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A gay-friendly church in Charlotte, North Carolina has been vandalized, not once but seven times, but its members are staying strong. Wedgewood Church members woke up to find “F****** are Pedofhiles” (yes, misspelling and all) displayed across their rainbow-colored building early Wednesday. This was discovered just hours after the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board voted to protect LGBTQ students. “It could be related to the school board meeting, but it’s hard to tell since it’s the seventh time we’ve been vandalized,” said Chris Ayers,...

"These guys just made a wall and were chanting, 'Love wins!'" When anti-gay protesters tried to attack an LGBT-friendly church in Geneva, Illinois this month, a local parishioner rallied neighborhood troops to come save the day. Colin Campbell said he noticed seven men standing on the sidewalk outside the First Congregational Church of Geneva last weekend and immediately knew what they were trying to do. “I was hopeful this group wouldn’t show up again,” Campbell told the Kane County Chronicle. “I walked...

Local council contacted the church after receiving one complaint about the banner An LGBTI-inclusive church in Adelaide has been ordered by the local council to remove a prominent rainbow banner from its frontage. The banner has the words ‘yes’ written across it, and was put up several weeks ago, to coincide with the Australian postal vote seeking opinions on same-sex marriage. The eagerly anticipated result of the vote is due Wednesday at 9.30am Adelaide time (ACDT). The controversial postal vote is estimated...

A 12-year-old girl defied all expectations and came out as a lesbian to her Mormon church. Savannah Ward from Utah took the stand at the churches monthly Fast and Testimony meeting at the church. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=o_0nhyP6dU4 She began the moving speech by explaining that she believes she is “a child of heavenly parents”. “I feel in my heart that they made me and that they love me. I believe I was made the way I am, all parts of me, by my heavenly parents. “They...

The Church of Scotland could be allowing ministers to perform same-sex marriages, if they wish to The Church of Scotland may soon be allowing same-sex marriage. Same-sex marriage has been legal in Scotland since 2014, but with the premise that individual churches can decide whether or not to perform such unions. On Thursday, 25 May, Kirk’s General Assembly will be meeting in Edinburgh to discuss how the Church of Scotland can make amends with the LGBTI community by participating in same-sex unions. ‘The...

Norway’s first gay wedding in a church has taken place, just seconds after the change in the rules came in to force. Kjell Frølich Benjaminsen and Erik Skjelnæs tied the knot in the Eidskog Church in the South of the country just after midnight, making them the first same sex couple to have a marriage ceremony in a church. Paster Bettina Eckbo, who led the service, said it was “great fun and really cosy to be part of”. “They already represent the...

Congratulations Norway! Same-sex couples in Norway can now have a religious wedding in a church after a new rule was passed today (30 January). The Synod of the main church, of which more than two thirds of Norwegians are members, passed a liturgy in Trondheim to allow clergy to officiate marriages for any couple. 89 of 112 members voted for the proposal. The traditional text will be slightly modified, for example not using the words ‘bride’ and ‘groom’. ‘This is the day when a...

The House of Bishops uphold their view that marriage should be between a man and a woman. In a new report released today, they added that there was still “little support for changing the Church of England’s teaching on marriage.” It’s a view that will continue to frustrate gay rights campaigners and risks the Church being further alienated from modern society’s views and attitudes. The Church of England came to this conclusion after two years of discussions. However, despite refusing to lift their...

This is the best way to be passive-aggressive. An ex-Mormon is fighting back against her homophobic neighbor in the perfect way possible – with very gay Christmas lights. Posting on Reddit, Mrs Rosey Crotch (great username) wrote how she had become the subject of discussion at the local church. ‘She had learned that we were Mormon from church,’ she wrote. ‘We are no longer Mormon, this issue is why I left. She came bouncing over and when my husband told her we...

Religion was once described as a “the cluster of imperatives and beliefs which orient a life in motion,” so in the case of one Indiana church, that cluster of imperatives is that it is vitally important that anyone who ever went to gay pride should be prevented from singing. The situation is this: the Hakes family has belonged to the St. Mary’s of the Assumption Catholic (of course) Church in Indiana for many generations. When an elderly member of the family died, one of the...

In a new thread titled My Christian husband of one-and-a-half months just told me he is gay. I don’t know what to do, a distraught wife shares he tale of woe with the entire Internet. “On Wednesday, after much pushing from me, my husband confessed that halfway through our dating relationship, he met with twice and ‘only kissed’ a man that slipped him his number in the bathroom of a movie theater while we were on a date,” the woman begins. Learning...

More and more denominations integrate gay people in their community, and Scotland is the next country to allow ministers marry their same sex partner. A measure that will allow ministers to be in same-sex marriages was built on a law that passed last year. Today, The Assembly approved the measure, and even if religion will still deny it, ministers can "opt out" to marry their same sex partner with no consequences. The ceremony opening the Assembly on Saturday was held by...

Dylan Settles had visited Woods Chapel General Baptist Church that is in Brookland, Arkansas, for many years until this church kicked out him. What happened? Dylan came out as gay and this fact made church ban him. Being devastated some period of time he finally decided to come back with a pefect response. When Dylan came out his church called his lifestyle ‘sinful’ and made such a decision. Mr Settles received a letter from the Church that explained the main reason the following way: "It...

The organisers of an entire city’s Easter celebrations have decided to call them off, rather than allow LGBT people to participate. The Easter Sunrise Service organiser and Stockton, California’s Police Chaplain Jim Reid, mistakenly invited an LGBT-inclusive church to attend the citywide Easter celebrations. Reid later rescinded his invitation to Reverend Terri Miller, after realising that the Valley Ministries, which she leads, because it is LGBT-affirming. Reverend Terri Miller had planned to attend with her wife. His reason for taking back the invitation...