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By Matt Comer, qnotes Protesters and street preachers with the anti-gay and anti-choice Operation Save America were outnumbered last weekend by peaceful supporters at three churches’ worship services in Concord, N.C., a suburb minutes outside of Charlotte. Several dozen protesters, including families with young children and teens, stood outside of Trinity United Church of Christ,…
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San Francisco – Mormon Stories, a nonprofit support community that seeks to create safe spaces where all Mormons can express themselves authentically, announces the San Francisco “Circling the Wagons” conference for LGBTQ/SSA Mormons and their friends, families and allies. Church leaders and ward congregation members are welcome. The conference will be held Saturday, August…
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UPDATE: We recently learned that the Nebraska woman who claimed she was a victim of an anti-gay hate crime, lied to police. The content below reflects the communities response to what they believed at the time was a brutal attack motivated by hate. This is saddening on many levels. According to reports, a woman…
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Matthew Vines grew up attending a conservative Presbyterian church in Wichita, Kansas. He went to Harvard University, but after two years decided to take a leave of absence so that he could study the Bible and homosexuality. Matthew recorded a presentation he gave on the subject earlier this year, which went viral on YouTube.…
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We grieve the decision to continue discrimination by the Boy Scouts of America with regard to gay scouts and gay scout leaders. Not only does this continued discrimination violate the values of scouting, we believe it contributes to homophobia which fuels bullying. So, not only are the Boy Scouts failing to affirm the values…
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Via Associated Press “Mainers United for Marriage said at a news conference that 350 members of the clergy representing 20 different denominations in 158 Maine towns are supporting the referendum to allow same-sex weddings in Maine. The issue will appear on the Nov. 6 ballot.” Read the whole story at The Republic ________________ Image Flickr…
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Via Huffington Post “The Defense Department on Thursday announced it is allowing service members to march in uniform in a gay pride parade for the first time in U.S. history. In a memorandum sent to all its branches, the department said it was making the allowance for San Diego’s gay pride parade on Saturday even…
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Via Salon.com “Stacy made a weird, low sound, briefly covered her mouth in a gesture of what appeared to be surprise, and then dropped to her knees and held up her arms to me. She asked me to hold her, please, please, she said. I sat in my chair, unmoving, as she pleaded with me.…
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By Believe Out Loud While Chick-Fil-A hopes to step out of the public debate around LGBT equality issues, the company has upset many pro-gay Christians and allies. As reported in the Los Angeles Times Dan Cathy, president of the company, stated in an interview with Baptist Press that his company is “guilty as charged” as…
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Patrick Evans, MLP’s new Interim Executive Director, writes in the Washington Post about a pastor’s struggle to someday declare her son Nathan and his beloved “to be married in the eyes of the law, the church, and most importantly, his Creator.” Both the Rev. Melody Young from Olympia Presbytery and her son Nathan attended the…
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