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Anti-gay Christians are freaking out over ban of conversion therapy.

Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau has made banning conversion therapy for minors a “top priority”, but right-wing Christians have said this will lead to Christianity becoming illegal. In a letter to the country’s justice secretary last week, Trudeau listed a number of…

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Church to affirm gay couples’ vows ahead of LGBT clampdown.

A Methodist church in Texas is to hold a mass ceremony celebrating marriage and reaffirming wedding vows of all married couples, including same-sex couples, who want to attend. The ceremony will be held just three days before the denomination’s clampdown on…

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Anti-gay church leader caught trying to buy sex on Grindr.

Another day, another antigay church leader busted for trying to buy sex on Grindr. 57-year-old Barry Cole Poyner of Kirksville, Missouri is an elder at the Kirksville Church of Christ, as well as a professor of communications at Truman State University…

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The Salvation Army is trying to change its anti-LGBT reputation.

Salvation Army bell ringers, the folks you see jingling bells by red kettles at Christmastime, will be carrying a new prop this year: A card explaining the Christian church and charity’s approach to LGBTQ people.Designed to help bell ringers answer questions from…