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The Catholic Church has no place attacking same-sex parenting
With all due respect because I am not attempting to disrespect anyone of the Catholic faith, if we compared the two entities, just who has less credibility when it the harming of children: An entity pushing a bad study while it’s not covering up the activities of priests exploiting children as sex objects, – or – same-sex couples, many who open their homes to children who need love and support?
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Roman Catholic Church of Scotland declares ‘war on gay marriage’
EDINBURGH, Scotland — The leader of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland and the most senior Catholic in the United Kingdom has declared “war on gay marriage” pledging to spend another £100,000 in its campaign against equal marriage rights for same-sex couples in Scotland.
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MSP Archbishop John Nienstedt crusades against gay marriage
Minnesota’s “City Pages” takes a closer look at Minneapolis-St. Paul Archbishop John Nienstedt and his crusade against gay marriage — but increasingly, his flock of Minnesota Catholics isn’t following.
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Exit, don’t enable the Roman Catholic Church
If there is one thing that irks me, it is having the Roman Catholic Church preach to me about sexual morality. It is a religious sect led by a virulently homophobic Pope that goes out of its way to trash my family. Yet, my family hasn’t spent a cent defending itself against nonexistent charges of child rape, while the Vatican has spent $2.5 billion on legal fees, prevention programs, and settlements relating to the sexual abuse of minors.
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Catholic school teacher asked to resign over views on same-sex marriage
MOORHEAD, Minn. — A elementary school teacher at a Catholic school in Moorhead, Minn., said Friday that she was asked not to return for the fall semester because she had questioned the Catholic Church’s position on same-sex marriage.
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‘Church vs. State’ showdown sparked by dispute over gay-straight alliances
TORONTO — A dispute over the use of the term “gay-straight alliance” in Ontario schools has prompted the Catholic Archdiocese of Toronto on Monday to accuse Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty’s administration of making “religious freedom . . . a second-class right.”
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Churches to pass collection plate to fight marriage equality in Maine
Churches across the state of Maine will pass the collection plate at Sunday services on Father’s Day to raise funds for the lead group opposing the state’s November ballot initiative seeking to legalize same-sex marriage.
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Agreement reached in dispute over award presentation for gay Iowa teen
DES MOINES, Iowa — An agreement has been reached between the Catholic Diocese of Davenport, Iowa, and The Eychaner Foundation, a gay rights advocacy group, to allow an openly gay student to be presented with his scholarship award during the upcoming graduation ceremony.
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Advocacy group banned from presenting scholarship to gay teen at awards ceremony
CLINTON, Iowa — A Catholic school in Iowa has refused to allow a gay rights advocacy group to present a $40,000 scholarship to an openly gay senior during his upcoming graduation ceremony.
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Catholic Church political mailer draws complaint to N.C. elections board
The Catholic Dioceses of North Carolina have contributed $100,000 in support of Amendment One, a ballot initiative that goes before voters Tuesday, and if approved, would amend the state constitution to prohibit same-sex marriage.