What it means for LGBTQ+ Americans to leave — or choose — Christianity
Almost two-thirds of LGBTQ+ people who were raised Christian have left, new data finds. But queer Black Americans have more to leave behind.
February 14, 2024
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Rabbis Join Marriage Equality Fight
A group of American rabbis is joining the United Church of Christ in fighting North Carolina's ban on same-sex marriage.
June 6, 2014
Obama's activist church enters campaign spotlight
A then-26-year-old Barack Obama walked down the aisle of Chicago's Trinity United Church of Christ, knelt beneath a cross suspended from its rafters, and, as he later explained it, committed himself to God after years as a religious skeptic.
March 20, 2007
Flying the Pride flag is a gateway to ISIS, a Connecticut official claims as town passes ban
Almost immediately after coming under Republican control, a Connecticut town council has voted to ban the LGBTQ+ Pride flag at its town hall.
January 12, 2024
Network Rejection
Myles Herman played one half of a gay couple in a television ad that was recently rejected by CBS and NBC. He says the networks misunderstood the message from the United Church of Christ.
December 3, 2004
Logo explains why it rejected UCC's 'Ejector' ad
Gay cable network Logo released a statement Thursday regarding its controversial decision not to air a pro-gay ad from the United Church of Christ, which depicts a gay couple being ejected from the pew of an antigay church: "[Logo] does not accept advocacy or religious advertising that appears to disparage any organization, denomination, or individual."
April 13, 2006
UCC approves gay marriage
The UCC leader says his denomination "acted courageously" when it passed a resolution endorsing same-sex marriage
July 6, 2005
No, a Church Was Not Hosting Same-Sex Wedding When It Caught Fire
Claims by anti-LGBTQ+ social media users have been debunked...repeatedly.
July 25, 2023
The Advocate
Year in Review
Nation's first full-time gay cable network rejects pro-gay ad
The nation's first full-time gay cable channel has joined a growing list of networks that refuse to show an ad from the United Church of Christ promoting its message of gay inclusiveness.
April 8, 2006
UCC: If Gay Couples Can't Get Married, Neither Can Straight Couples
It doesn't matter if you're gay or straight, you can't get legally married at Lyndale United Church of Christ. The small, liberal church in south Minneapolis was the first of several Twin Cities congregations last year to stop performing civil marriage ceremonies as long as same-sex marriage is illegal. These churches and a handful of others around the country that took the same step will still hold a religious ceremony to bless the unions of straight and gay couples -- but straight couples must go separately to a judge or justice of the peace for the marriage license.
December 15, 2007
Biblical Basis for Stoning of Gays, Says Tenn. Minister
Homosexuality 'is an abomination that under the Old Testament deserved stoning,' says Pastor Ben Bailey.
August 18, 2015