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The US embassy to the Vatican proudly flies Pride Flag again

The U.S. Embassy to the Holy See has again flown a Pride Flag, as President Joe Biden reiterated his commitment to supporting LGBT advocacy and, apparently, transgender-affirming health care for children. “The United States respects and promotes the equality and…

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Activists challenging the tax exempt status of political churches

In order to be exempt from taxes, the Internal Revenue Service prohibits nonprofits like churches from a variety of activities, including being involved in political campaigns and excessive lobbying. Critics have long complained that the law is essentially toothless because…

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Anti-LGBT Southern Baptists face a huge sex abuse scandal

A blistering report on the Southern Baptist Convention’s mishandling of sex abuse allegations is raising the prospect that the denomination, for the first time, will create a publicly accessible database of pastors and other church personnel known to be abusers…

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Right-wing Christians threaten to ‘hunt’ LGBT supporters

A twenty-four year old right-wing extremist based in the metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona area, Ethan Schmidt, posted a short video of himself accompanied by Kyle Clifton who describes himself as “authoritarian Christian nationalist,” driving in an undisclosed area announcing that he…