Lesbians Forced to Leave English Church
Lesbians Forced to Leave English Church
A lesbian couple in England claim they were forced out of their church after they were seen holding hands during a service. Kersten Pegden and Nina Lawrence said other members of the St. Nicholas Anglican Church in Corfe Mullen, a village in Dorset, England, thought their behavior was sexual.
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Episcopal Church Ordains 2nd Openly Gay Bishop
Episcopal Church Ordains 2nd Openly Gay Bishop
Bishop is First Openly Gay Woman to be Consecrated Bishop, Only 2nd Female in Diocese of Los Angeles
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Long Beach Church Ordains Gay Bishop
Long Beach Church Ordains Gay Bishop
Conservative Anglicans object as the first lesbian bishop is ordained in the Episcopal Church
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Los Angeles Episcopal Church to Ordain Second Gay Bishop
Los Angeles Episcopal Church to Ordain Second Gay Bishop
The Rev. Canon Mary Glasspool, of Baltimore, will be ordained and consecrated on Saturday, making her the second openly gay bishop in church history and one of the first two female bishops in the Diocese of Los Angeles’ 114-year history.
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Episcopal church ordains its 2nd openly gay bishop
Episcopal church ordains its 2nd openly gay bishop
LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) - The Episcopal Church has consecrated a woman as its second openly gay bishop, seven years after stirring lingering controversy by ordaining a man to a similar post.
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UK church ’shuns’ lesbian couple
UK church ’shuns’ lesbian couple
COUPLE claim they were forced to leave because they were spotted holding hands during a service.
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Rainbow flag flown higher after vandalism at Bridgewater church
Rainbow flag flown higher after vandalism at Bridgewater church
The Rev. Ed Hardy is hoping he won’t have to move the rainbow flag outside the First Parish Bridgewater Unitarian Universalist Church any farther out of reach. Last week for the second time in the past couple of weeks, the church’s rainbow flag welcoming gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people was torn down. With each act of vandalism, the bracket that holds the flag was broken and …
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Gay, lesbian support group meets at Mendham Twp. church
Gay, lesbian support group meets at Mendham Twp. church
MENDHAM TWP. - PFLAG, Morris County (Parents, Family and Friends of Gays and Lesbians), a support group to help relatives adjust to a child’s gay or lesbian orientation. meets at 7:30 p.m., the second Monday of the month at Brookside Community Church. Call (973) 543-7229.
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North Dallas’ Royal Lane Baptist Church ends silence on welcoming gays, lesbians with Web site change
North Dallas’ Royal Lane Baptist Church ends silence on welcoming gays, lesbians with Web site change
A church, like a person, can come out of the closet. And that’s what Royal Lane Baptist did recently.
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Roseanne Attacks Osmond, Mormon Church
Roseanne Attacks Osmond, Mormon Church
In a blog post titled “Marie Osmond’s Poor Gay Son Killed Himself,” comedian Roseanne Barr suggests the son of the popular entertainer killed himself due to depression caused by the Mormon Church over being a closeted gay man.
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Swedish church group offers choice of three genders
Swedish church group offers choice of three genders
Sensus, a Swedish church-backed study association, has adopted a new policy to allow prospective employees to classify their gender in three ways: Female, Male or Other.
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