Monday, March 22, 2010

Recent Religious Headlines [T11R-4]

Gay visitors and locals are carving out a retreat in Siem Reap, where the concept of homosexuality seemed nonexistent until recently.
In Siem Reap, Bon Theorne serves a drink at old-Shanghai-themed Miss Wong. IT was 10 p.m. in Siem Reap , and while most tourists were tucked in after a long, hot day exploring the temples of Angkor, things were just getting going at a bar called Linga . Pairs of European men in their 30s and 40s wearing unbuttoned collared shirts and checkered krama scarves sipped fruity cocktails and jostled ...
Teens walk line between parents' faith, angst in new novels from Austin authors
Lisa Comingore, an assistant attorney general for the state of Florida, knows what it's like to be forced out of a job over sexual orientation. Comingore, 39, took a job as a staff attorney with a state agency Nov. 1, 2006, and by the following February, she'd put in her notice. She'd been told that if she didn't, she'd be fired. The reason why, she says, had nothing to do with job performance ...
About 60,000 homes are without power, trees and signs have blown over and boats have been smashed on the rocks after a massive storm blew across the coast of northeastern Australia.
The Los Angeles Times: A report released Wednesday at a national meeting on aging asks lawmakers to consider changes to Medicaid and Social Security rules that could help gay and lesbian senior citizens.
The pressure is on Fresno City College to resolve the controversy surrounding Professor Bradley Lopez. He's been accused of making anti-gay remarks, and teaching the bible as fact. On Wednesday the school announced it's taking action. Students are sounding off, and so is the professor's attorney. What action do you think Fresno City College should take? Leave us your comments.
A Dallas County jail guard recently fired after allegedly making anti-gay remarks and commenting about religion has said his free speech rights have been violated but he will not seek to regain his job. A sheriff's department review concluded Stephen Johnson, 59, persisted in volunteering his religious opinions and speaking out against homosexuality.
DALLAS (AP) - A Dallas County jail guard recently fired after allegedly making anti-gay remarks and commenting about religion has said his free speech rights have been violated but he will not seek to regain his job.


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Sunday, March 21, 2010

From both sides (T12R-5)


Student Group Seeks to Bar LGBT Members
ToTheCenter.com (blog)
In order to stop gays and lesbians from joining for their “unrepentant participation in and advocacy of a sexually immoral lifestyle,” a Christian student ...

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20/20 vision: An institute provides goals for the church and sexuality for the ...
Lawrence Journal World
57 percent of mainline Protestant pastors say they seldom or never speak out about lesbian, gay bisexual and transgender (LGBT) issues, abortion (74 ...


Don't Ask, Don't Tell Has Been a Complete Failure
SouthFloridaGayNews.com
The essence of DADT is that sexual orientation will not be a bar to service unless the member engages in homosexual conduct, states that he is homosexual or ...


Times of Malta

Book's gay claims aim to discredit Church - bishop
Times of Malta
Religion is about God and the church was started by Jesus. The church, like any human endeavor, is not perfect. After all it is populated my humans, ...

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