Former megachurch pastor Ted Haggard said he will continue to hold weekly prayer meetings at his home, three years after he was ousted from the church he founded amid a scandal involving a male prostitute and drug use.
Last week, a lobbyist for Evangelical churches gave a presentation in one of Newton's lecture halls, beginning by filling the audience with anecdotes as to why he decided to become a lobbyist and ending with his ardent defense of his religion's stance against equal rights for the gay and lesbian community.
DALLAS (BP)--Could the United States government think of any more ways to control businesses in this country? It is already a major owner of over 600 financial institutions, two automakers and an international insurance conglomerate.
Is it just homophobia that drove the Commission on Elections to deny the petition for accreditation of the Ang Ladlad LGBT Party? Yes, but homophobia is deeper and more serious than most people think.
Antigay ministers failied in their attempt Monday to prove the new hate crimes law suppresses freedom of speech and religion.
Speakers include philosopher AC Grayling, columnist Johann Hari, human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell, Bangladeshi feminist writer Taslima Nasrin, Southall Black Sisters' Pragna Patel and Women Against Fundamentalism's Rahila Gupta. A full list of speakers, ...
With the LDS church’s recent endorsement of a gay rights ordinance in Salt Lake City, many have begun speculating that the church is on its way to changing its policy on same-sex marriage. Not so, say BYU professors of religion and political science. Last week, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints publicly endorsed a city ordinance that bans housing and employment discrimination on ...
Letter writer misinterprets columnist's point Dear Editor, A few notes regarding the little debate between Lisa Pampuch and Fred Oliveri. Pampuch's column promotes tolerance and correctly describes the Constitutional position on religion, which includes freedom for and from religion of any specific variety. She simply asks to be free from having other ideas forced upon her, either directly ...
Scheduled events reflect growing interest in understanding LGBTQ youths
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