Belfast

“It’s embarrassing that it’s happened, it’s humiliating.”

They showed him gay porn and made him shock himself if he became aroused. If he didn’t shock himself, they would shock him.

“We appreciate that this looks like tit for tat, and it is.”

An Anglican minister called on fellow Christians to overturn Northern Ireland’s ban on same-sex marriage.

Police are investigating the years of attacks against this young man as hate crimes.

The judgment against Ashers Baking Co. found that the family-run chain was wrong to treat gay customers any differently from heterosexuals.

The owners of a Northern Ireland bakery that refused to bake a cake supporting same-sex marriage said Thursday they would appeal their conviction for discrimination.

The judge said the bakery was a business, not a religious organization, and therefore had no legal basis to reject an order based on a customer’s sexual orientation or beliefs.

BELFAST — A bid to legalize same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland was defeated in the Assembly on Monday by a vote of 53 to 42.

Yesterday I received this email (which I use here by permission): Dear John, Hi. My name is [deleted]. I am nearly 48-years-old, and am married with two grown children. I am also a Methodist minister in Belfast, Northern Ireland. I have come to believe that I live in a black hole which is unknown to […]