LGBT
As a New Jersey court considers conversion therapy, many Orthodox Jews have moved on
By Rachel Delia Benaim — June 3, 2015
(RNS) While a lawsuit against conversion therapy is being argued in New Jersey, many Orthodox Jewish rabbis have already begun to alter their views on homosexuality.
Gay rodeo tests tolerance in Arkansas, hotbed of rights fight
By Reuters — May 21, 2015
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Reuters) On a clear Arkansas spring afternoon after a day of horse riding, Wade Earp sighed and said, "I wish we didn't have to have a gay rodeo. I wish we could just rodeo."
Jeb Bush sees no constitutional right to gay marriage
By Reuters — May 19, 2015
(Reuters) Republican Jeb Bush said that he does not believe the U.S. Constitution grants a right to gay marriage as the Supreme Court ponders that very question ahead of a landmark ruling expected next month.
Irish PM says country must seize opportunity to approve gay marriage
By Reuters — May 18, 2015
DUBLIN (Reuters) Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny said that Ireland must seize its opportunity to become the first country to approve same-sex marriage by popular vote on Friday.
Evangelicals want to follow the Global South on gays. They should be careful what they ask for (COMMENTARY)
By Jonathan Merritt — May 8, 2015
(RNS) When it comes to LGBT rights, calls for dialogue with global Christians are more about political posturing than a desire to really listen to our global brothers and sisters.
Rev. Gil Caldwell, a ‘foot soldier’ for civil rights, turns his eye to LGBT rights
By Adelle M. Banks — May 5, 2015
DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) The Rev. Gil Caldwell walked onto the campus of Duke Divinity School, leaning on a cane, alongside thousands of Duke alumni arriving for a reunion. But unlike the others, he wasn’t returning for a stroll down memory lane. He had come here for a glimpse of what might have been. Some 60 […]
THE BEST OF RNS: Gil Caldwell, civil rights leader, turns his eye to LGBT rights
By Adelle M. Banks — May 5, 2015
DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) "There is a possibility that on gay rights and marriage equality, God is speaking more through the judiciary than God is speaking through the United Methodist Church,” he says.
LGBT Kenyans gain the right to organize, and churches promise to fight
By Fredrick Nzwili — April 29, 2015
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) The nation's highest court ruled that refusing to register a gay rights organization infringed on the constitutional rights of free association for LGBT Kenyans.
First diplomat for LGBT rights speaks out
By Oren Dorell — April 29, 2015
WASHINGTON -- In his trailblazing role at the State Department, Randy Berry says, he has an opportunity to help his two children grow up in a world more accepting than the one he was born into.
Lesbian couple fired from Christian daycare for ‘living a life of sin’
By Eliel Cruz — April 28, 2015
A Methodist Day Care center dismissed two women for being lesbian.
Paris stands by Holy See ambassador nominee as Vatican silence prompts gay speculation
By Reuters — April 13, 2015
PARIS (Reuters) France is standing by its nominee to be ambassador to the Holy See despite the Vatican's failure to confirm his posting for more than three months, a delay that French and Italian media said was due to his sexuality.
Indiana law prompts one-sided fundraising push
By Reuters — April 10, 2015
NEW YORK (Reuters) The initial goal of raising $25,000 for the owners of an Indiana pizza shop was rapidly left behind and the drive raised a staggering $842,000 before it was closed.
Alan Chambers: President Obama is right to try to end ex-gay therapy for minors (COMMENTARY)
By Alan Chambers — April 9, 2015
(RNS) I don’t want to see any more kids throw themselves off of a bridge or in front of a train because we as a society have told them they are less worthy because they are “different.”
Obama backs efforts to end ex-gay therapy for LGBT teens
By David Jackson — April 9, 2015
WASHINGTON — White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett writes that "we share your concern about its potentially devastating effects on the lives of transgender as well as gay, lesbian, bisexual, and queer youth."
How to treat gays with dignity while respecting religious freedom (COMMENTARY)
By Trevin Wax — March 31, 2015
(RNS) Treating the LGBT rights/religious freedom conversation as a zero-sum game where one can only “win” at the expense of the other is actually a “no-win” for all of us.
