Culture » Gender & Sexuality
Filter
Refine results
Straight believers find a home in gay churches, synagogues
WASHINGTON -- When Andi Kasarsky's husband died six years ago, members of her synagogue came to sit shiva -- the customary Jewish ritual of mourning -- with her.
They came in shifts for days, many of them strangers, to share her grief. And although Kasarsky was mourning her husband, m...
More
|
Comments (0)
The pursuit of happiness
David Boies (you remember him as Al Gore's lawyer during the disputed 2000 Florida recount) explains his work with Ted Olson (you remember him as George W. Bush's top lawyer before the U.S. Supreme Court) to overturn the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act with a federal lawsuit in today's W...
More
|
Comments (0)
Episcopalians end convention with decided move to the left
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- The Episcopal Church voted overwhelmingly on Friday (July 17) to allow bishops to bless gay couples and to begin developing rites for same-sex unions, despite warnings that such moves would spark schism in the global Anglican Communion.
The resolution, which allows...
More
|
Comments (0)
Return to Sender: Address Unknown
Interesting story out of the Washington Blade about Bishop Harry Jackson, the leading voice among black conservatives against gay marriage.
You may recall that Jackson, whose Hope Christian Church is located in suburban Prince George's County, Md., led the fight to stop D.C. officials...
More
|
Comments (0)
Episcopal bishops move on blessings
The Episcopal bishops voted overwhelmingly late Wednesday to allow bishops in states where gay marriage, civil unions or domestic partnerships are legal to provide a "generous pastoral response" to gay couples, but stopped short of authorizing liturgical rites for same-sex blessings....
More
|
Comments (0)
Despite pro-gay moves, Episcopalians remain divided
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Russell Randle and J.P. Causey are both lawyers, both Virginians, and both longtime Episcopalians.
They have visited each other's homes, served on church committees together, and when Randle wrote a book on environmental law, he sent a signed copy to Causey, his fri...
More
|
Comments (0)
React to Episcopal decision
Reaction to the Episcopal Church's move today to lift a temporary ban on consecrating gay bishops are starting to tumble in.
Bishop Tom Wright of Durham, England (perhaps best known on this side of the pond by his nom de plume N.T. Wright) said Episcopalians are "formalizing the schis...
More
|
Comments (1)
Smoochfest in protest near Mormon temple
PDA turned into protest Sunday (June 12), as over 100 people staged a "kiss-in," to demonstrate against the treatment of two gay men by security guards with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Caught kissing on Salt Lake City's Main Street Plaza, which the LDS Church now...
More
|
Comments (0)
States moving faster than churches on gay marriage
BOSTON -- The historic Church of the Covenant just off the city's Public Garden has been an important place for Anne Crane and Sarah Perreault.
The lesbian couple had their first date there in the late 1970s, and by the time Massachusetts legalized same-sex marriage in 2003, the two h...
More
|
Comments (0)
Religious groups resist Indian court ruling on gays
CHENNAI, India (RNS) India's Supreme Court agreed Thursday (July 9) to hear an appeal of a lower court decision that decriminalized homosexuality after a yoga guru said a right to privacy does not "include the right to enjoy deviant sexual preferences and sexual behavior."
Gay activis...
More
|
Comments (0)
