Religion
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13 June 2013US: Gay Catholics to turn their backs on Cardinal who compared Pride to Ku Klux Klan rally + An LGBT Catholic group in Belmont is set to hold a church demonstration this Sunday to campaign the 'faith based bigotry' of visiting Cardinal, Francis George who previously compared gay rights campaigners to the Ku Klux Klan. -
13 June 2013Russia: LGBT activists call for jailing of ‘homosexual propaganda’ bill sponsor + LGBT activists in Russia have started a legal complaint against the lawmakers behind the country's anti-gay 'propaganda' bill, which was approved by the Duma on Tuesday. -
13 June 2013US: Southern Baptist Convention officially ‘disapproves’ of Boy Scouts inclusivity but doesn’t cut ties 12 On Wednesday, the largest Protestant denomination in the US, the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), adopted a resolution to disapprove of the Boy Scouts of America's (BSA) recent decision to allow gay youth members. -
12 June 2013US: Teacher sacked for being a lesbian will not be reinstated at Catholic school 17 The Ohio high school teacher sacked after her female partner was named in her mother's obituary will not be reinstated, the district's Superintendent has ruled. -
12 June 2013Lord Dear proposes new amendment to equal marriage bill concerning ‘traditional marriage’ 57 Lord Dear is proposing a new amendment to the Marriage (Same Sex Couples Bill), protecting those who believe marriage is “the union of one man and one woman for life to the exclusion of all others.” -
12 June 2013Largest Protestant denomination in US to vote on measure disapproving of Boy Scouts gay inclusion 3 The Southern Baptist Convention, the largest Protestant denomination in the US, is expected on Wednesday to vote on a resolution which would express disapproval of the Boy Scouts of America's (BSA) new policy accepting gay youth members.
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12 June 2013Latin American Catholic Church group says ‘sorry’ for Pope Francis’s ‘gay lobby’ remarks 2 A Latin American Catholic Church group has apologised for the "confusion" caused by the publication of members' accounts of a meeting with Pope Francis where he is quoted as referring to a “gay lobby” inside the Curia. -
11 June 2013Archbishop of Canterbury to meet with Pope Francis 29 United in their opposition towards equal marriage, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, will meet Pope Francis for the first time later this week. -
11 June 2013Pope Francis: There is a ‘gay lobby’ at the heart of the Vatican ‘it exists’ 48 Pope Francis has admitted to the existence of a "gay lobby" inside the Vatican's secretive administration, the Curia, according to AFP. -
10 June 2013Buckingham Palace consulted in debate over same-sex marriages in Westminster chapel 11 Buckingham Palace has been drawn into the debate around whether or not equal marriage ceremonies should take place at a chapel within the Palace of Westminster. -
10 June 2013Scotland: Catholic adoption charity to start legal challenge against same-sex adoption ruling 38 The chairman of a Scottish Catholic adoption charity which was recently told it must accept applications from same-sex couples, or risk losing its charity status, has called the raising of children by gay couples "a terrible social experiment". -
10 June 2013Gay Dean again tipped to be first openly gay Church of England bishop 15 The openly gay Dean of St Albans Dr Jeffrey John, has been tipped as a strong contender to become the next Bishop of Monmouth, and would be the first openly-gay Anglican bishop. -
9 June 2013Petition nears 150,000 target urging Google Play store to remove ‘gay cure’ app 10 A petition started two weeks ago to urge the Google Play app store to ban a Christian app claiming to be able to "cure" homosexuality, has almost reached its 150,000 signatures target. -
8 June 2013US: Michigan’s first married same-sex couple invited to White House 1 A couple who became the first same-sex couple to legally wed in the state of Michigan after their Native tribe legalised equal marriage will attend the White House LGBT Pride reception next week. -
7 June 2013Catholic Church: We will continue to oppose the equal marriage bill in the Lords 43 The Catholic Church says it plans to continue actively opposing the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill on the grounds of religious “protections” following this week’s vote in the House of Lords. -
6 June 2013Poll: 57% of people in Northern Ireland now support equal marriage 13 A new poll has found that a majority of Northern Irish people now support the right of gay and lesbian couples to get married. -
5 June 2013Israel: Police make arrests in connection with 2009 LGBT teen centre shooting 9 Israeli media are reporting that police have arrested three suspects in connection with a shooting at a gay community centre in 2009. -
5 June 2013Church of England officially gives up the fight against same-sex marriage bill 121 The Church of England has said that it accepts that there is a clear majority in Parliament to introduce same-sex marriage and that it will therefore end its opposition to changing the law. -
5 June 2013Chief Rabbi abstains in House of Lords equal marriage vote 27 The Chief Rabbi, Lord Jonathan Sacks, abstained in last night’s House of Lords vote of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill. -
5 June 2013Anti-gay Evangelist Scott Lively: ‘I don’t support Ugandan ‘Kill the gays’ bill, but it is courageous’ 36 US Christian Evangelist Scott Lively, has posted an article which says that he thinks it is "courageous" of Ugandan people to push though legislation which could make homosexual acts punishable by death, but that he doesn't support the bill.
