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A Methodist minister has cast himself out into the cold to show his support LGBT people, vowing to sleep in a tent outside his Michigan home for 175 days to protest his church’s opposition to same-sex marriage and the ordination of LGBT members. Rev. Michael Tupper, pastor of Parchment United Methodist Church in Parchment, Michigan, first engaged with LGBT issues six years ago when his daughter Sarah came out to him as a lesbian. But his entry into outright pro-LGBT...

"Where there is hatred, let me sow love" The Baptist Church, which became famous in the town of Westboro (Kansas) due to its anti-gay messages, got an unexpected surprise from its new neighbor. Aaron Jackson, one of the founders of the Planting Peace charity company(protection of tropical forests, opening orphanages) bought the house that is situated directly opposite the house of anti-gay neighbors. The Aaron's team of volunteers painted the house in bright rainbow colors, the colors of the gay pride flag. The house was named the Equality...

Is this a new turn in the way the Church views the LGBT community or is it dust in the eyes? Whatever the case may be, things seem to slowly change. This time around 100 senior Anglicans sent a letter to the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, saying that the Church should apologize for its homophobic remarks. They began gathering signatures from the country’s cathedral deans, which forced Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury to summon a meeting to...

What we are really asking here is “Should people be allowed to deny others’ rights if this is what respecting their religion means?” We have seen this problem constantly rising in every society and especially in those more evolved where pro-gay laws have already been adopted. People invoke the right to religious beliefs and if their religious beliefs teaches them to refuse gays’ some of their rights, then we should accept that as a society. What we hear today happening...

“Plant your feet and stand tall”, Mary Lincoln said. “The only question is knowing where to plant them”. I was born in a Christian home but even as a 12 year old, my mind seemed to be already flawed. When I was 9 and all the girls were having crushes on boys, I was in the sport stands with my male friends, reading a book as I cheered them on and got hot flushes from looking at the girls...