A formidable, moving and excellently reasoned argument for marriage equality by Senator Diane Savino of New York: Hat-tip: James McGrath of Exploring Our Matrix.
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Ted Haggard, the evangelical pastor exposed in 2006 as a homosexual and adulterer, has started a regular prayer meeting in his Colorado home. Before the scandal, which broke three years ago almost to the day, Haggard was President of the…
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Daniel Gonzales of Box Turtle Bulletin has been talking about growing up gay in a radically anti-gay church, namely Coastline Bible Church in Ventura, California. In a four-part series, Daniel describes how his fundamentalist church propelled him towards ex-gay therapy….
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Exodus expressed dismay at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America’s decision to allow partnered gay clergy to serve in the church. Orlando, FL. Exodus International, the world’s largest interdenominational ministry helping those conflicted by same-sex attraction to live a life…
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The parents of Bryce Faulkner have spoken to Fox News to deny allegations that their 23-year-old son is being coerced into attending an ex-gay program. Friends of Bryce, a 23-year-old medical student who graduated this year, say he was happily…
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The pastor of a Connecticut Pentecostal church in the news for performing an exorcism on a gay teen told CNN that her church is not against homosexuality. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9oIuBNx-3A “We do not hate [homosexuals]. We do not come up against them….
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Dr Gary Cass of the Christian Anti-Defamation Commission has defended a church that performed a gruelling exorcism on a 16-year-old boy. Manifested Glory Church in Bridgeport, CT, has been widely condemned after a video was released showing the boy writhing…
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George Barna, the evangelical author popular with conservative Christians for his research into faith and culture, has said that common stereotypes of gay people and their relationship to Christianity are wrong. As his research company, The Barna Group, released the…
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Anti-Gay Phelps Clan Now Targeting Jews
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Sometimes we gay Jews describe ourselves as being “twice blessed,” but in the Phelps’s case, we’re twice targeted. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, which monitors hate groups, Westboro Baptist Church is declaring that “God Hates Jews” for being…
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Centuries ago, the Baptist church was founded on the principle of freedom of conscience. According to Baptist belief, individual Christians are fully competent to study the Bible for themselves and to seek guidance from God (the “priesthood of the believer“);…