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Will our prisons overflow with Christians?

Many leaders of the Christian Right, from megachurch pastors like Rick Warren to the top prelates in the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, have repeatedly threatened civil disobedience (and worse) over marriage equality. If they follow…

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How a sheltered housewife became the foremost in-your-face challenger of Christian homophobia

A modern day pro-LGBT Joan of Arc, Kathy Baldock’s advocacy is not from behind a computer screen, but face-to-face interaction with the most rabid anti-gay ministers in the U.S. evangelical movement.

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Franklin Graham: Putin’s doing what’s right for Russia, gays can go to heaven if they repent

Despite major changes in public opinion in recent years, Rev. Franklin Graham, son of iconic American preacher Billy Graham, reiterates his strong opposition to same-sex marriage and gay adoption in an appearance Sunday on ABC’s “This…

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Gay Christians? New book rattles, angers American evangelicals

A new book that debuts in print this week is already causing outrage and discordant reactions from right-wing American Christian conservatives, who have labeled the book a sham, shameful, inaccurate, and a misinterpretation of the basic…

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How the American Right came to embrace Russia’s anti-gay crackdown

American conservative groups haven’t just praised Russia’s crackdown on gays. Working through several channels, American anti-gay activists quietly provided intellectual backing and international support that directly and indirectly fueled the resurgent anti-gay movement in Russia and…

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Pastor: Homosexuality ‘has destroyed every civilization it has touched’

Ken Hutcherson, pastor of the Antioch Bible Church in Kirkland, Wash., is very angry that a fellow Christian Post contributor, Dave Thompson, lauded Jason Collins for coming out and is lamenting that many church leaders “have…

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Klingenschmitt: Gingrich under influence of ‘demonic voice’ for gay marriage statement

Religious Right anti-gay activist “Chaplain” Gordon Klingenschmitt, perhaps best known for claiming to have freed a lesbian soldier from homosexuality after performing an exorcism on her, has started producing a daily television program that consists of…

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Hate Watch: For the radical right, Obama victory brings fury and fear

Hate groups in recent years have risen to more than 1,000, and the number of anti-government “Patriot” groups has shot up from just 149 in 2008 to 1,274, according to research by the Southern Poverty Law…

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Sex, Lies, Bloodlust: What the Values Voter Summit tells us about the religious right and the GOP

During this past weekend’s Values Voter Summit, the annual family reunion of the far right, Right Wing Watch posted many memorable video highlights. What does it all tell us about the Religious Right and today’s Republican…

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Kirk Cameron: ‘Liberal press’ took his anti-gay remarks ‘out of context’

Former “Growing Pains” actor and self-proclaimed born again Christian Kirk Cameron -- who last March said that homosexuality is “unnatural” and “destructive” to the foundations of civilization -- now says his words were simply a case…

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