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Baker Faces Prison for Refusing to Bake Same-Sex Wedding Cake
Jack Phillips is a baker who declined to bake a wedding cake for a same-sex couple because his Christian belief is that marriage exists only between a man and woman. Now a Colorado judge has ordered...
View ArticleHouston Pastor Receives Distinguished Nomination for Role as a Leader
Progressive Pastor, Keion Henderson, of Houston's The LightHouse Church, Recently Nominated for Coveted First-Ever Annual John C. Maxwell Award Houston, Texas (PRWEB) December 13, 2013 Pastor Keion...
View ArticleInd. bishops issue letter on proposed amendment
Bishops representing Indiana's five Roman Catholic dioceses have issued a pastoral letter in response to a proposal to add a ban on gay marriage to the state constitution, but didn't take a side....
View ArticleBill to Protect Religious Freedom of Groups Opposed to Gay Marriage...
U.S. Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) introduced a bill Thursday that would protect the tax exempt status of organizations opposed to gay marriage. A similar bill was introduced in the U.S. House in September....
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Changes Ordered for College Loans for Gay Couples
Filed under: Student Loans, Personal Finance, College, Education *Getty Images* By PHILIP ELLIOTT WASHINGTON -- Students in same-sex marriages will be treated the same as their straight married...
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Methodist Pastor Suspended for Officiating Gay Wedding Announcing ‘Next...
Patch Limerick-Royersford-Spring City, PA -- Rev. Frank Schaefer, punished after a church trial in Spring City for officiating the marriage of his gay son, must denounce gay marriage or risk losing...
View ArticleCatholic School Fires Gay Teacher, Drawing Protest
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Administrators at a Roman Catholic high school suffered a sharp and swift backlash this week after firing a well-liked teacher who sought to marry his same-sex partner. Educators...
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Did Time Choose the Right Person Of The Year for the Wrong Reasons?
The editor of a major digital Catholic evangelization publication writes that, in choosing Pope Francis as its “Person of the Year,” Time made the right choice but for the wrong reasons. Daniel...
View ArticleCroatian Govt Proposes New Rights for Gays
Croatia's govt proposes new rights for same-sex couples, despite ban on gay marriage Reported by ABCNews.com 4 days ago.
View ArticleCroatian govt proposes new rights for gays
Less than two weeks after Croatians voted to ban gay marriage, their government has proposed granting same-sex couples new legal rights. Reported by Miami Herald 4 days ago.
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Center For American Progress Panel: End 'Christian Privilege' In Name of...
A panel discussion sponsored by John Podesta’s Center for American Progress (CAP) on Thursday came to the conclusion that Christian conservatives use religion as a justification for their...
View ArticleMary Cheney Takes Gay Rights Defense to Indiana
Mary Cheney, daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, has stepped up her defense of gay marriage, traveling to Indiana to campaign against a bill that would outlaw same sex unions. Cheney, who...
View ArticleEducation Department Making Changes For Student Loans For Gay Couples
WASHINGTON (AP) — Students in same-sex marriages will be treated the same as their straight married classmates when it comes to federal college loan applications, Education Secretary Arne Duncan said...
View ArticleVirginia Gay Couples Seek Marriage Case That Could Reach U.S. Supreme Court
NORFOLK, Va. (RNS) Whenever Tim Bostic would lament that he couldn’t marry his partner, Tony London, in Virginia, his sisters had a ready solution: Move to Maryland, where same-sex marriage is legal....
View ArticleHRC's Corporate Equality Index Shows Southern Companies Evolving On Gay Rights
In the early 90s, Southern restaurant chain Cracker Barrel drew criticism from gay-rights activists for firing openly gay employees under a policy that required workers to display “normal heterosexual...
View ArticleOklahoma Gay Marriage Ban Lawsuit Pending 9 Years
Couple challenging Oklahoma's gay marriage ban still awaiting day in court, 9 years later Reported by ABCNews.com 9 hours ago.
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Apple CEO: Amnesty Not Just 'Economically Sound,' But 'Right and Just'
On Saturday, Apple CEO Tim Cook, showed up at the United Nations to talk about American politics. Cook, who is openly gay, talked in vague terms about facing discrimination, stating that after seeing...
View ArticleOklahoma Gay Marriage Ban Lawsuit Still Pending 9 Years Later
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Two same-sex couples who sued for the right to marry in conservative Oklahoma knew it would be a struggle, but they couldn't have expected that nine years later, they would still be...
View ArticleN.J. Senate pulls gay marriage bill
Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg said that she decided to follow the advice of Lambda Legal, a gay rights law group, to take the bill off the agenda. It was to be considered by the Senate...
View ArticleThe Top 10 Religion Stories Of 2013
2013 was a huge year for religion news. The transition of power in the Vatican, church state issues in the United States, and religious tension in the Middle East were just a few of the reasons that...
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