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|  | Groundbreaking drag-queen ministry candidate speaks at Illinois UMC
2021-04-16
- Hope United Methodist Church (in Bloomington, Illinois) celebrated Drag Sunday on April 11 with a message from Ms. Penny Cost, Religion News Service reported. The Illinois Great Rivers Conference's Vermillion ...
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| | WORLD Gender-identity studies, religion items, Hungary's ban 2020-12-21
- Romania's Constitutional Court overturned a ban on gender-identity studies voted through by lawmakers but which rights groups and universities said would infringe on human rights and fuel discrimination, Openly News ...
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| | VIEWPOINT The common thread of LGBTQ+ stigma and mental health 2020-09-02
- The relationship between the LGBTQ+ community and mental health has always varied from country to country. But when religion enters the conversation, a whole new aspect escalates the stigma. Countries all over the world have high ...
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| | Supreme Court on religious employers, contraceptive coverage under ACA, NCLR responds 2020-07-08
--From a NCLR press release - WASHINGTON, DC — The Supreme Court issued two important decisions today that significantly change the relationship between freedom of religion and anti-discrimination protections. In Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. ...
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| | NUNN ON ONE MUSIC Rufus Wainwright on new album, Pride, future 2020-07-08
- Out and proud performer Rufus Wainwright has always been and continues to be the thinking man's musician. His songs run deep with sometimes heavy lyrics covering topics such as family relationships, politics and religion. For those ...
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| | NUNN ON ONE MUSIC Ezra Furman writes his 'queer outlaw saga' 2018-07-18
- Singer Ezra Furman continues to push the boundaries between gender, sexuality and religion on his latest album Transangelic Exodus. The songwriter was born in Chicago in 1986, and said his parents supported his music career. Furman ...
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| | THEATER: 'THE ORIGINALIST' Talk on LGBT rights, law and religion follows performance 2018-05-22
Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - University of Chicago Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Law and Ethics Professor Martha Nussbaum and Wayne State University Philosophy Professor and Debating Religious Liberty and Discrimination author John Corvino discussed religious ...
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| | MUSIC Matisyahu talks new CD, religion, LGBTs 2017-12-13
- Matisyahu (nee Matthew Paul Miller) definitely made an impression when the public got to know him more than a decade ago. Not only was he an Orthodox Jew who adhered to the tradition of wearing a ...
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| | MUSIC Matisyahu talks new CD, religion, LGBTs 2017-12-08
- Matisyahu (nee Matthew Paul Miller) definitely made an impression when the public got to know him more than a decade ago. Not only did was he an Orthodox Jew who adhered to the tradition of wearing ...
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| | Dignity: Madison Bishop's Ban on Funerals for Gay People 'Outrageous'
2017-10-23
- Bishop Robert Morlino of the diocese of Madison, Wisconsin has notified the priests of his diocese that they must avoid "scandal and confusion to others" when considering whether and how to provide Catholic funerals for members ...
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| | LETTERS Loving church; gun violence and legal assistance 2017-08-09
- Choosing my religion Byron Brazier Pastor, Apostolic Church of God Chicago, Illinois Dear Pastor Brazier: I am not debating what you can do in your church. If you choose to publicly shame a member and put ...
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| | Springfield, Illinois, bishop issues edicts against Catholics in same-sex marriages
2017-06-22
- Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Springfield, on June 12, published extensive guidelines that could curtail participation by married LGBT persons in his diocese's parishes. Paprocki's guidelines included forbidding clergy or diocese ...
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| | Pride brunch promotes reflection on religion, inclusivity 2017-06-21
By Nina Matti - The Chicago Coalition of Welcoming Churches (CCWC) gathered June 17 for its first-ever "Sharing Light, Sharing Faith in Divided Times" Pride Brunch and Reception. The coalition welcomed about 75 people from across Chicagoland to the Unitarian ...
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| | Airbnb to tackle LGBT, race discrimination on its platform 2016-11-30
- Fewer than 20 states in the country prohibit housing discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. And although the Fair Housing Act of 1968 prohibited discrimination based on race, religion, sex and national origin—with an ...
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| | SENIOR MOMENTS The out and proud voice of atheism 2016-08-31
- "Our fight in this world is not against Islam; it is against religion. I can tell you this for sure: No one's head has ever been cut off in the name of atheism. No one has ever cut into human flesh ...
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