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News (USA)
Louisiana elementary teacher demands right to teach children God chose their gender
This Christian teacher wants to “even out the playing ground” by bringing Jesus into the classroom.
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Commentary
Are Black churches beginning to reckon with their embrace of homophobia?
The AME Church is planning a first among Black Christian denominations – a committee to study LGBTQ issues. Other Christians have a mandate to address their history with homophobia, too.
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LGBTQ History
California is named after a Black lesbian queen
You don’t learn this in history class.
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LGBTQ Pride
Pride in Pictures: The long wait for acceptance
This photo represents one man’s long journey towards acceptance of self – one of the most important steps to Pride.
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Commentary
Respecting LGBTQ people & their rights is a test – of your Christian faith
LGBTQ people didn’t choose the way they were made – God did. Who are we to challenge His creations?
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Commentary
Trump is doubling down on his evangelical supporters for his re-election
Having alienated many of his supporters from 2016, President Trump is trying to increase turnout among his core group of supporters – and promising to fight for the religious right’s agenda.
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News (World)
Pope Francis compares leaders persecuting LGBTQ people to Hitler, Nazis
The Pope also denounced harming the environment, police brutality, and antisemitism without directly naming any current perpetrators.
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Commentary
Should Black Christians continue to be forgiving?
I now question if our religion’s teachings of forgiveness are serving us well, particularly with the resurgence of white nationalism.
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Commentary
How Trump and Pence’s limited concept of religion breeds hypocrisy and bigotry
When you assume Christians are the only good people, bad things start to happen.
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News (USA)
Dallas venue that rejected a gay couple gets banned from major wedding planner website
The wedding location cited a “vision from God” when they told a gay couple to take their business elsewhere. Now a major company is telling the venue to look elsewhere for business.