to Barbara Johnson, a lesbian, at her mother's funeral has been removed from ministry...
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Reaching Out to the Church
A few weeks ago I was invited to sit down with the cast of American University's Bare, The Musical, and discuss my life as a...
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U.S. Conference Of Catholic Bishops’ Election Campaign Equates LGBT, Reproductive Protections With “War on Religion”
This past week, Rep. Darrell Issa’s (R-Calif.) held a hearing titled, “Lines Crossed: Separation of Church and State. Has the Obama Administration Trampled on Freedom...
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News Analysis: How the HHS Contraception Coverage Decision and Marriage Equality Are Related
Today, White House press secretary Jay Carney spent a significant amount of the White House press briefing defending the Health and Human Services Department’s decision...
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Maryland churches show love for gay marriage rights: Rally in Frederick a big success [video]
Two hundred people of faith gathered in the city of Frederick yesterday to tell legislators the time has come to legalize civil marriage for gay and...
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Maryland Atty. Gen. Gansler warns gay couples: ‘Marriage will go to referendum’ [video]
Maryland’s Attorney General, Doug Gansler, joined a standing-room only crowd at a church in Frederick on Sunday to support gay marriage. Gansler called Maryland’s current...
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Baltimore’s Catholic head uses atrocious “blacks vs. gays” argument against marriage rights
Edwin O’Brien, Baltimore‘s soon-to-be Cardinal, used a speech this week to denounce marriage rights for Maryland‘s gay and lesbian couples. He angrily attacked the pending passage...
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Protesting Through Prayer
A group of LGBT students and straight allies from the Catholic University of America held a campus demonstration outside a conference focusing on marriage and...
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Religious Leaders Debut New Tactic on Marriage
A group of nearly 40 conservative religious leaders released an open letter on Jan. 12 that seeks to reframe the battle over same-sex civil marriage...
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Women of “The View” dismissive of Pope’s anti-gay marriage stance [video]
The Pope’s anti-gay marriage statements made it to the set of ABC’s The View on Tuesday. Despite their mixed bag of terminology and examples, they...
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Evolving Islam
Two of the world's three major religions – Christianity and Judaism – have made relatively great strides in welcoming LGBT people into their communities and...
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Manji's Mission
Irshad Manji has new pieces in her life. There's her new book, Allah, Liberty and Love: The Courage To Reconcile Faith and Freedom. Then there's...
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Anne Rice tells gay son, Christopher: My 12-year study showed Catholic Church ‘was dishonorable, dishonest… immoral’ [video]
”That was a Catholic who wrote to me. She is very upset that I left the Catholic Church, and she writes e-mail after e-mail, and...
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Capitol Hill “C Street house” connected to “kill the gays” Evangelicals in Uganda [video]
”I went at the invitation of David Bahati, who is a member of parliament in Uganda who has proposed the kill the gays bill…. ...
