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April 14, 2013
Dan Savage reviews the book Does Jesus Really Love Me

Dan Savage reviews the book Does Jesus Really Love Me in the New York Times' Sunday Book Review

Want your heart broken? Listen to LGBT teens reared in the Christian church. Most will relate stories of being told, from the pulpit and parents, they will be dammed because they happen to be attracted to people of the same gender. Writer and reporter Jeff Chu was born and raised in a religious household. He's accomplished and married (to a man), but his mother cries to sleep at night certain her son is destined to an eternity with Satan. Chu also has his own doubts.

November 21, 2012
Filipino people are ready for same-sex marriage, says gay pastor

Pastor of LGBT-friendly church in Metro Manila says the people are ready, but the Catholic church is blocking same-sex marriage in the Philippines

A gay pastor who has performed dozens of same-sex marriage ceremonies across the Philippines said in an interview with Gay Star News on Sunday that Filipinos are ready for gay marriage.

‘I performed a lesbian wedding in a province in September, and usually provinces are very conservative, but the whole community was there celebrating, even the town mayor!’ said Reverend Ceejay Agbayani of LGBTS Christian Church in Quezon City, Metro Manila (the ’S’ is for ‘straight’).

November 9, 2012
Pastor charged with sex abuse on gay men he was ‘curing’

Claims Reverend Ryan Muehlhauser used his counseling role at Outpost Ministries to abuse men he was trying to ‘cure’ of gay sex

A pastor who tried to ‘cure’ gay people has appeared in court, charged with sexually assaulting two of the men he was ‘counseling’.

Reverend Ryan J Muehlhauser, aged 55, of Cambridge, Isanti County, Minnesota, US, is accused of eight felony counts of fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct.

The charges relate to two young men he was apparently molested over a period of two years.

September 16, 2012
Christian takes on the church, Bible and homophobia

Matthew Vines goes to YouTube, and churches, to tackle the Bible and homophobia

It's been a compelling road for Matthew Vines. The 22-year-old was reared in a Christian church that was conservative. He accepted the teaching of his elders, especially on gay sexuality.

However, Vines is now earning praise, and censure, for his YouTube videos that call into question anti-gay interpretations of Scripture.

July 16, 2012
Glasgow church splits over gay clergy

Congregation in central Glasgow has decided to leave Church of Scotland over the issue of gay clergy

A 500-strong church congregation has become the first to split from the Church of Scotland over the issue of gay clergy.

Glasgow’s iconic St George’s Tron church took the decision following a meeting on Monday last week (9 July).

The church’s secession decision is due to last year’s verdict by the general assembly of the Church of Scotland’ to accept gay clergy if they had declared their sexuality and were ordained before 2009.

July 10, 2012
Episcopal will be first big US church to bless gay marriages

One of America's largest Christian churches approves same-sex marriage rite

The Episcopalians are set to become America's biggest Christian church to bless gay marriage.

The Witnessing and Blessing of a Lifelong Covenant rite, which was agreed by the Chamber of Bishops yesterday (9 July) and is expected to be passed by the House of Deputies this week, will come into effect in December.

With nearly 2 million followers, according to the National Council of Churches,  the Episcopal Church will be the largest denomination to have a same-sex marriage liturgy.

It is the latest move by the institution in favor of LGBT equality.

March 27, 2012
Portrait of same-sex union shows Jesus' blessing

An ancient portrait begs the question: were two male saints brothers or lovers?

Religious extremists are doing their damndest to prevent the legalization of same-sex marriages in the UK, US and Australia.

But GSN loves this proof that early Christians believed that Jesus Christ endorsed same-sex marriage, pictured here presiding over the union between two male saints no less. 

March 16, 2012
Christian rugby captain supports gay marriage in Australia

 ‘Jesus was on the side of the marginalised’ says Wallabies’ captain David Pocock

The Christian captain of Australia's national rugby union club has voiced his support for gay marriage.

‘It's my understanding that Jesus was on the side of the marginalised and the oppressed,’ David Pocock said in a statement released by Australian Marriage Equality. ‘And also that God is love. So as a Christian I can't just stand in silence on the issue of marriage equality. My faith necessitates that I advocate for it.’

March 9, 2012
How to not argue against gay marriage

Why actor Kirk Cameron and Cardinal Keith O'Brien argue against gay marriage

Everyone has an opinion on gay marriage, with sadly a minority of them being overwhelmingly stupid.

It’s a fruitless exercise to argue about gay marriage, mainly because it is so shockingly simple.

A person of sound mind promises to be with another person of the same gender for the rest of their life. If they do so, they are promised all the legal rights from the state as their heterosexual peers.

March 5, 2012
Now Cardinal O'Brien likens gay marriage to slavery

Cardinal Keith O'Brien, Catholic leader in Scotland, claims gay marriage is a violation of human rights

Cardinal Keith O'Brien, the leader of the Catholic Church in Scotland, has sparked outrage after likening gay marriage to slavery, claiming it is a violation of human rights.

The controversial comments were made on BBC Radio 4’s Today program this morning and follows an article by O’Brien in The Sunday Telegraph in which he described the UK government's plans for gay marriage as 'madness'.