Integrity is one of a number of groups sponsoring Many Stories, One Voice, the first North American convocation of pro-LGBT Christians, meeting in New Orleans Sept. 4-7. Information: www.welcomingresources.org.
Here is where some faiths stand on the issue:
Read moreThe gay caucuses within mainline denominations can now step up efforts to pressure churches to alter their belief and morality to accommodate homosexual practice. The funding will allow MLP "to build capacity and take our next steps as an organization and network by hiring additional staff," enthused Michael Adee, MLP executive director. United Methodist, Evangelical Lutheran, Episcopalian, and United Church of Christ caucuses will similarly benefit.
Read moreThat dominance was once unquestioned. As Bottum explains:
Read moreAfter listening to speaker after speaker express hatred and contempt for political and religious conservatives while plotting how to advance the homosexual activist agenda through journalism, I'm left wondering whether Americans know the extent of the media's bias on homosexual issues. Do they know that the news media have thrown themselves fully behind the gay rights movement? Every major news organization sponsored the convention, bought space in the program or had recruiting booths.
Read moreIn a June 24 column for Spiked Online, Tatchell wrote: "According to gay gene theory, genetic factors are responsible for sexual orientation, with our genetic inheritance programming us to desire one sex rather than the other. This is a very simple, deterministic thesis: A causes B.
Read moreBut despite the cost, Mr Yousef told The Daily Telegraph that he is convinced that speaking out about the problems of Islam and the "evil" he witnessed back home would help to address the "messed-up situation" in the Middle East and one day bring about peace and enable him to return.
Read moreThe leading atheist Richard Dawkins, speaking of this God delusion, as he calls it, offers a succinct summary of Darwin's theory. "Given sufficient time, the non-random survival of hereditary entities ...
Read moreHis blistering attack on Professor Dawkins, the former Oxford Don, comes just months after he shook the academic world by publishing the reasons that he, "the world's most notorious atheist," has changed his mind. He now believes in a "Divine Intelligence" as a result of both scientific evidence and philosophical argument. His book, There is a God, was published in November 2007 by Harper One in the USA as is available via Amazon.
Read moreHowever, the Saddleback Forum wasn't insignificant. Its significance has less to do with what the two candidates had to say than in what the person asking the questions, Pastor Rick Warren, signifies for the future of Christianity in America.
Read moreThe language inside the cards is neutral, with no mention of wedding or marriage, making them also suitable for a commitment ceremony. Hallmark says the move is a response to consumer demand, not any political pressure.
"It's our goal to be as relevant as possible to as many people as we can," Hallmark spokeswoman Sarah Gronberg Kolell said.
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