Religious Left

Ex-Scientologist Says Tom Cruise Bribed Judges [Lawsuits] (Gawker) A former Scientologist named Peter Letterese is suing Tom Cruise and his favorite religion for $265 million. According to Fishbowl LA, Letterese's charges include allegations that "Cruise and... Vatican allows vetting of future priests for gay leanings (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) The Vatican acknowledges that psychological tests could help identify candidates for the Catholic priesthood who show homosexual tendencies, according to a document. Priest candidates to face psychological screening (International Herald Tribune) The Vatican has issued new psychological screening guidelines for seminarians â€" the latest effort by the Roman Catholic Church to be more selective about its priesthood candidates following a series of sex abuse scandals. Gay Students at Reed Talkin’ Tolerance (Daily Sparks Tribune) Editor’s Note: This article cont

Gay rights protesters arrested at Waxahachie school Dallas Morning News, TX - Oct 29, 2008 Three Equality Riders, all of whom identify as Christian , moved forward anyway and were summarily arrested. The three Riders arrested were Manny Lampon,22, ... ABC News City Council urges residents to vote ‘no’ on Prop 8 Gay and Lesbian Times, CA - 21 hours ago “Marriage is a union between one man and one woman,” said James Hartline, an ex-gay Christian activist. “This vote today doesn’t represent the will of the ... Proposition 8 Is Wrong For Women and Families: Vote No Huffington Post One More Time: No On Proposition 8 AsianWeek Claims by No on Prop 8 Grow More Desperate as Polling Numbers Sink Christian News Wire (press release) all 456 news articles Election Day, 2008 Gay City News - Oct 30, 2008 He has signaled to Christian right groups that should the virus of gay marriage begin to take hold across the land, he would rethink

Piety and politics Worcester Telegram, MA - 8 hours ago “We in America have a long tradition of independence, the separation of church and state ,” Mr. Schmalz said. “We pride ourselves on being able to make our ... Catholics and Politics: Voting as sin Le Provacteur (subscription) all 3 news articles Marriage: Civil and Religious Union...Not Vs Huffington Post, NY - 20 minutes ago Do we Americans merely pay lip service to the question of separation of Church and State as set forth by our Constitution? With the question of marriage, ... Bush again breaks wall between church , state Seattle Post Intelligencer - Oct 27, 2008 But I asked the president why he did not respect the historic wall of separation of church and state . "No, sir," I said. "If you did, you would not create a ... OneNewsNow Church's pro-life display draws IRS ire OneNewsNow, MS - 7 hours ago "And next I had heard, we were being reporte

Vatican allows vetting of future priests for gay leanings (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) The Vatican acknowledges that psychological tests could help identify candidates for the Catholic priesthood who show homosexual tendencies, according to a document. Priests candidates to face psychological screening (International Herald Tribune) The Vatican has issued new psychological screening guidelines for seminarians â€" the latest effort by the Roman Catholic Church to be more selective about its priesthood candidates following a series of sex abuse scandals. Vatican issues screening guidelines for priests (AP via Yahoo! News) The Vatican issued new psychological screening guidelines for seminarians Thursday â€" the latest effort by the Roman Catholic Church to be more selective about its priesthood candidates following a series of sex abuse scandals. Gay Students at Reed Talkin’ Tolerance (Daily Sparks Tribune)

Gay rights protesters arrested at Waxahachie school Dallas Morning News, TX - Oct 29, 2008 Three Equality Riders, all of whom identify as Christian , moved forward anyway and were summarily arrested. The three Riders arrested were Manny Lampon,22, ... CBS News City Council urges residents to vote ‘no’ on Prop 8 Gay and Lesbian Times, CA - 9 hours ago “Marriage is a union between one man and one woman,” said James Hartline, an ex-gay Christian activist. “This vote today doesn’t represent the will of the ... Proposition 8 Is Wrong For Women and Families: Vote No Huffington Post One More Time: No On Proposition 8 AsianWeek Claims by No on Prop 8 Grow More Desperate as Polling Numbers Sink Christian News Wire (press release) all 418 news articles Election Day, 2008 Gay City News - 16 hours ago He has signaled to Christian right groups that should the virus of gay marriage begin to take hold across the land, he would

CBS News On the November 4th Ballot: Religion versus Reason Atlantic Free Press, Netherlands - Oct 29, 2008 by Mel Seesholtz, Ph.D. For a decade I’ve been studying the exploits of the Christian Right, especially their pathological need to deny gay and lesbian ... Stop these Props! Pasadena Weekly Proposition 8: Fundamentalism, Fear, or Fight? OhmyNews International Society is growing /a> Daily Aztec San Diego Union Tribune  - Los Angeles Times all 422 news articles Spanish queen breaks silence - and upsets gay groups Independent, UK - 13 hours ago The row over gay rights overshadowed the Queen's comments on other thorny matters, such as the teaching of religion in the schools, which she considers ... Gay -marriage ban is un-American Arizona Republic, AZ - Oct 29, 2008 I don't like religion , but I'll fight to the death to allow you the freedom to believe what you want. The United States is all about freedom. ...

Vatican allows vetting of future priests for gay leanings (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) The Vatican acknowledges that psychological tests could help identify candidates for the Catholic priesthood who show homosexual tendencies, according to a document. Vatican issues screening guidelines for priests (AP via Yahoo! News) The Vatican issued new psychological screening guidelines for seminarians Thursday â€" the latest effort by the Roman Catholic Church to be more selective about its priesthood candidates following a series of sex abuse scandals. Religious hate crimes down overall, up against Jews (USA Today) Hate crimes directed against a person's religion decreased in 2007, but hate crimes against gays and lesbians increased slightly, according to the FBI's 2007 Hate Crimes Statistics. Gay Students at Reed Talkin’ Tolerance (Daily Sparks Tribune) Editor’s Note: This article contains adult language. So

Believe it or not the proponents of proposition 8 and I agree. We agree on the point that children will be affected. However, we disagree on the how children will be affected! The proponents will have you believe children will be harmed by equality while the truth of the matter is that children will reap great rewards. And, in turn the world will be a better place for all. Let’s think about the children who are wards of the state and children who are currently being raised in a same-sex household. By the simple existence of children who are wards of the state we know there obviously are more children than parents to care for them. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if there were no such thing as wards of the state? Doesn’t it make sense if there are more parents then there will be less wards of the state? How about children currently being raised in a same-sex household? Do you not realize the next step in all of this is to remove those children from their homes? After all, if lovi

22 октября 2008 года Russian LGBT movement met broad support Image: http://admin.gay.ru/vcms-sys/news/5/85/14085/htmled.images/conf2008_s.jpg The Russian National Conference of NGOs in support of the Russian LGBT movement took place on October 17-19th, 2008 in Moscow. More than 100 people... Gay rights protesters arrested at Waxahachie school Dallas Morning News, TX - 20 hours ago Three Equality Riders, all of whom identify as Christian , moved forward anyway and were summarily arrested. The three Riders arrested were Manny Lampon,22, ... Election Day, 2008 Gay City News - 4 hours ago He has signaled to Christian right groups that should the virus of gay marriage begin to take hold across the land, he would rethink his earlier, ... The Lesbian and Gay Foundation Imaan - the International LGBT Muslim conference hailed a success. The Lesbian and Gay Foundation, Manchester - Oct 29, 2008 Imaan, the largest support group f