COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. รข€" 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.
WASHINGTON (BP)--A diverse group of Christian leaders joined together Nov. 20 to declare a commitment to defend the sanctity of human life, biblical marriage and religious liberty without compromise.
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.
Gauge: There were expectations that Republicans would challenge openly gay EEOC nominee Chai Feldblum Thursday over some of her writings. Those writings included how non-discrimination laws might sometimes trump bias based on religious beliefs. And then there was the 2006 statement she signed onto that expressed support for polygamy. But nothing came from Republicans. Instead, Senator Tom Harkin ...
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Three former military chaplains announced support for a repeal of the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy regarding gays in the military.
But gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgendered people were targeted more often, prompted in part by last November's highly charged Prop. 8 initiative, report says. Los Angeles County saw an overall 4% drop in hate crimes last year, while crimes against gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgendered people increased, prompted in part by last November's highly charged Proposition 8 initiative, the ...
A new study finds that hate crimes actually declined slightly in 2008, despite an economic recession, increasing demographic diversification, and an apparent rise in the number of active hate groups.
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