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Pastor loses his “right” to share anti-gay propaganda.

A pastor who claims to be ex-gay lost his lawsuit against the video-sharing site Vimeo, which he accused of discriminating against him when it deleted his account for posting conversion therapy videos. In 2018, Vimeo told pastor James Domen of…

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Kanye West’s dark turn to the anti-gay Christian right.

In the latest born-again-Kanye news, it’s been reported that the newly-saved rapper is headlining the prayer rally Awaken 2020, which will also be headed up by a bunch of Trump-supporting anti-LGBTQ rights fanatics. He’ll bring his Sunday Service choir to a…

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I used to be an anti-LGBT evangelical. Here’s why I changed.

Growing up watching the popular 1980’s sitcom ”Growing Pains,” I found myself going starry-eyed every time heartthrob Kirk Cameron appeared on the screen. When I learned that Cameron was an evangelical Christian, just like me, I admired him even more…

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Trump adviser told suicidal teen to change sexual orientation.

An LGBT+ teenager close to considering suicide came to her minister for guidance only to be advised to “change her sexuality”. That minister, Robert Jeffress, would later become one of US president Donald Trump’s advisers. Figures. Jeffress, an evangelical pastor…

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There was a time when Catholic priests outed gay soldiers.

Minister for Defence, People and Veterans, Johnny Mercer, has apologised after it emerged that gay soldiers in the British Army were outed by Catholic priests. Some veterans told The Times that they went to Catholic priests for confession while serving…

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Woman allegedly calls in bomb threat over same-sex marriages.

A two-count indictment has been returned against a California woman accused of calling into a Washington, D.C. high school and threatening to bomb them. The threats were made against the Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School after they announced they would include…