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Employees quit American Bible Society over sex and marriage rules

One of the oldest nonprofit organizations dedicated to distributing Bibles around the world will soon require all employees to adhere to orthodox Christian beliefs and heed a conservative code of sexual ethics. Employees are resigning in protest of the new policy, which will effectively prohibit sexually active LGBT people and couples in cohabitating relationships from […]

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In Poland, a Nation of Catholics, a Gay Atheist Mayor is a Presidential Hopeful

Robert Biedroń was the first openly gay member of Poland’s Parliament when he was elected in 2011. In 2014, he broke the same ground when he was elected mayor of the city of Slupsk, a position he still holds today. There’s now chatter that the liberal politician could shatter that glass ceiling again if he becomes

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Catholic school denies entry to lesbian couple’s children because marriage is “between a man and a woman”

A Catholic priest denied a lesbian couple’s children from attending his private school due to their homosexual marriage. The Charlotte Observerreports that the mothers (who wished to remain anonymous) applied to St. Francis Catholic School in Hilton Head Island, S.C., this spring, but subsequently received a rejection email. When one of the mothers called the priest,

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Denial of services to same-sex couples can harm their health

In the Supreme Court hearing for Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, lawyers for the baker argued that he should not have to sell a cake to a same-sex couple because his religion does not support same-sex marriage. Debates around this case have referenced potential implications for the dignity of sexual minority populations, but in

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Inside the Fight Against America’s Wave of Anti-LGBT Adoption Bills

There are lawsuits pending or likely in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Michigan, and against the Department of Health and Human Services, over discriminatory LGBT adoption laws. On May 11, Oklahoma became the eighth state to allow state-licensed child welfare agencies to cite religious beliefs in order to discriminate against LGBTpeople looking to foster or adopt children. The Sooner State won’t

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Secular Groups Unite to Condemn Oklahoma’s License to Discriminate in Adoption

Five national organizations representing atheists, agnostics, and the religiously unaffiliated—a rapidly growing group comprising of one quarter of Americans—today issued a statement condemning the recently passed Oklahoma law which permits religiously run adoption agencies to discriminate based on their faith while still receiving taxpayer funding. The statement, issued by American Atheists, the American Humanist Association, the Center

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Oklahoma Passes Adoption Law That L.G.B.T. Groups Call Discriminatory

Gov. Mary Fallin of Oklahoma signed a bill on Friday that gay rights groups said would allow private adoption agencies to discriminate against L.G.B.T. couples on religious grounds when placing children. The law would allow the agencies to choose not to place children in certain homes if it “would violate the agency’s written religious or

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LGBTQ students at Christian colleges refuse to choose between sexuality and faith

Students can be dismissed from Spring Arbor University, which is affiliated with the Free Methodist Church, for being openly gay or transgender or violating other expectations outlined in the university’s “community standards.” “It’s very much a profound frustration with wanting to be able to stand up for yourself and not knowing what you’re allowed to

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The right wing is on a tear about sex ed for all the obvious reasons

Nothing flips out conservative Christians more than sex–gay sex, lesbian sex, extramarital sex. Worst of all is the sexual lives of their own children, who are supposed to remain abstinent until marriage So it’s no surprise that the right is on a tear again about sex ed in multiple locations around the country. Elizabeth Johnston

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