United Methodist Church ends 40-year ban on LGBTQ+ clergy
The church has long been divided into factions over its stance on homosexuality and gay clergy and even weighed splitting into two separate churches over the issue.
May 1, 2024
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Methodist Vote Reminds Us to Fight All Forms of Oppression
While seeking to make faith communities LGBTQ-inclusive, we must also confront racism, misogyny, and other oppressive ideologies, writes Rev. M Barclay.
March 10, 2019
U.K. Archbishop Warns Against Conservative Anglican Challenge
The spiritual leader of the world's Anglicans raised questions Monday about the legitimacy of plans to create a global network of conservative Anglicans that would challenge his authority and the teachings of liberal North American churches that are more gay-friendly. Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams said proposals to set up a separate global council of bishops who would train priests and interpret Scripture would create more problems than they would solve.
July 1, 2008
LGBT Ugandans Pray Pope Will Give Them Relief
LGBT people across Uganda are calling on Pope Francis to address the country's rampant homophobia and to call for tolerance and acceptance.
November 23, 2015
Methodist Court: Consecration of Lesbian Bishop Violated Church Law
The Judicial Council's ruling on the United Methodist Church's first lesbian bishop highlights the church's division on LGBT issues.
April 29, 2017
Archbishop Supports Church Condemnation of Gay Sex
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, said he remains "committed" to the Anglican Church's official stance against gay sex in an attempt to preserve biblical norms, reports The Times of London. Williams added, "I do not believe that sex outside marriage is as God purposes it." He spoke out regarding the controversy swirling around the acceptance of homosexuality within the church on Tuesday at the once-a-decade Anglican Lambeth Conference in England.
July 23, 2008
Antigay, Tax-Exempt Mormon Church Accused of Misusing Billions
A whistleblower contends the church isn't spending members' funds strictly on religious and charitable purposes as required by its tax-exempt status.
December 17, 2019
Majority of Catholics, Mainline Protestants Support Marriage
Fewer religiously affiliated people see marriage equality as a divisive issue that violates church doctrine, according to the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life.
June 10, 2013
Gay bishop and bishop of breakaway convocation not invited to Anglican parley
Two bishops at the heart of the U.S. Episcopal Church's divisions over sexuality and scripture will not be invited to next year's global gathering of Anglican prelates, the archbishop of Canterbury's office in London announced Tuesday. Bishop V. Gene Robinson of New Hampshire (pictured) and Bishop Martyn Minns of the breakaway Convocation of Anglicans in North America were not among more than 850 bishops invited.
May 23, 2007
Fort Worth Episcopalians Move Toward Split
The Episcopal diocese of Fort Worth, Texas, took the first steps Saturday to withdraw from the national church as part of a growing rift over Scriptural interpretation and homosexuality, giving preliminary approval to constitutional amendments. The conservative diocese is among four of the 110 Episcopal dioceses -- including Pittsburgh, San Joaquin, Calif., and Quincy, Ill. -- that have approved similar measures to break away and align with an overseas Anglican leader. The dioceses contend U.S. church leadership has wrongly abandoned Scriptural authority and traditional teachings on truth, salvation, and the divinity of Jesus Christ.
November 20, 2007
The legacy of John Paul II
The first "television pope" helped to defeat Communism and to inspire a new generation of Catholics. But this pope also ignored an epidemic of pedophilia while giving prominent attention to the vilification of God's gay and lesbian children. We can only hope the next pope will be more compassionate.
April 1, 2005
'Salt Park,' a 'South Park' Parody, Skewers Anti-LGBTQ Mormon Church
Fred Karger discusses his new animated film targeting religious hypocrisy, which is now available to view in full.
November 22, 2018