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Facebook is working with an anti-gay megachurch to monetize the “future” of religion
The global Hillsong megachurch, which has several celebrity members from Chris Pratt to Justin Bieber, has repeatedly denounced LGBTQ people. Now they’re Facebook’s newest partner.
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LGBTQ group bedevils Donald Trump as he answers Evangelicals’ prayers
The presumptive Republican nominee preached to the choir and won a standing ovation from hundreds of conservative Christians.
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Methodists trying to avoid church split over LGBTQ rights
Delegates at the Methodist General Conference voted 428-405 to delay all consideration of LGBT-related proposals.
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Church drops Boy Scouts over gay leadership decision
The Presbyterian church is dropping its nearly 50-year association with the organization.
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The campaign to undermine pro-LGBTQ churches
You may have noticed that Christian Right organizations are promoting the idea that people are leaving pro-LGBTQ churches because of their support for equal rights, and for rejecting the Right’s corrupt and redefined version of religious freedom.
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Missouri Presbyterian Churches receive threats following same-sex marriage announcement
At least four southeast Missouri Presbyterian churches have received letters threatening to burn their buildings to the ground following the Presbyterian Church USA’s decision to allow same-sex marriages.
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Marriage News Watch: March 23, 2015
It’s been nearly two months since marriage was supposed to start in Alabama, and the state still doesn’t have its act together, and Texas has filed a lawsuit to prevent married same-sex couples from taking family medical leave.
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Delaware Presbyterian church to ordain married, same-sex couple
Less than a week after the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) approved allowing same-sex marriages in its constitution, a Delaware congregation with ordain as ministers a married, same-sex couple.
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Presbyterians approve same-sex marriage in church constitution
The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has expanded its definition of marriage to include a “commitment between two people,” recognizing gay marriage as Christian in the church constitution after decades of debate over same-sex relationships.
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Presbyterian Church recognizes same-sex marriage as ‘Christian’
DETROIT — The top legislative body of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) voted Thursday to redefine Christian marriage in the church constitution as the union of “two people” instead of only “a man and a woman.” The amendment requires approval from a majority of the 172 regional presbyteries, which will vote on the change over the next year.
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Presbyterian church in Philadelphia to welcome openly gay pastor
PHILADELPHIA — A Presbyterian church in Philadelphia says it’s welcoming an openly gay pastor.
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Tampa church evicts Boy Scout troop after 60 years over policy to allow gay youth
TAMPA, Fla. — A Tampa church has told a Boy Scout troop that it won’t renew its sponsorship because of the national organization’s decision not to ban openly gay Scouts.
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Marriage roundup: Supreme Court showdown on the horizon
All eyes are on the Supreme Court, with a big marriage showdown shaping up on the horizon. Two county clerks in Illinois have won right to defend the state’s marriage ban. And equality gets a thumbs up from Methodists, and a thumbs down — for now — from Presbyterians.
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Presbyterian Church votes ‘no’ on gay marriage, will continue to allow gay clergy
The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A) has rejected a call to change its definition of marriage to “a covenant between two people,” but will continue to allow the ordination of openly gay clergy.
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New anti-gay Presbyterian denomination: Cowardly Lions
A new Presbyterian denomination is born: the Evangelical Covenant Order of Presbyterians — ECO was formed by pastors and laypeople in response to PCUSA’s decision to join the 21st century. They’re against gay people being ordained as ministers, and so started their own sub-denomination wherein such a thing would be prohibited.
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Meet Scott Anderson, soon to be first openly gay ordained Presbyterian USA minister
“Our pastor is gay! Our pastor is gay! How can we possibly continue being Christians now?!” Okay, fine: I don’t actually know what the two people said to their fellow parishioners at Bethany Presbyterian when, in the spring of 1990, they decided to out their head pastor, Scott Anderson. But they did out Anderson, who […]
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Presbyterian Church begins ordaining openly gay clergy
The Presbyterian Church on Sunday became the largest Christian denomination to ordain openly gay clergy, as a measure takes effect that will allow gay men and women in same-sex relationships to become ministers.
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Presbyterian Church USA votes to allow openly gay clergy
The Presbyterian Church on Tuesday voted to change its constitution to allow the ordination of gays as ministers, elders and deacons, becoming the fourth Protestant denomination in the United States to make the move that experts say reflects a larger cultural shift.
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Presbyterian minister rebuked, praised for performing same-sex unions
A retired Presbyterian minister was found guilty Friday by a church tribunal of presiding at the marriage of same-sex couples in 2008 and will be censured, pending an appeal. The six-member panel announced its verdict in the case of the Rev. Dr. Jane Spahr, of San Francisco, who was accused of violating church law by […]
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Retired minister facing church trial for performing same-sex unions
A retired Presbyterian minister faces prosecution by her own church — for the second time in four years — for officiating the marriages of same-sex couples. The Rev. Jane Spahr, 67, presided over 16 other same-sex unions during the five-month period in 2008 when same-sex marriage was legal in California. The Presbyterian church asserts that […]