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Lou Sheldon, anti-gay bigot and Christian group founder is dead.

Reverend Lou Sheldon, founder of the Traditional Values Coalition (TVC), a conservative Christian anti-LGBTQ hate group that lasted from 1984 to 2018, died this week at age 85. Good riddance. His cause of death hasn’t been revealed. Sheldon served as the California executive director of…

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IKEA manager could face jail after firing homophobic employee.

A human resources manager at a Polish branch of IKEA could face jail after he was charged with religious discrimination. The manager had fired an employee, known only as Tomasz K., who posted homophobic Bible verses on the staff’s intranet…

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“Ex-lesbian” is “thanking God” that COVID canceled Pride.

“Ex-lesbian” Rosaria Butterfield is calling on Christians to thank God for coronavirus. Butterfield is the wife of First Reformed Presbyterian Church of Durham, North Carolina pastor Kent Butterfield, and she has written a biography about how she used to be…

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A 66-year-old Nebraska woman sued all ‘homosexuals.’

A 66-year-old woman in Nebraska filed a lawsuit against “homosexuals” in 2015, asking a federal judge to once and for all decide whether or not homosexuality is an “abomination.” Now the details of the case are circulating on social media…

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Christian group upset that PBS is pushing the ‘homosexual agenda.’

A right-wing Christian fundamentalist group launched Friday (May 15) an attack against the Public Broadcast Station (PBS) for “promoting homosexuality” with its Pride month content. In other, less homophobic terms, PBS are airing a series of shows on Pride Month titled…

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‘Former homosexual’ pastor vows to defy coronavirus lockdown.

“Former homosexual” and founder of Church United, Jim Domen is rallying a pocket of California Christians to pledge to open their churches May 31 – Pentecost Sunday – in open defiance of governor Gavin Newsom’s stay-at-home orders. Domen claims he spent three years…

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Charity accused of ‘actively promoting gay conversion therapy.’

A Christian non-profit has been accused of promoting gay conversion therapy by campaigners, who are calling for its charitable status to be reevaluated. Core Issues Trust, based in Northern Ireland, says it is a “non-profit Christian ministry supporting men and…