Religion

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Christian Site Weighs In On Arrest Of Ex-Ex-Gay Leader

Justin Greenfield writes for the Christian Post: Last week, Alan Chambers was arrested in a sting operation for allegedly soliciting sex from what he thought was a 14-year-old boy, but instead was a police detective. The current circumstances surrounding him are terrible and tragic, but his exposure should not be too much of a surprise given his belief system and the cost of permitting issues of the heart that lead to sexual sin to fester. Naturally, the mass media put a dizzying spin on things, blaming it on Chambers’ belief that Christians can walk out of homosexuality, forgetting that for the […]

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The LDS church sued him for telling LGBTQ+ Mormons’ stories. Now he’s fighting back.

The Church of Latter-Day Saints (aka. the Mormon Church) has filed a lawsuit against a podcast whose host interviews LGBTQ+ Mormons. The church is accusing the podcasters of trademark infringement, claiming that the branding around the podcast Mormon Stories deliberately misleads people into thinking the podcast and its content are affiliated with the church. The podcaster says that’s not true. “Defendants’ use of Church trademarks and copyrighted materials has caused and will continue to cause individuals to be confused and access Defendants’ content mistakenly believing it comes from or is affiliated with or endorsed by the Church,” the church claimed in their lawsuit.  “This […]

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Franklin Graham: “America Has Become Morally Rotten With Transgenderism And Same-Sex Marriage”

“There is a downward moral decline spiraling ever deeper into the mire. Things that never would have been talked about publicly just 30 years ago, sinful behavior that should make us blush, is now celebrated and flaunted on Main Street America has become morally rotten, completely sick with sin; transgenderism, same-sex marriage, opening women’s locker rooms to men, are just the tip of the iceberg. The spiritual climate of 2026 is vastly different than the country our Founding Fathers established in 1776. The vast majority of Americans then had at least a basic understanding of the Bible. There can be […]

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Vatican report admits conversion therapy caused LGBTQ+ Catholics’ ‘profound suffering’

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Just weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy for minors in an 8-1 ruling that cast doubt on similar laws nationwide, a Catholic Church report is warning that so-called “reparative therapies” have caused LGBTQ+ Catholics “profound suffering” and spiritual harm. The published document comes from theologians assembled for the late Pope Francis’ Synod of Bishops. Remarkably, it includes testimony from two Catholic gay men in same-sex marriages, both of whom were previously subjected to so-called “conversion therapy.” That alone drew praise from advocates. Stay up to date with the latest in LGBTQ+ news with The Advocate’s email newsletter, in […]

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Catholic Hate Group Condemns “Lavender” College Graduation Ceremonies: “They Lead Students Into Sin”

Some of the country’s most prominent Catholic colleges and universities are holding separate LGBTQ-affirming graduation ceremonies this spring, including one that also plans to include a drag performance. At least 20 colleges or universities associated with the Catholic Church have held, or plan to hold, these “lavender graduation” ceremonies and celebrations, which are done separate from the main commencement ceremony and are intended to “honor and celebrate the achievements of our LGBTQ+ graduates,” according to a Fox News Digital review of university websites and social media posts. The term “lavender” has been used to describe LGBTQ+ affiliations amongst the gay […]

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Black LGBTQ+ survivors speak out about conversion therapy in religious spaces

In 20 states across America and Washington, D.C., so-called “conversion therapy” practices have been banned, with every major medical and mental health association recognizing the practice is not only ineffective, but harmful to young people subjected to it. A recent ruling by the Supreme Court against Colorado’s ban has reignited alarm among LGBTQ+ people, allies, and advocates. The disproportionate impact on Black LGBTQ youth is also deeply troubling and only just beginning to be understood. The practice has a harmful and traumatic history. Survivors describe enduring shock therapy; others were subjected to surgical procedures like lobotomies and other personality-altering techniques, like hypnosis. There […]

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LGBTQ People Are Leaving Orthodox Judaism Behind

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Shlomo Satt remembers first thinking he might be gay at 13 years old after seeing an article about gay marriage in the newspaper. Growing up in an Orthodox Jewish community on Long Island, New York, Satt immediately felt anxious about what this could mean for his future. “I think that’s when I started thinking, ‘Oh, am I that? Am I gay?’” Satt, now 30, told Uncloseted Media and GAY TIMES. As Satt came to realize he was gay, his anxiety skyrocketed. He was aware that only half of Orthodox Jews—and 20% of ultra-Orthodox Jews—are accepting of homosexuality. “In my community, it’s very […]

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Pope Leo XIV rejects formal same-sex blessings

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Pope Leo XIV indicated on Thursday (23 April) that he will maintain the CatholicChurch’s current stance on LGBTQ+ issues, reaffirming support for informal blessings of same-sex couples while rejecting any move toward formal recognition. Speaking at a news conference after an 11-day tour of Africa, the pope emphasised that the Vatican would not go beyond the framework established by Pope Francis in 2023, which allows non-liturgical blessings for same-sex couples, but stops short of endorsing marriage-like ceremonies. “First of all, I think it’s very important that the unity or division of the church should not revolve around sexual matters,” Leo told reporters. “We […]

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Between Trump and Christian nationalism, MAGA Catholics have a big problem

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As if going to war with Iran wasn’t enough, the Trump administration has apparently chosen to go to war with the Vatican as well.  In a move that is shockingly stupid even by his own standards, Donald Trump unleashed a vicious attack on Pope Leo on Sunday. In a screed on Truth Social,Trump complained that the pope was “WEAK on crime and terrible on foreign policy,” and even took credit for the pope’s election. “I don’t want a Pope who criticizes the President of the United States because I’m doing exactly what I was elected, IN A LANDSLIDE, to do, setting […]

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Hegseth’s Pastor Calls For Criminalizing Homosexuality

Religion News Service reports: In Pastor Doug Wilson’s Christian nationalist America, there would be no minarets — only the sound of church bell towers. There would be no statues of Hindu deities or other non-Christian religious symbols in public spaces. Adultery would carry legal penalties, and Obergefell v. Hodges would be overturned. Under that framework, public celebrations of LGBTQ+ identity would not be tolerated. Wilson went further, offering praise for the 1969 Stonewall raids — the police action against a New York gay bar that sparked the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement. He added that said sodomy laws — which were on the books […]

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