About 40 people picketed outside of Uganda’s UN mission Thursday, chanting: “Gay rights are human rights.
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Source: Washington Times, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Bismarck Tribune
In August, leaders of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA) emphasized the role “bound conscience” and choice, when the the group—which is the largest US Lutheran denomination—voted at a church-wide meeting to allow some local congregations to ordain partnered gay or lesbian pastors, and to study ways to bless the partnerships of gay or lesbian Lutherans.
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U.S. and Uganda evangelicals continue to drive legislation to imprison and execute LGBT and HIV-positive Ugandans.
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ELCA splits over gay clergySioux Falls Argus LeaderAt its annual convention in Minneapolis in August, ELCA delegates voted to lift a ban that had prohibited sexually active gay and lesbian pastors from .
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New Lutheran body to form after gay pastor voteKTTCPaull Spring is chairman of the group Lutheran CORE, which opposes the acceptance of sexually active gay and lesbian pastors.
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New Lutheran body to form after gay pastor voteThe Associated PressThe split over gay clergy within the country's largest Lutheran denomination has prompted a conservative faction to begin forming a new Lutheran church body .
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The decision to allow sexually active gays and lesbians to serve
as clergy members has caused a split in the country’s largest Lutheran
denomination, and some conservatives now say they’re forming their own body separate from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
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::: Even though nothing about the new hate crimes law makes such an action illegal, an ad hoc group of so-called “concerned” clergy planned to rally earlier today in front of the Justice Department in Washington, D.
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Don't you hate it when all the old white men take over politics? Oh, wait. But, we can understand why religious zealots in Houston are fearful the political scene there is about to be overtaken by the enemy: Homosexuals are everywhere!
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Four nations have taken preliminary action against the brewing human-rights disaster in Uganda.
As previously reported, passage is expected in January of a law requiring execution of Ugandan HIV-positive homosexuals and long prison sentences for pastors and family members who refuse to turn in someone they know to be gay.
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File this under "makes me embarrassed to be human":
On November 16th, pastors and other clergymen will be congregating at our nation's capitol to publicly defame homosexuals, in order to "challenge" the Matthew Shepard Act , a congressional act which protects citizens against hate crimes committed because of the victim's perceived sexuality.
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Pastors at Atlanta Pride Festival Apologize to Gay CommunityTips-Q GLBT News (blog)Craig Gross, Jason Harper Share Jesus' Unbiased Love at Annual Gay Pride Event Contact: Jodi Phillip, A.
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Pastors at Atlanta Pride Festival Apologize to Gay CommunityChristian News Wire (press release)Harper ministers at similar gay pride events in California and Gross, best known for his ministry to the pornography industry, has a heart for sharing .
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The western North Dakota bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America says he's talked with pastors about a national church policy that allows gay and lesbian clergy.
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Although ministers opposed to same-sex marriage in the Disrict have campaigned more vigorously, a growing number of religious leaders are mobilizing to support the proposal.
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Referendum 71 activities in Washington State have kept me so busy that I've had little time to watch marriage equality events unfolding in the other Washington.
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Ministers rally against same-sex marriage billWashington BladeJackson, who is leading the fight against a same-sex marriage bill introduced by gay Council member David Catania, announced at the rally that he would .
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Pastors unite to support same-sex marriage in DCWashington PostAlthough ministers opposed to same-sex marriage in the Disrict have campaigned more vigorously, a growing number of religious leaders are .
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Pastors unite to support same-sex marriageWashington PostAlthough ministers opposed to same-sex marriage in the Disrict have campaigned more vigorously, a growing number of religious leaders are .
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Pastor Matt Anderson, Bishop Harry Jackson, and others were on hand yesterday at the 'People's Rally' in Washington D.
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