Room For All Christian Camp 2012: LGBTQ Youth In Search Of God

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By Marilyn Paarlberg, Executive Director, Room For All Room for All Christian Camp seeks to create a safe space for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) youth to develop community and to contemplate together their questions about life and God. Room for All Christian Camp is a ministry of The Reformed Church of Highland Park, NJ…

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Country Music Star Supports Marriage Equality

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  In an interview with The Independent, Carrie Underwood, Country Music star, American Idol winner and Christian, has come out in favor of same-sex marriage. Underwood is a person of faith and her views about marriage equality come “because of her Christian values, rather than in spite of them.”  Underwood draws much of her fan…

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Catholic Coalition Supports Theologian Criticized By Rome

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Equally Blessed released the following statement in response to the criticism of Just Love, by Sister Margaret Farley, a Catholic theologian emeritus at Yale University, released today by the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith:   “We are saddened, but not surprised that the Roman Catholic hierarchy has found fault with the valuable…

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Federal Appeals Court Refuses To Revisit Proposition 8

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  More Light Presbyterians gives thanks for the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling refusing to consider a prior ruling that struck down Proposition 8. The ruling had found Proposition 8 unconstitutional because it denied LGBT couples the right to marry. The case is expected to be appealed to the United States Supreme Court. From…

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Hundreds Of Iowa Methodists Protest Church Stand On Gays

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By Todd Erzen, Des Moines Register Hundreds of Iowa Methodists signed protest documents at their annual conference Sunday declaring they are prepared to buck the leadership of their church on matters concerning gays and gay marriage. A group called Do No Harm Iowa has gathered as many as 500 signatures — including those of about 70…

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300+ Mormons March In Salt Lake City Gay Pride Parade

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By Julia Lyon, The Salt Lake Tribune Before the drag queens in heels danced across Main Street, more than 300 members of the LDS Church left Utah Gay Pride Parade spectators in tears Sunday morning. One Mormon father turned to the crowd and thanked people for forgiving him. The group, Mormons Building Bridges, said they…

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