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Backlash At UN & Elsewhere; Religious Leaders Rally Against Marriage Equality in Taiwan & El Salvador.
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We will either learn to walk with one another, or we will be forced by dogma to condemn one another.
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Catholic Church: Pope calls teaching of gender theory “nasty” Pope Francis told reporters that teaching gender theory amounts to unacceptable “indoctrination” of young people. And he spoke about…
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Mexico: Anti-marriage marches stir clash between church officials and proponents of secular state A march drew tens of thousands – or hundreds of thousands depending on whose numbers you believe – of…
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Trump may be the most anti-Catholic candidate in recent history.
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US Senator & VP candidate says Catholic Church could change on marriage US Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine, a practicing Catholic, spoke on Saturday at the Human Rights Campaign’s…
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Late last month, two global authorities signaled their positions on gender, sex, and the rights of transgender individuals. One of those authorities was the World Health Organization. The other was…
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The year before I was ordained, 1973, I spent every Tuesday night reading Beyond God the Father by Mary Daly with five nuns and a Presbyterian laywoman. We read a dozen or so pages each Tuesday. We…
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There are reportedly a record number of openly lesbian, gay, and bisexual athletes competing in this year’s Olympics, which the Washington Blade’s Michael Lavers wrote are getting under way “against…
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United Nations: Human Rights Council creates watchdog for LGBT rights The United Nations Human Rights Council voted this week to create its first-ever LGBT rights watchdog, a step that LGBT equality…
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