Topics :: anti-gay church officials

Seattle Catholic Bishops Join Campaign to Repeal Gay Marriage

By Jason St. Amand | Monday Apr 9, 2012
The Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle is working to ban marriage equality in Washington state by collecting signatures for Referendum 74, which could appear on the state’s November ballot.

Students Get Earful of Anti-Gay Propaganda

By Kilian Melloy | Wednesday Mar 30, 2011
A teacher at a Catholic high school in Indiana was caught on video telling students that gays are condemned by God and comparing homosexuals to prostitutes and people with drinking problems.

Facebook campaign supports Mormon leader’s speech

By Jennifer Dobner | Tuesday Oct 12, 2010
A Facebook campaign launched in support of a Mormon church leader’s sermon on same-sex relationships has drawn more than 4,500 responses.

Minneapolis Archbishop Withholds Communion from Gay Activists

By Kilian Melloy | Wednesday Oct 6, 2010
Archbishop of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis John Nienstedt refused the Eucharist to students wearing rainbow buttons at a Sept. 26 Catholic mass.

Mormon Leader: Gays Can Change, Church Must Not

By Kilian Melloy | Tuesday Oct 5, 2010
The president of the Mormon Church’s Quorum of Twelve Apostles has issued a decree that gays can change their sexuality, and announced that marriage--or any union--between people of the same gender is immoral.

Survey: Strong Support Among Catholics for Marriage Equality

By Kilian Melloy | Wednesday Jul 28, 2010
A survey of Catholics in the state of California shows that a significant percentage support marriage equality for gay and lesbian families.

Anglican Prelate: Gays, Muslims Attempting Takeover of African Nations

By Kilian Melloy | Tuesday Jul 20, 2010
Archbishop Nicholas Okoh, a prominent figure in the African branch of the Anglican church, believes that gays and Muslims are trying to take over Africa--and he’s not shy about saying so.

Faculty at Catholic U. Condemn Decision Not to Hire Lesbian

By Kilian Melloy | Tuesday May 25, 2010
The decision to retract an offer to hire on a lesbian as dean of Marquette University, a Jesuit-run institution of higher learning in Wisconsin, continues to roil the school’s faculty.

Newark Bishop Condemns NJ Catholic University’s Gay Marriage Course

By Kilian Melloy | Monday May 3, 2010
If officials in the Catholic Church have their way, Seton Hall University in New Jersey will drop a key course to understanding one of modern society’s most hotly contested issues: a class on marriage equality.

Ugandan anti-gay pastor airs gay porn in church

Friday Feb 19, 2010
A Ugandan pastor is showing gay pornography at church to try to garner support for a proposed law that would impose the death penalty for some gays.