Religion
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1 April 2013US: Muslim caller tells TV host gay Americans should be beheaded 62 The host of a phone-in programme in New York was left stunned after a caller suggested gay Americans should be beheaded in accordance with Sharia law. -
1 April 2013Senior Scottish Episcopal speaks in support of equal marriage and rebukes Lord Carey 34 One of the most prominent figures in the Scottish Episcopal Church has criticised Lord Carey for attacking equal marriage. -
1 April 2013Scotland: Friends fear Catholic priest who exposed sexual bullying could be sacked 33 The friends of a priest who made explosive claims about sexual bullying in Scotland’s Catholic Church fear he could be sacked. -
1 April 2013Rupert Everett to play Pope Benedict XVI in ‘extraordinary’ biopic 28 Openly gay actor Rupert Everett will play Pope Benedict XVI in an upcoming biopic about the former pope, and his ascension to the papal office. -
31 March 2013UK: Leading black Pentecostal pastor backs equal marriage for same-sex couples 25 The Reverend Paul Bailey has become one of the first black church leaders to back the introduction of same-sex marriage in England and Wales. -
31 March 2013Archbishop of New York: Gay couples are only ‘entitled to friendship’, not sex 81 The Archbishop of New York Timothy Dolan has reiterated the opposition to gay relationship by the Catholic Church, and went on to say that gay couples are only "entitled to friendship", and that “sexual love…is intended only for a man and a woman”. -
31 March 2013Church of England clergyman: ‘Lord Carey should get over his obsession with gay sex’ 45 Members of the Church of England, other faith groups and secularists have quickly responded to deny claims by Lord Carey that David Cameron's "aggressively secular" government was marginalising Christians. -
31 March 2013Archbishop of Canterbury: The Church of England must be ‘graceful’ in equal marriage row 14 The new Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, has said that the Church of England must remain "graceful" in its internal disagreements around equal marriage. -
31 March 2013Video: Film trailer claims equal marriage will lead to the ‘criminalisation of Christianity’ 41 The trailer for a new fillm by a Christian organisation claims that the legalisation of equal marriage, and the advancement of LGBT rights will lead to the "criminalisation of Christianity". -
31 March 2013Poll: Most believe Church of England is ‘out of touch’ with modern society 37 More than two-thirds (69%) of the population believe that the Church of England is out of touch with society and half (54%) believe that it does a bad job of providing moral leadership. -
30 March 2013Christian group accuses Boris Johnson of ‘cover up’ in gay cure London bus ad battle 28 A Christian legal group behind an ad campaign for controversial gay cure therapies, the ban on which was upheld by a high court this month, has demanded memos from Boris Johnson in a new bid to prove he acted unlawfully. -
30 March 2013US Church: North Korean aggression caused by God because of ‘gay marriage and gay scouts’ 58 The President of the US Southern Baptist Convention has claimed same-sex marriage is the cause of recent North Korean threats to the United States. -
30 March 2013UK: Printer claims working with LGBT magazine would contradict his faith 53 The editor of an LGBT magazine in Northern Ireland said he was "hurt" by a printer's refusal to work with him on the grounds that he was "not comfortable" associating with the magazine's target audience. -
30 March 2013Bishop of Shrewsbury Easter homily plans to attack same-sex marriage as detracting from value of human life 39 The Bishop of Shrewsbury will address a trinity of controversial topics in his Easter homily at Shrewsbury Cathedral tomorrow. -
30 March 2013Lord Carey: David Cameron’s support for marriage equality has made Christians feel persecuted 107 The former Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord George Carey, has attacked David Cameron for his push for same-sex marriage, saying his has fueled "anxieties" among the UK'S Christians. -
29 March 2013Gay Tea Party co-founder: I oppose equal marriage doing so is ‘not homophobic’ 35 An openly gay co-founder of the US National Capital Tea Party Patriots, has said he is opposed to equal marriage, and has said that it is "not homophobic" to oppose it. -
29 March 2013Ireland: Gay Anglicans reiterate calls for same-sex marriage 9 Changing Attitude Ireland has made a submission to the Irish Constitutional Convention in support of extending civil marriage to same-sex couples. -
29 March 2013Anti-equal marriage former Tory candidate Maria Hutchings in Twitter spat over civil unions 23 Anti-equal marriage former Tory candidate Maria Hutchings, who stood for the Conservative Party in the recent Eastleigh by-election and came third, took to Twitter today in a heated argument around equal marriage and civil unions. -
29 March 2013Michelle Shocked responds to cancelled show following anti-gay rant by staging sit-in 4 Folk singer Michelle Shocked has responded to the cancellation of dates of her tour following a recent show in San Francisco during which she allegedly went on a homophobic rant, by turning up at a venue anyway and staging a sit-in. -
29 March 2013Spain: University professor says women should stay with violent husbands and that gay people can be ‘cured’ 20 A Spanish academic has come under fire for allegedly saying homosexuality is “curable” and that pregnancy through rape was effectively God's way of compensating the victim.
