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Catholic high school dean loses job after marrying her partner
The athletic director and dean of students at a Catholic high school in Springfield, MA lost her job last week, saying she was pressured to leave after marrying her female partner in August.
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Catholic school denies children’s enrollment due to gay parents
A lesbian couple is speaking out after a Catholic school in Colorado banned their two children from re-enrolling because they are gay parents. Denver Archbishop Charles Chaput said the decision by the Sacred Heart of Jesus School in Boulder not to let the children re-enroll conforms to church teachings. The parents have chosen to remain […]
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Archdiocese Of Washington ends spousal benefits, citing gay marriage law
The Archdiocese of Washington has changed its employee health care policy in the latest fallout from the District’s decision to legalize same-sex marriage. As of Tuesday, Catholic Charities will no longer offer benefits to spouses of new employees or to spouses of current employees who are not already enrolled in the plan. Under the District’s […]
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Catholic church ends D.C. foster care program, citing gay marriage bill
The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington has announced it is shutting down its 80-year-old foster care program, citing the District’s plan to legalize gay marriage, which the church said conflicts with their religious beliefs. Catholic Charities, which receives $20 million in support from the city, does not condone same-sex marriage and therefore would turn down gay […]
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Anne Hathaway says she left Catholicism in support of her gay brother
Actress Anne Hathaway has revealed her family left the Catholic church and became Episcopalians after her brother came out. The Devil Wears Prada star grew up as a Catholic in New Jersey but when Hathaway’s brother Michael told the family […]
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Pope Benedict confirms UK visit; attacks Britain’s proposed equality bill
The Vatican condemned Britain’s proposed equality law Monday, complaining that legislation to give homosexual equal rights “violates natural law”. From UK’s Times-Online: On the day Rome finally confirmed that the Pope would make a state visit to Britain this year, the Vatican launched an unprecedented attack on the human rights policies of Gordon Brown, claiming […]
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New website aims to ‘out’ closeted gay priests who oppose gay rights
A DC resident has started a controversial internet campaign to gather information about closeted gay priests in the Washington DC area. According to its creator, social media expert and gay activist Phil Attey, the goal of ChurchOuting.org is to gather first-hand accounts of closeted gay clergy in the hopes that those priests will come out […]
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Cardinal’s anti-gay remarks prompt rebuke from Vatican
The Roman Catholic Church still regards homosexuality as an “insult to God” and homosexuals and transsexuals will never go to Heaven, a leading cardinal said on Wednesday, prompting a rebuke from the Vatican. Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragan, the retired head of the Vatican’s Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers, made the comments Wednesday […]
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Mexico City assemblyman proposes gay marriage
A lawmaker in Mexico’s capital has proposed changing the city’s civil code to allow gay marriages. Mexico’s Roman Catholic Church opposes the proposal. The church defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman, as does current law. Lawmaker David Razu says the changes he is proposing would give same-sex couples the same […]