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Catholics split on proposed gay Boy Scouts change

(RNS) Paul Sefranek is a lifelong Roman Catholic and a long-serving volunteer in the Boy Scouts of America — two parts of his identity that have always been in harmony.
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After Rhode Island, is gay marriage inevitable?

| May 3, 2013

WASHINGTON (RNS) Rhode Island on Thursday (May 2) became the 10th state to approve same-sex marriage, and the Delaware Legislature holds a key vote on May 9 on the same issue. But Brian Brown, president of the National Organization for Marriage, denies there is a national tide in support of marriage rights for gay couples.
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Big love: the many loves of God

| Apr 30, 2013

HartfordFAVS' newest contributor Rev. Brian Hutchison, the interim pastor for the Metropolitan Community Church of New Haven, an open and affirming LGBT church, shares his sermon on the many faces of God's love.
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Mormons say they’re OK with change in Scouts’ gay policy

| Apr 28, 2013

SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) The compromise proposal from the Boy Scouts of America to allow gay youths — while continuing to exclude gay leaders — has picked up a powerful backer: the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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Catholic bishop returns petitions to ousted gay man

| Apr 26, 2013

NEW YORK (RNS) The story of a Long Island Catholic ousted from his parish jobs for marrying his male partner generated headlines, outrage and an 18,000-signature petition to Bishop William Murphy to have Nicholas Coppola reinstated.
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Gay Catholic delivers 18,000 signatures to bishop asking to be reinstated

| Apr 11, 2013

NEW YORK (RNS) A gay man ousted from posts at his Long Island parish after a critic complained that he had married his partner delivered a petition with more than 18,000 signatures on Thursday (April 11) to Bishop William Murphy, asking to be reinstated.
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BRIEF: First openly gay bishop to speak at fundraiser for New Haven Church

| Apr 10, 2013

Internationally renowned gay and lesbian activist, the Rev. Gene Robinson, will speak that the Episcopal Church of St. Paul & St. James on April 13.
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Tensions flare over women’s prayers at sacred Western Wall

| Apr 4, 2013

The ultra-Orthodox rabbi in charge of the sacred Western Wall assured a government emissary on Thursday (April 4) that Jewish women will not be arrested if they try to recite the mourner's prayer at the holy site, despite a warning from Israeli police.
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ANALYSIS: Are Catholics shifting tone or substance on gay issues?

| Apr 2, 2013

(RNS) When New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan told national news programs on Easter Sunday that Catholic leaders need to do a better job of showing that their opposition to gay marriage is not “an attack on gay people,” the nation’s top Catholic bishop seemed to be signaling an important shift in tone, if not policies, that acknowledges two new realities.
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ANALYSIS: On gay marriage, Supreme Court ponders not ‘if’ but ‘how’

| Mar 27, 2013

WASHINGTON (RNS) Isn’t it remarkable, attorney Ted Olson said after arguing for same-sex marriage before the Supreme Court on Tuesday (March 26), that the other side wasn’t really arguing against it?
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Opponents of gay marriage say they’re no bigots

| Mar 25, 2013

WASHINGTON (RNS) They are moms and dads, authors and activists, a former police officer and a former single mom. They’re black and white and Hispanic. One’s a Roman Catholic archbishop, another an evangelical minister. Many have large families — including gay members.
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