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US Ambassador ‘horrified’ by gay couple’s punishment.

The U.S. ambassador to Zambia has sharply criticized the sentencing of two men to 15 years in prison under the country’s colonial-era sodomy law. “I was personally horrified to read yesterday about the sentencing of two men, who had a consensual relationship…

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Evangelist pleads guilty to 28 sex crimes against children.

An Alabama evangelist pleaded guilty this morning in an Etowah County courtroom to 28 counts of sexual abuse involving six victims. Paul Acton Bowen, charged in both Jefferson County and Etowah counties, was facing criminal charges, including enticing a child for…

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Homophobes are in a meltdown over LGBT-inclusive altarpiece.

The Church of Sweden has unveiled the country’s first-ever LGBT+ altarpiece, the artwork behind an altar, and homophobes are very upset about it. The painting, titled ‘Paradise’, shows same-sex couples wearing fig leaves in the Garden of Eden and was created by…