Patrick Kennedy refused communion; 90-year-old grandmother stops donating to Catholic Church

It was just revealed in a NYT report that in 1997, Rep. Patrick Kennedy was told to stop receiving Communion by a Rhode Island bishop because of the congressman's public stance on "moral issues.
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Let the Christian Anti-Defamation Commission wallow in the filth of its own ignorance

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Next week, there will be a "challenge" to the new lgbt-inclusive hate crimes bill recently signed by President Obama.
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Cowon iAudio 9 and iAudio E2 media players make the scene stateside

Cowon-heads of the world, you are in for a treat today. It looks like not one but two of the company's snack-sized media players are finally hitting the big time.
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LOCAL NEWS Lutheran group gathers to discuss divisive issue of gays in the church Possible break with national ... (The Morning Call)

At a Bethlehem church Saturday, a group of Lutheran pastors and lay people demonstrated how a single issue threatens to divide denominations throughout the country and the world.
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Pope Ratzinger: Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Homophobes

by David Link

Andrew thinks the Pope's merger talks with anti-gay Anglicans are "almost baldly political.
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Marching alongside the pink elephant

Editors' Note: Guest blogger Mitchell Gold is the co-founder of the successful and innovative furniture design and manufacturing company Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams.
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Religious life won’t be the same after downturn

Organized religion was already in trouble before the fall of 2008. Denominations were stagnating or shrinking, and congregations across faith groups were fretting about their finances.
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Human Rights Campaign Completes “Out In Scripture” Collection

The Human Rights Campaign announced on Thursday the release of the complete “Out In Scripture” collection.
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Call for respectful discussion as Lutherans open assembly (Christian Today)

More than 2300 Lutherans opened up the biennial gathering of their denominations chief legislative authority on Monday well aware that great attention has been placed on proposals on gay and lesbian clergy
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UK Quakers Support Marriage Equality

The Quakers, one of the UK's oldest denominations, is going to perform same-sex marriages in their churches and will ask the British government to make them legal.
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The Blowdryer Of Reason

In March I blogged about the Certificate of Debaptism and mentioned that I'd like to be removed from the baptism records of Annunciation Parish in Havelock, North Carolina, something I'm still working on.
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Valley Clergy Split On Gays

HARRISONBURG - Two Valley Episcopal priests expressed support for last week's decision by the national church not to stand in the way of the ordination of openly gay clergy.
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Must read: Local report illuminates Christian tension over LGBT believers

Writing for the Daily Democrat in Woodland, California, reporter Melody Stone yesterday offered a great summary of the tensions that continue to simmer in many Christian congregations over inclusion of LGBT members in the various denominations.
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Exodus Merges With Two Denominations’ Antigay Groups

Exodus International yesterday announced a merger with Transforming Congregations, an ex-gay ministry affiliated with the United Methodist Church, and OneByOne, a similar outreach affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA).
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