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This anti-gay pastor is accused of multiple gay sexual relationships

Los Angeles-based anti-gay pastor, online radio host, and “manosphere” star Jesse Lee Peterson is alleged to have had multiple gay relationships and exhibited a pattern of sexually harassing male associates. Several of Peterson’s former friends and associates have come forward…

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Community rallies around LGBT-friendly church after attack

“God’s doors are open to all,” reads a set of rainbow-colored doors outside United Church of Christ in Kansas City, Missouri. Apparently, a church preaching God’s love and acceptance managed to strike a nerve with some of the less Christ-like followers…

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The untold truth of the Westboro Baptist Church

The Westboro Baptist Church is one of the most notorious and infamous churches in the United States. According to Britannica, Fred Phelps founded the church, which is based out of Topeka, Kansas, and he also served as the church’s first pastor…

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Lesbian who sued government can finally become a foster parent

A single lesbian will now be allowed to become a foster parent for refugee children after the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops dropped their opposition to her participating in a religiously-affiliated foster program.  Kelly Easter, a Nashville-based realtor who was…

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SCOTUS ignores anti-LGBT mega-church’s defamation case

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to review a Florida megachurch’s lawsuit challenging its designation as a hate group, sidestepping an opportunity to revisit the high bar that public figures face for proving defamation claims. The court denied…

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Shake Shack burgers help fund an anti-LGBT Christian nationalist

The international burger chain Shake Shack is facing blowback for its use of Martin’s Famous Potato Rolls, a burger bun created by a company that gave large donations to Republican Pennsylvania senator and gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano, an anti-LGBTQ Christian…