Religion
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29 December 2008Obama advisor supports choice of anti-gay preacher for inauguration 5 President-elect Barack Obama's senior advisor David Axelrod has spoken in support of the decision invite evangelical preacher Rick Warren to his inauguration. Mr Axelrod is a chief advisor to President-elect Obama. -
24 December 2008Free Presbyterian minister backs Pope and claims we are all born straight 25 A preacher from a church that refers to the Pope as the Anti-Christ has backed his stance on homosexuality and claimed all people are born heterosexual. -
24 December 2008Comment: Pope is wrong about “gay threat”, gay sexuality is part of human ecology 17 By choosing to highlight homosexuality instead of hunger, war and homelessness, the Pope has lost his moral bearings and sense of priorities writes gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell -
23 December 2008Comment: Pope Benedict learnt nothing from his time in the Hitler Youth 42 Imagine if a world leader said that Jews were a threat to humanity. -
23 December 2008Pope Benedict’s latest outburst “justifies” homophobic bullying and attacks 76 The head of the Roman Catholic Church has claimed that the existence of gay people is as great a threat to humanity as the destruction of the rainforest. -
22 December 2008Nativity scene featuring Mary in drag upsets Amsterdam Christians 20 A Christmas celebration that featured the Virgin Mary played by a drag queen and Joseph in black leather shorts has offended Christians in Holland. -
22 December 2008Documentary about shamed US evangelical Ted Haggard airs next month 5 Preacher Ted Haggard will talk publicly about his fall from grace at the American Television Critics Association next month. -
22 December 2008Vatican claims sexual orientation is not legally defined 10 The Roman Catholic Church's representative at the United Nations has explained why it opposed a statement on the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people. -
22 December 2008Gay Congressman attacks Obama’s choice of inauguration preacher 2 A leading Democratic politician has said the President-elect of the United States was wrong to ask an evangelical preacher who likened gay couples to incest to participate in his inauguration. -
19 December 2008Comment: Gays should give Obama a break over inauguration preacher 30 Forget for a moment Obama's attempts to reach across the political aisle by appointing Republicans to his Cabinet, probably the boldest and most potentially provacative move he has made so far. -
19 December 2008Christian Institute may appeal to High Court over Ladele ruling 11 A fundamentalist Christian group that financially backed a tribunal against Islington Council has said the case may go to the Court of Appeal. -
19 December 2008Christian registrar loses employment tribunal appeal over civil partnerships 32 An employment tribunal appeal has ruled that Islington council is not guilty of either religious discrimination in the case of a Christian registrar -
17 December 2008Sarah Palin’s “ex-gay” church targeted in arson attack 10 The home church of Governor of Alaska and former Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin suffered an arson attack on Friday night. -
16 December 2008Catholic and Orthodox bishops enthuse about the joys of (heterosexual) marriage 17 Roman Catholic and Orthodox bishops have issued a statement about the importance of marriage - for heterosexuals. -
16 December 2008Sweden’s highest court rejects same-sex marriage case 3 A gay couple who got married in Canada should not be regarded as a married couple under Swedish law, a court has ruled. -
15 December 2008Christian registrar’s case rubbished by tribunal appeal judge 15 The chair of an employment tribunal appeal panel has indicated he is unlikely to back a Christian registrar who wanted to opt out of performing civil partnerships on religious grounds.
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15 December 2008Gay “cure” policeman’s employment tribunal backed by Christians 4 A Christian policeman who was sacked after he sent emails at work suggesting homosexualityis sinful is to take Norfolk Police to an employment tribunal. -
12 December 2008MEPs call on Vatican to embrace LGBT rights 4 Members of the European Parliament have called on the Vatican to support a statement on lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans rights to be read out at the UN next week. -
10 December 2008Vatican claims to support human rights but still opposes UN declaration on sexuality 9 The Director of the Vatican Press Office has claimed that the Roman Catholic Church supports the human rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans people. -
9 December 2008Gays protest outside the Vatican in support of UN declaration 2 Hundreds of people protested outside the Vatican City on Saturday in support of the declaration calling for the universal decriminalisation of homosexuality to be presented at the UN next week.
