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GUEST COMMENTARY: After gay marriage ban, what comes next?
RALEIGH, N.C. (RNS) How should we, as people of faith, respond in light of a state constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage? Now that the people of North Carolina have voted against equality, what should we do? Simple. We vote again. By Hugh Hollowell.
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Jennifer Knapp, an unlikely gay Christian icon
(RNS) Jennifer Knapp is as shocked as anyone with her newfound role - as a gay Christian artist urging fellow Christians to affirm homosexuals. And she finds herself singing and making her case in a most unlikely venue -- in churches. By Greg Warner.
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Methodists uphold policy that calls homosexuality ‘incompatible with Christian teaching’
(RNS) United Methodists voted to maintain the denomination's stance that same-sex partnerships are "incompatible" with Christian teaching, despite fierce lobbying from pro-gay groups. By Daniel Burke.
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N.C. black pastor treads carefully on gay marriage
RALEIGH, N.C. (RNS) Most black churches consider homosexuality a sin, and have resisted any attempt to reinterpret biblical passages condemning it. But some pastors are finding ways to skirt the theological issue, and support equal treatment of gays and lesbians as a legislative concern. By Yonat Shimron.
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Guest Commentary: Rallying around the sisters
CHICAGO (RNS) When the Vatican ordered a crackdown on the largest group of U.S. sisters, accusing them of spending too much time "promoting issues of social justice," I was stunned, though perhaps I shouldn't have been, given Rome's historic failure to support its best and brightest. By Julia Lieblich.
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‘Angry Queers’ damage Mark Driscoll’s church in Portland
PORTLAND, Ore. (RNS) A satellite church affiliated with controversial Seattle pastor Mark Driscoll was vandalized Tuesday, and a group calling itself the "Angry Queers" has reportedly taken responsibility. By Stephen Beaven.
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Guest Commentary: The body of Christ, broken for me
(RNS) Growing up as a gay man, I felt my relationship with the Catholic Church was over, for it would not love me as I loved it, or as God made me. I left feeling that I was no longer a part of this community, that I would never experience true communion again. By Nic Arnzen.
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First Person: Breaking the chains of religious tradition
(RNS) Shackled by an arranged marriage and religious customs, a New Jersey woman finds her freedom and tries to help others, too. But she's not a Muslim -- she's an Orthodox Jew. By Fraidy Reiss.
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Israel’s Conservative movement OKs gay and lesbian rabbis
JERUSALEM (RNS) In a landmark decision, the Masorti movement — the Israeli sister movement of the Conservative stream of Judaism — announced that its rabbinical school will begin to accept gays and lesbians for ordination. By Michele Chabin.
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Matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a (Hindu) match
LOS ANGELES (RNS) The marriage process is in flux in Indian American culture, opening the door to new manners of matchmaking. The idea that love can use a little help remains constant, even as singles' attitudes on dating change. By Megan Sweas.
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