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13 July 2012
Comment: Is the Church of England homophobic? 102 Stuart Ross examines a recent case of a gay vicar unable to officiate at his church because he refused to confirm his celibacy and suggests the Church of England's problem may be that it is trying to be all things to all people.
13 July 2012
Sussex: Gay vicar under ‘homophobic’ ban for refusing to confirm celibacy 105 A gay vicar in Sussex says the Church of England implemented a "homophobic" ban after he refused to say whether his civil partnership was celibate.
12 July 2012
Queensland priest relaunches campaign against ‘gay panic’ defence 9 A Queensland priest who started a campaign to have the 'gay panic' comprehensively removed from local law in Australia has relaunched his campaign.
11 July 2012
South Africa: Church billboard lists homosexuality with alcoholism 20 The South African Advertising Standards Authority has received a complaint over a billboard which listed homosexuality among vices and personal problems a church could help people with.
5 July 2012
US: Episcopal Church to debate blessing for gay couples 2 The Episcopal Church in the US is to debate a blessing rite for gay couples who wish to marry.
5 July 2012
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg backs religious marriages for gay couples 63 The deputy prime minister, Nick Clegg, has become the most senior figure in the government to voice personal support for religious gay marriage rights today.
29 June 2012
London: School suspends Sunday church group over ‘homosexual offenders’ leaflet 58 Three church groups have been suspended from using a school in East London on Sunday mornings after leaflets referring to 'homosexual offenders' were put through the doors of local houses.
29 June 2012
Australia: 40 percent of gay couples identify as Christian 27 According to 2011 census figures, 40 percent of gay couples in Australia identify themselves as Christians, compared with two-thirds of straight couples.
27 June 2012
Archbishop of Canterbury ‘frustrated’ by Christian ‘disgust’ over equal marriage 100 The outgoing Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams has spoken of 'frustration' at those Christians whose feelings of 'embarrassment, shame and disgust' over equal marriage rights for gay couples send out 'unwelcome' messages.
26 June 2012
Church of England ‘threatens to obstruct democracy’ with equal marriage opposition 47 A legal opinion commissioned by the National Secular Society says the Church of England's response to the government's public consultation on marriage equality 'confuses the issues'.
22 June 2012
Denmark: Newspaper editor refuses to write about gay marriage laws 34 A Danish newspaper editor said he would refuse to include any news about the country's recently-implemented equal marriage laws.
21 June 2012
Maine: Equal marriage advocates seek to amend ballot question 6 Supporters of marriage equality rights for gay couples in Maine have said they will ask for the ballot question on marriage to be put to voters later this year to be amended before it is finalised.
21 June 2012
Michael Gove: Catholic Education Service ‘blurred’ line between faith and politics with anti-gay marriage petition in schools 36 The Secretary of State for Education Michael Gove has prompted confusion by criticising the Catholic Education Service for 'unintentionally blurring' the line between faith and the illegal promotion of political views by suggesting schools direct pupils to an anti-gay marriage petition, while determining that a school which followed that suggestion acted legally.
21 June 2012
Southern Baptists opposed to viewing equal marriage as a civil rights issue 26 The US Southern Baptist Convention has adopted a resolution at its annual conference criticising marriage equality advocates who have adopted the 'rhetoric of the civil rights movement' and drawn comparisons between discrimination against gay couples and racism.
21 June 2012
Andrew Mitchell: Most pensioners support equal marriage plans when properly explained 26 The International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell has said that a slim majority of over-65s, the group most opposed to the government's plans to legalise gay civil marriages, are actually in favour of the move when it is properly explained.
20 June 2012
Chief Rabbi’s opposition to marriage equality and civil partnerships ‘regrettable’ 22 The Chief Rabbi's response to the government's public consultation on marriage equality, in which both marriage for gay couples and civil partnerships were opposed, has been described as 'regrettable' by Liberal Judaism.
20 June 2012
Mormons say equal marriage would have ‘negative implications’ for UK 80 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints filed a response to the government's public consultation on how to introduce marriage equality, saying gay couples should be excluded for the "good of society" and warning that the move will have "negative implications for the nation, both legal and social".
19 June 2012
Bulgaria: Church asked to repudiate priest’s call to ‘throw stones’ at Pride 29 Pride organisers in the Bulgarian capital have clashed with the Orthodox Church over what event organisers see as tacit support for violence against marchers.
18 June 2012
Comment: Opposing gay state marriages while accepting straight ones is repugnant, and it does faiths no good 64 Jane Fae asks, if our Churches already sanction straight civil marriages, how can they legitimately get so het up about gay ones?
18 June 2012
Vicar’s petition says Church of England is ‘undermining itself’ on equal marriage issue 40 A Derbyshire vicar has launched a petition to the Church of England saying it does not speak for the signatories when it opposes marriage equality for gay couples.

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