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The Vatican part-funded the Elton John’s biopic Rocketman.

It has been revealed that the Vatican part-funded Elton John biopic Rocketman, despite the film’s explicit portrayal of gay sex. According to Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, an investigation into investments held by the Vatican’s Secretariat of State revealed that…

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Texas judge warned over refusal to perform same-sex marriages.

A Texas judge received a public warning Monday from the state’s Commission on Judicial Conduct for refusing to perform same-sex marriages. McLennan County Justice of the Peace Dianne Hensley has said her “Bible-believing” Christian conscience did not allow her to…

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Evangelist pleads guilty to 28 sex crimes against children.

An Alabama evangelist pleaded guilty this morning in an Etowah County courtroom to 28 counts of sexual abuse involving six victims. Paul Acton Bowen, charged in both Jefferson County and Etowah counties, was facing criminal charges, including enticing a child for…

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Homophobes are in a meltdown over LGBT-inclusive altarpiece.

The Church of Sweden has unveiled the country’s first-ever LGBT+ altarpiece, the artwork behind an altar, and homophobes are very upset about it. The painting, titled ‘Paradise’, shows same-sex couples wearing fig leaves in the Garden of Eden and was created by…

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Preacher surrounded by rainbow flags in ‘big circle of gay love.’

A Christian street preacher publicly declaring that homosexuality is an “abomination” was surrounded by rainbow flags in a “big circle of gay love” by members of the queer community. Michael Overd, from Somerset, is the self-proclaimed “most arrested Christian preacher in the land”…