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|  | LETTERS The Church should practice love and constructive dialogue, not hate 2022-07-25
- Another U.S. diocese has issued new restrictive policies regarding LGBTQ issues in Catholic schools, and its new directives compare being openly transgender with sexual abuse. The Roman Catholic Church is having an internal dialogue on how ...
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| | VIEWPOINT: LETTERS Pride: Remembering who we are 2022-05-30
- The LGBTQAI community echoes the mantra of secular society: Happiness comes from sex, money and power. Life is too busy with work and leisure to have time for religion and/or values. During this period of Pride ...
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| | VIEWPOINT On A Scale of 1 to 10: Sex, Religion, Power, Politics--A Public Meditation 2022-04-03
- QUESTION: "On a scale of one to 10, how faithful would you say you are, in terms of religion?"—U.S Sen. Lindsey Graham (R), South Carolina RESPONSE: "… there's no religious test in the Constitution under Article ...
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| | New Supreme Court session: Religion dominates 2021-10-04
- First in the spotlight as the U.S. Supreme Court begins its new session Monday (October 4) is the seemingly precarious state of the right to abortion, an issue LGBT groups have long considered to be of ...
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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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