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Features - Spirituality
Joel Osteen: What He Fails to Realize When He Calls Gay People Sinners
When Pastor Joel Olsteen tells Oprah and his congregation that "homosexuality is a sin," I don't think he is considering the impact those…

Pope Benedict XVI: Gay Marriage A Threat To 'Future Of Humanity'
Pope Benedict said on Monday that gay marriage was one of several threats to the traditional family that undermined "the future of humani…

Gay Christians Find Home in Welcoming Churches
When Juanita Kirton joined the Riverside Church in Harlem in the early 1980s, she was a single mother looking for a church that would acc…

Equality California, Jordan/Rustin Coalition, Faith Leaders Deliver Open Letter Wednesday to Los Angeles African-American Church at Anti-FAIR Education Act Event
Equality California, together with the Jordan/Rustin Coalition and California faith leaders, delivered an open letter to Pastor Xavier L.…

With Rally, Christian Group Asserts Its Presence in â12 Race
To its admirers on the religious right, the American Family Association is a stalwart leader in a last-ditch fight to save Americaâs Chri…

Gay and Muslim ÷ Is that even possible? One imam says Îyesâ
Daayiee Abdullah has lived three lifetimes in his 57 years.

Born and raised in a black neighborhood in Detroit, Abdullah gradu…

Rev. Pat Bumgardner looking forward to Sunday
Metropolitan Community Church of New York Senior Pastor and 2011 NYC Pride March Grand Marshal Rev. Pat Bumgardner has been marrying sam…

Guy Erwin, Partnered Teaching Theologian, Ordained at California Lutheran University
R. Guy Erwin, a teaching theologian at California Lutheran University (CLU), was ordained in the Samuelson Chapel of that institution at …

On Evangelical Campuses, Rumblings of Gay Acceptance
Late last week, the provost of Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn., announced that the school officially had recognized its first gay …

Lutherans Concerned Endorses Anti-Bullying Message of Bishop Hanson, Calls for Action
Lutherans Concerned/North America (LC/NA) endorses the message on bullying released yesterday as a video on the ELCA website, on YouTube …

Jewish Community Responds to Epidemic of GLBT Teen Suicide
18,000 Jews asked to pledge to end bullying in their community
Keshet, the largest American organization working for Jewish GLBT inclusion, launched Do Not Stand Idly By: A Jewish Community Pledge To …

What is Gay Spirituality?
The natural evolution of consciousness leads us to understand the human religious impulse to be not about adhering to strict purity taboo…

Why "Gay" Spirituality?
The word "spirituality" has a variety of meanings. One of the important meanings is "technique." That is, spiritualities are techniques a…

Spirituality and Gay Identity
The term "spirituality" has come to be used these days to refer to the concerns and sentiments that previously have been called "religiou…

Jane Spahr Found Guilty By Church For Marrying Gays
A retired Presbyterian minister was found guilty of misconduct Friday by a church court for officiating the weddings of 16 gay couples wh…


Reverend Jill Nelson