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Will the Anglican church split this week over LGBT issues?
Officials from the Church of England are bracing for a split after next week’s summit to discuss the issue of homosexuality.
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Scott Lively calls for worldwide antigay laws
He capped off 2015 by writing a handful of open letters to homophobic activists, urging them to promote Russian-style antigay laws throughout the world.
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Ugandan gays hope Pope will speak out on their behalf
LGBT rights activists are hoping Pope Francis will preach tolerance toward gays, and even go so far as to condemn violent attacks against gays during his upcoming visit to Uganda.
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The year in homophobia: Ten of the worst anti-LGBT stories of 2014
The Radical Righ, sees recent advances in LGBT rights as a reason to find new strategies to fight what it believes is a tyrannical government bent on persecuting conservatives and inviting divine punishment.
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Ugandans won’t be celebrating Christmas with new anti-gay law
Uganda’s parliament adjourned without passing a new anti-LGBT law that one lawmaker said he wanted Ugandans to be able to “celebrate” as “a Christmas gift” to the nation.
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Appeals court: ‘Crimes against humanity’ case against Scott Lively can proceed
A federal appeals court has rejected a petition by anti-gay activist Scott Lively to dismiss a complaint that alleges he violated U.S. law by influencing the laws of Uganda.
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Uganda lawmaker: Foreigners adopting kids ‘to train them on gay practices’
The Speaker of Uganda’s Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, is warning clergy members that gay foreigners were adopting Ugandan children “to train them on gay practices.”
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Uganda’s new anti-gay bill could be debated in parliament before Christmas
KAMPALA, Uganda — Ugandan lawmakers have drafted a new anti-gay bill that could be introduced for debate in the country’s parliament before Christmas, a parliamentarian said Thursday. The new bill is in “advanced stages” and will focus on punishing the promotion of homosexuality, said Ugandan lawmaker Latif Ssebaggala, a strong supporter of anti-gay legislation.
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Uganda president warns lawmakers that anti-gay law could lead to trade boycott
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Friday said that his nation risks a trade boycott if lawmakers were to reinstate a controversial anti-gay law that was invalidated on a technicality in August by the country’s Constitutional Court.
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Hotels turn away Uganda president amid threats to protest Dallas visit
DALLAS — At least two Texas hotels have turned away Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, over planned protests due to his country’s anti-gay laws. The Dallas Voice reports that the Four Seasons Hotel in Irving canceled Museveni’s reservation, and that Marriott’s Gaylord Texan hotel in Grapevine refused to host Museveni as well.