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Anglican Communion: Anti-Gay Bishop Chosen as Secretary General The Anglican Communion has picked Nigerian Bishop Josiah Atkins Idowu-Fearon as the new Secretary General of the Anglican Communion…
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The White House announced this week that Pope Francis will visit President Barack Obama during his September trip to the U.S. Francis will be attending the Catholic Church’s World Meeting of Families…
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Does an anti-conversion campaign threaten India’s secular ideals?
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March 1 marked the second annual Zero Discrimination Day, which is promoted by UNAIDS to “celebrate diversity and reject discrimination in all its forms.” On March 2, a Russian diplomat demanded that…
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Gays can get married—just not to each other, says Irish bishop. But in Mexico, a “quiet marriage equality revolution” spreads.
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Reflecting on the recent execution of 21 Coptic Christians by ISIS fanatics in Libya, Rod Dreher, writing at the American Conservative, calls the incident “a sobering reminder of what real persecution…
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The World Press Photo of the Year, announced this week, featured Jon and Alex, a gay couple in St. Petersburg Russia, in a tender moment. The photo was both a reminder of and a sharp contrast to the…
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People make a lot of assumptions about prisoners’ faith that just aren’t accurate.
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Conned by the World Congress of Families
The World Congress of Families is pushing their limited definition of the “natural family” across the world, as a way to criminalize abortion, and demonize LGBTQ people.
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This week the Human Rights Campaign released its list of countries to watch in 2015, both countries “where the fight for equality is making progress” and “those where the fundamental rights of LGBT…
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