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Boy Scouts Christian alternative sees ‘tremendous response’ after transgender decision
By Adelle M. Banks — February 17, 2017
(RNS) 'Where many people would say that they’re leaving Boy Scouts, we have many others that are saying that the Boy Scouts left them,' Trail Life USA's CEO said.
Namibian Christians vest hopes in ‘pray the gay away’ tactic
By guest — December 16, 2016
WINDHOEK, Namibia (RNS) Judgmental attitudes towards gays and lesbians are common in the nation’s Christian churches.
Botswana deporting U.S. pastor over anti-gay views
By Jerome Socolovsky — September 20, 2016
GABORONE, Botswana (Reuters) -- Steven Anderson, of the Faithful Word Baptist Church in Arizona, notoriously welcomed the gunning down in June of 50 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida by saying "there's 50 less pedophiles in this world."
Anti-gay Arizona pastor denied entry to South Africa
By Fredrick Nzwili — September 13, 2016
(RNS) The pastor of Tempe's Faithful Word Baptist Church was due to visit South Africa later this month for a series of evangelical events.
In memoirs, ex-Pope Benedict says Vatican ‘gay lobby’ wielded power
By David Gibson — July 1, 2016
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) The book, to be published in September, marks the first time in history that a former pope judges his own pontificate after it is over.
Anglican priest joins lawsuit demanding greater rights for Kenya’s gays
By Fredrick Nzwili — June 14, 2016
(RNS) It is not clear whether his job is at risk, but his actions have ignited the ire of bishops, who reiterate that the Anglican Church in Kenya does not condone homosexuality.
Pope talks about gays, annulments in new book
By Rosie Scammell — January 10, 2016
(RNS) Of gays, the pope said. "...Let us not forget that God loves all his creatures and we are destined to receive his infinite love."
Twice rejected, Mormon family faces painful decision about resignation
By Lorena O'Neil — December 2, 2015
(RNS) Two decades ago Paul Sautter-Walker left because he felt the church rejected him when he came out as gay. Now, at 37, with a husband and four children, he wonders whether his return to the church of his youth was ill-fated to begin with.
At Vatican synod, bishops want an open discussion on divorce, gays
By Rosie Scammell — October 6, 2015
VATICAN CITY (RNS) The 62 bishops who have so far spoken pushed back strongly against remarks made by Hungary’s Cardinal Peter Erdo, who defended the church’s exclusion of divorced and remarried couples from receiving Communion.
Intense jockeying on gay issues precedes next week’s Catholic synod meeting
By Rosie Scammell — October 2, 2015
VATICAN CITY (RNS) The Filial Appeal is one of a number of traditionalist groups holding meetings in Rome this week to voice their views. But for every such conference, another has organized by the opposite camp.
Brazil, Peru end partnerships with Presbyterian Church (USA) over gay marriage
By Renée K. Gadoua — September 23, 2015
(RNS) The loss of the South American partnerships comes on top of the 50 U.S. congregations that formally split from the 1.8 million-member denomination since it allowed ministers to celebrate same-sex marriages.
Religious groups react to Boy Scouts’ vote to drop ban on gay adults
By Adelle M. Banks — July 28, 2015
(RNS) A sampling of religious response to the Boys Scouts of America’s drop of its ban on gay adult leaders.
Boy Scouts drop ban on adult gay leaders
By Adelle M. Banks — July 27, 2015
(RNS) The policy change represents the end of a long and bitter struggle over whether to accept gay members that began more than two years ago when it allowed gay youths to participate, but not adults.
Why I hate to go to church (COMMENTARY)
By Eliel Cruz — July 17, 2015
(RNS) Sermons are preached as if LGBT people don’t exist, as if we’re just theoretical ideas, as if we weren’t sitting in the pews.
NJ Catholic school teacher reinstated after anti-gay Facebook posts
By Dave Hutchinson — April 13, 2015
(RNS) The petition to fire the teacher, titled "Stop Public Hate Speech of Teachers," was started by an alumnus and picked up steam after several celebrities called attention to it.
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