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8 May 2012Welsh Government: Catholic Schools must promote pro-gay marriage campaign to ensure political balance 96 A Welsh Government investigation into PinkNews.co.uk's revelation that the Catholic Education Service encouraged schools to promote a petition against same-sex marriage has concluded that this may have led to schools breaking laws on political balance. -
4 May 2012Methodist conference confirms view of ‘incompatible’ gay relationships 46 A United Methodist Church conference in Florida has determined gay relationships are 'incompatible with Christian teaching'. -
3 May 2012Comment: The It Gets Better Project’s Dan Savage stands for hope, stop bullying him 40 After Dan Savage's comments about the Bible, Chaim Levin argues that his message is one of hope, and he should not be referred to as the 'Westboro of the left'. -
3 May 2012Pastor who suggested punching gay sons ‘sorry for offence but not for word of God’ 44 A pastor in North Carolina has apologised for causing 'unintentional offence' by telling a congregation at the weekend they should 'crack the wrist' of an effeminate son, but said he was not sorry for church teaching on 'sexual immorality'. -
2 May 2012Scottish Episcopal church unveils gay wedding mural 23 A Scottish Episcopal church in Edinburgh has unveiled a mural of two men marrying in a religious ceremony. -
2 May 2012Comment: Four reasons the Christian and Jewish faiths are set to approve equal marriage 36 The greatest revision of belief within the Judaeo-Christian faiths since the Reformation is underway, Alan Austin writes. -
2 May 2012Audio: Baptist pastor tells flock to ‘crack the limp wrists’ of their effeminate sons 109 A South Carolina pastor has told his congregation they have 'special dispensation' to punch and crack the wrists of effeminate sons and tell their 'butch' daughters to 'dress themselves up'. -
1 May 2012Catholic group: Objections to anti-gay marriage petition in schools are ‘sinister and illogical’ 68 A religious group unofficially representing the Catholic Church in the media has said questions over the legality of promoting the Coalition for Marriage anti-equality petition to schoolchildren are 'illogical and sinister'. -
30 April 2012New Hampshire Episcopalians may elect a second gay bishop 4 One of the three priests nominated to succeed Bishop Gene Robinson at his Diocese of New Hampshire is an openly gay man and married to his partner, Boston Globe reports. -
30 April 2012Scotland: Pro-equality and anti-equality faith groups both step up campaign 27 A broad alliance of faith groups has released an open letter, sent to all Members of Scottish Parliament (MSPs), demanding the right to conduct marriages for same-sex couples, while an anti-equality group has said it will send a leaflet to every house in Glasgow, campaigning against marriage equality, ahead of Thursday's council election. -
30 April 2012Scottish Catholic Education Service says equal marriage would ‘undermine teachers’ 84 The Scottish Catholic Education Service has said the introduction of marriage equality would stop state-funded Catholic schools teaching children the faith's views that marriage can only be between a man and a woman. -
29 April 2012Mail on Sunday: Tory Chief Whip says equal marriage proposals will ‘not come to a vote’ 136 The Tory Chief Whip, Patrick McLoughlin, has privately assured anxious Tory backbenchers that the current proposals for equal marriage will "not come to a vote," and that they will be "kicked into the long grass," the Mail on Sunday reports. -
29 April 2012Northern Ireland: Priest who ‘inadvertently’ projected gay porn to shocked parents to leave diocese 51 The Catholic priest who 'inadvertently' displayed pornographic images of men to a group of parents at a primary school in Northern Ireland is to leave the area. -
29 April 2012Video: US Catholic school disinvites alumnus over his homosexuality 20 A Catholic school in Michigan, US, has withdrawn the invitation it issued to one of its alumni to be the keynote speaker at his brother's graduation, after authorities there discovered he was gay and engaged to his partner. -
28 April 2012Video: Christian students walk out as Dan Savage attacks the Bible 176 Several high school students walked out of a lecture by Dan Savage, the gay rights campaigner, after he linked certain passages in the Bible, which he called him "bulls**t," and homophobic bullying.
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Editorial: Thanks Home Secretary for coming @Out4Marriage, now come out for religious same-sex marriage!2
Poll: Opposition to equal marriage, especially black voters, hits record low after Obama’s support10
Video: Colin Powell supports equal marriage9
Video: Home Secretary Theresa May comes @Out4Marriage to reaffirm Government’s equal marriage promise49
Mariela Castro praises President Obama for gay rights support7
Video: Obama campaign releases LGBT manifesto18
‘Big Bang Theory’ actor, Jim Parsons, comes out as gay42
Update: No. 10 says MPs will be given free vote on equal marriage109
Iran recalls ambassador to Azerbaijan over Eurovision ‘gay parade’39
Video: Prime Minister’s closest aide, Desmond Swayne MP, comes @Out4Marriage31
'Big Bang Theory' actor, Jim Parsons, comes out as gay42
Poll: Opposition to equal marriage, especially black voters, hits record low after Obama's support10
Gay penguin couple given their own egg to rear22
Video: Obama campaign releases LGBT manifesto18
US gymnastics hopeful comes out as gay ahead of Olympics20
DC Comics superhero to come out as 'prominent' gay character85
Actor Matt Bomer comes out32
Paul Iacono comes out as gay15
Editorial: Thanks Home Secretary for coming @Out4Marriage, now come out for religious same-sex marriage!2
Video: Home Secretary Theresa May comes @Out4Marriage to reaffirm Government's equal marriage promise49
Video: North Carolina Pastor calls for the death of gay and lesbian people217
Chris Bryant: Tory MP's response to equal marriage enquiry 'as cruel as it was offensive'128
GAP releases pro-gay ad, under fire from One Million Moms125
Kansas: School teacher compares homosexuality to murder120
Update: No. 10 says MPs will be given free vote on equal marriage109
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Malawi: New president 'to decriminalise homosexuality'103
50 Cent is 100% for gay marriage but not gay men that touch 'your little buns' in elevators100
First transgender 'Miss Universe Canada' pageant contestant misses out on title90
Northern Ireland Secretary of State, Owen Paterson, opposed to equal marriage89
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