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LGBTQ

After gay marriage ruling, try tolerance for both sides

By Katrina Trinko / USA Today
When love wins, it doesn't take prisoners. It has been more than a week since the Supreme Court legalized gay marriage in all 50 states, and already those with religious… read more

Get over it Christian pastors: You are not being persecuted

By Christy Thomas
The First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States reads this way: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free… read more

Americans split on businesses turning away gay weddings

By Lauren Markoe / Religion News Service
(RNS) A host of governors, CEOs and church leaders call Indiana’s new religious freedom law a backdoor opening to anti-gay discrimination, but Americans appear more divided… read more

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence: ‘Not going to change’ religious freedom law

By Richard Wolf / USA Today
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence defended his state’s new religious freedom law Sunday (March 29) while refusing to say if it would allow discrimination against gays and lesbians… read more

Predictions of evangelical concessions on LGBT rights are premature

By Jonathan Merritt / Religion News Service
(RNS) Pardon the yawn. The 1.8 million-member Presbyterian Church (USA) on Tuesday (March 17) voted to officially approve of same-sex marriage, an announcement that… read more

Presbyterian Church (USA) approves marriage amendment

By Melody K. Smith / Presbyterian News Service
(PNS) While the Office of the General Assembly is still awaiting official tallies, it appears that a majority of the 171 presbyteries of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) have… read more
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