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15 May 2012
Comment: Gays must be more involved if the Church of Ireland is to be more inclusive 16 Stephen Spillane writes that gay members of the Church of Ireland must immerse themselves more following its recent vote on marriage and 'normative' relationships.
11 May 2012
Colombia: Partner of gay Catholic priest wins pension rights 11 The gay partner of a deceased Catholic priest has been told he is allowed to have his lover's pension, despite the cleric's vow of chastity.
11 May 2012
Church of Ireland withdraws controversial marriage motion from debate 9 A motion to affirm the Church of Ireland's view of straight marriage as being the "only normative context for sexual intercourse" has been removed from this week's General Synod meeting after it provoked complaints.
10 May 2012
Church of Ireland will discuss marriage motion and ‘hurt and injury’ to gays this week 38 The Church of Ireland General Synod will discuss this week the 'hurt and injury' felt by gay people as a result of the actions taken by those within the denomination in addition to a motion affirming its view that gays should not be allowed to marry.
2 May 2012
Comment: 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.
23 April 2012
Inquiry into Catholic priest’s gay porn display ‘inconclusive’ 39 The inquiry into how a Catholic priest in Northern Ireland came to accidentally display images of gay porn to a room of primary school parents has been called 'inconclusive'.
18 April 2012
Archbishop of Wales: Church should acknowledge and support gay civil marriages 249 The Archbishop of Wales has said his Church should acknowledge civil marriage equality for gay couples and work against an impression that it is 'uncaring and unsympathetic' and leading gay people to feel 'unwanted, unloved, and sinful'.
13 April 2012
Northern Ireland: Inquiry into Catholic priest’s gay porn display hindered by laptop theft 76 An investigation into how a Catholic priest managed to project pornographic gay images to a room of primary school parents instead of a presentation on Holy Communion has been hindered by the theft of the laptop from his home.
4 April 2012
Comment: The Church should beg society’s forgiveness for its treatment of gay people 74 Matthew Todd says the Church should help young people become the upstanding, caring citizens they can be, unfettered from sexual shame and dogma, not fight a fierce battle over something that will not harm, hurt or even affect anyone except gay couples who wish to marry.
23 March 2012
Catholic Archbishop ‘invites 80 MPs’ for equal marriage talks 76 More than eighty MPs have reportedly been invited to meet the Catholic Archbishop of Southwark to discuss the equal gay marriage proposals being publicly consulted on by the government.
20 March 2012
Netherlands: Catholic Church ‘castrated boys as gay cures and punishments’ 45 A newspaper in the Netherlands claims to have uncovered cases in which boys in Roman Catholic care over half a century ago were castrated to stop them being gay or to punish them for uncovering abuse.
13 March 2012
God Hates Fags church protests Radiohead gig 30 The infamous Westboro Baptist Church picketed a Radiohead concert in Kansas City yesterday with trademark placards reading 'God Hates Fags' and others questioning the band's song-writing abilities.
5 March 2012
Comment: The Coalition For Marriage – a creeping rhizome of religious extremism 140 There is nothing 'grass roots' about the Coalition for Marriage, Adrian Tippetts argues, it's a who’s who of the UK religious right determined to creep into government, law, education and media.
29 February 2012
Archbishop of Canterbury: Changing culture with gay marriage laws would be wrong 166 Dr Williams told an audience in Geneva that laws should restrict discrimination against gays and other minorities but should not be used to actively 'promote change' within a culture on issues like marriage.
20 February 2012
Lord Carey: Equal marriage is ‘one of the greatest political power grabs in history’ 211 A former Archbishop of Canterbury has railed against the prime minister's support of equal marriage rights for gay couples, calling it undemocratic and 'one of the greatest political power grabs in history'.

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