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Trial Airs Mormon Church's Role in Fight Over Prop 8 Law.com He testified that his parents discovered a journal in which Kendall confessed homosexual thoughts, and often berated him over his orientation. ... See all stories on this topic

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"would not the Covenant also exclude any African Anglican bishop practicing or promoting female circumcision?"

Virtueonline.org
The covenant (section 4) talks of "interdependence" and argues that "where a shared mind has not been reached...every effort must be made to facilitate agreement." It is true that the Standing Committee may request a Church to defer a controversial action, say consecrating Mary Glasspool, a lesbian, as the next Suffragan Bishop of Los Angeles, but would not the Covenant also exclude any African Anglican bishop practicing or promoting female circumcision? Why infer that homosexuals are the only persons at risk of breaking up the communion.

Rugby star Gareth Thomas: I'm gay

CNN
"I've been through all sorts of emotions with this -- tears, anger and absolute despair," he said. "I wasn't sure if I ever wanted to let people know and, to be honest, I feel anxious about people's reactions and the effect it might have on my family."
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"I could never accept it because I knew I would never be accepted as a gay man and still achieve what I wanted to achieve in the game," he said.
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"It's pretty tough for me being the only international rugby player prepared to break the taboo. Statistically I can't be the only one, but I'm not aware of any other gay player still in the game.

Annise Parker: Openly Gay Mayor Elected In Houston, Texas

Huffington Post
The election battle leading up to Saturday's balloting was marked by fierce campaigning and anti-gay rhetoric. Parker is a lesbian who has never made a secret or issue of her sexual orientation. If she wins, Houston will become the largest U.S. city to ever have an openly gay mayor.

Uganda’s Inhumane Bill

TIMESONLINE

Why this African nation, which this week approved a landmark Bill banning female genital mutilation and has shown commendable past honesty in confronting ignorance about Aids, should now consider such a benighted Bill is no mystery. Prejudice has always been strong in Africa against homosexuality, as it is in the Caribbean. This has been fanned by the row within the Anglican communion over gay clergy and by the tentative attempts by a few gay Africans to call for greater tolerance. But political groups have seen easy advantage in exploiting this prejudice. In the Church, as among those seeking voter support, branding homosexuality as a Western perversion is an easy way to hit out at perceived Western cultural dominance. This link has been encouraged by the recent visit of leaders of US conservative Christian ministries that promote therapy for gays to become heterosexual.

Archbishop of Canterbury rebukes Episcopal leaders after L.A. diocese elects gay bishop

LA Now

The spiritual leader of the global Anglican Communion issued an unusually sharp and swift rebuke to Episcopal Church leaders over the election of an openly gay bishop in the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles. In a terse statement, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams delivered a warning to bishops, clergy and lay representatives of the U.S. church about the confirmation of the Rev. Canon Mary D. Glasspool, a lesbian who has been in a partnered relationship for two decades.

"The election of Mary Glasspool by the Diocese of Los Angeles as suffragan bishop elect raises very serious questions not just for the Episcopal Church and its place in the Anglican Communion, but for the Communion as a whole," Williams said in the statement.

L.A. Episcopal Diocese elects openly gay bishop

Los Angeles Times

Reporting from Los Angeles and Riverside - The Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles on Saturday elected the first openly gay bishop since the national church lifted a ban that kept gays out of its highest ordained ministry, a move that deepened divisions between liberals and conservatives in the faith.

Clergy and lay leaders, meeting in Riverside for their annual convention, chose the Rev. Canon Mary D. Glasspool, 55, who has been in a committed relationship with another woman since 1988, from a field of six candidates. She is a canon, or senior assistant, to the Diocese of Maryland bishops.

Some MetroWest Episcopal Clergy Welcome Gay Marriage Decision

Well, would you make up your mind? Bless gays or not to bless gays, aren't you getting your prayers answered?
MetroWest Daily News

At St. Paul's Church in Natick, the Rev. John Strand also hailed the move.

"I'm very grateful for the decision," said Strand, who oversees a congregation that includes married same-sex couples, including some with children. "It allows the church to bless and fully support the rights the state has given."

The change, however, only applies to Shaw's diocese. At churches in Westborough, Shrewsbury, Northborough, Milford and the rest of the Diocese of Western Massachusetts, priests are barred from even giving blessings at same-sex weddings.

Anti-gay Activist's Endorsement is Trouble for Candidate

Houston Chronicle

The endorsement of a local anti-gay crusader put mayoral contender Gene Locke on the spot Monday as he considered whether social conservatives' support was worth the risk of appearing to embrace views some voters may find intolerant.

Rick Warren Won't Take Sides On Uganda's Gay Death Penalty

On the Nov. 29, 2009 episode of "Meet The Press" he says the following.
"As a pastor, my job is to encourage, to support. I never take sides."

Newsweek.com

Now Warren's on the defensive again, this time for his affiliation with Martin Ssempa, a Ugandan pastor who has endorsed proposed legislation in Uganda that makes certain homosexual acts punishable by life in prison or even, in some cases, death. Ssempa has made appearances at [Warrens Church] and has been embraced warmly by Warren and his wife, Kay.

Uganda Considers Death Sentence for Gay Sex in Bill Before Parliament

Guardian.co.uk

• Minimum penalty is life in jail, under anti-homosexuality bill
• US evangelical activists pressed for restrictive measures

20091130, News, Civil Rights, Sexual Discrimination

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Church Presses for Exemption To Exclude Homosexuals From Employee Benefits

Wall Street Journal

The city's Roman Catholic leaders, in particular, have pressed for a broader exemption to allow the church -- or any group or individual opposed to same-sex marriage -- not to provide benefits to same-sex partners of its employees.
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Church ordered to pay $10.9 million for funeral protest

CNN Story
"They've picketed the funerals of dozens of troops killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, claiming that God is punishing the United States because of its tolerance for homosexuality."

Homosexuality Is An Indicator Of Lack Of Divine Participation In The Creation Of Scripture

My presumption about the bible is that if it is to be called divinely inspired, then there must be some quality of divinity about it. I presume that if there were a holy spirit, and it can inhabit and influence all people who believe, then that spirit would be able to provide Quality Assurance to the writings that make up the Bible. This Quality Assurance about the internal consistency of the content of the Bible would be an indicator of aspects of its divinity.