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Two Catholic high school teachers forced out for being gay.

A revealing, unsettling, puzzling announcement came from Kennedy Catholic High School in Burien on the eve of a three-day weekend honoring two American presidents who helped define, redefine and sustain our freedoms. It read: “Two teachers, Paul Danforth and Michelle Beatty, have…

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Democrats bolt when ‘prayer’ at VA House becomes anti-LGBT.

Democratic lawmakers in Virginia’s legislature walked out this morning as a Republican-invited pastor delivered a prayer that condemned homosexuality. Robert Grant Jr. of the Father’s Way Church in Warrenton, Virginia delivered the opening prayer for the House of Delegates this morning…

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First female, lesbian leads Michigan Episcopal diocese.

The Michigan diocese of the Episcopal Church has its first female and openly lesbian bishop. The Rev. Bonnie A. Perry was consecrated and ordained Saturday during a ceremony in the Detroit suburb of Dearborn. She was elected last June at…

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Every UK venue has now given Franklin Graham the boot.

Every single UK venue booked by anti-LGBT preacher Franklin Graham has now ditched his events, after an outcry from activists. The Trump-supporting preacher, who is known for praising Vladimir Putin’s anti-gay laws and blaming gay people for a “moral 9/11”, is…