Gay/LGBT Religious News (T22R-1)
 Advocate.com | Ex-Bears QB Miller: Religion a barrier for gays in locker room Chicago Tribune The question of whether NFL players would accept an openly gay teammate was raised again this week with a report that team executives want to know whether former Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o is gay. Mike Florio of NBC Sports and ... QB Says Religion Would Hinder Gay Acceptance in NFL Former Chicago Bears quarterback Jim Miller says religion is road block for ... Former Bears QB Jim Miller: Religion prevents gay players from being accepted |
 Center For American Progress | Misusing Religious Freedom to Cloak Intolerance Center For American Progress One speaker after another warned that religious freedoms were under unprecedented assault, especially when it came to sexual matters involving contraception and gay and transgender rights.* Listening to them you might have thought that anti-God forces ... |
 Toronto Star | Anti-gay flyers violated hate law, Supreme Court decides CTV News The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that a Saskatchewan anti-gay crusader violated the province's human rights rules when he distributed pamphlets denouncing homosexuals. But the court also refined the definition of hate speech by striking down ... Anti-gay pamphlets broke law, Supreme Court of Canada says United Church Says Limits to Freedom of Religion Are Reasonable Canada top court rules anti-gay flyers are hate speech |
 Haaretz | Christianity, Judaism and Islam need to break the gay taboo Haaretz Across the Atlantic, where same-sex marriage has faced stiff opposition from religious and social conservatives, a pro-gay marriage ad campaign featuring prominent Democrats and Republicans, including Dick Cheney and Colin Powell, has just been ... |
 National Post | Manitoba poised to demand faith-based independent schools allow gay-straight ... National Post Manitoba appears set to demand faith-based independent schools allow gay-straight alliances, sparking complaints it will be a threat to their freedom of religion. The province may well be the first to require private schools â€" many of them religious ... Manitoba's anti-bullying law opposed by religious schools |
 The GA Voice | Do we need religion to win LGBT equality? The GA Voice Last month, five gay couples lined up at the DeKalb County Probate Court to ask for marriage licenses. In a poignant protest, all were denied, as Georgia law bans gay marriage. A handful of local LGBT and allied clergy were on hand as “peacekeepers ... Revisiting sinners of the past Perspectives in Education: Amelia Eskenazi One Million Teens For LGBT Rights The most popular politician is…; Disney's gay president |
 NBCNews.com (blog) | BSA Gay Okay?â€"Delay. Religion Dispatches The Boy Scouts of America announced yesterday that it would delay decision on a proposed change to BSA policy that now bars participation by LGBT scouts and leaders, a move that has engendered deepening debate about gays in Scoutingâ€"especially ... Boy Scouts delay gay ban Boy Scouts: We need more time for decision on gay membership |
Church Is a Battlefield Huffington Post Among all of my Christian brothers and sisters, they were staring because they assumed I was gay. Yet where was this unexpected religious battlefield taking place? In my own university cafeteria at Andrews University. The first time I sang for church ... God Will Not Make You Straight: An Interview with GCN's Justin Lee |
 ThinkProgress | Tennessee Joins Bandwagon Protecting Discrimination In Higher Education ThinkProgress The argument behind this legislation is that religious groups on campus should not have to accept people who do not currently identify with that religion or with its creeds â€" i.e. a Christian evangelical group would be free to exclude gay students ... |
 FOX43.com | BSA: Gay, OK?! Religion Dispatches The Boy Scouts of America has announced that as early as February 6 it may rescind its policy against allowing gay and lesbian adults to serve as troop leaders. The policy change would not, according to BSA, prevent local church-backed troops from ... Religious Right Groups Condemn Boy Scouts for Considering Allowing Gays Boy Scouts of America may reconsider ban on gay members |
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