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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”…

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Church lady: ‘Naturally ungrateful’ gays can’t celebrate T-day.

The founder of a “pro-family” organisation in the US has said that gay people can’t celebrate Thanksgiving because “ingratitude forms a core ingredient of the ‘LGBT’ community”. Linda Harvey, who founded Christian group Mission: America, wrote a piece for Christian website…

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Report: Anti-gay priest used position to sexually abuse men.

An Anglican priest who founded his congregation on antigay dogma used his position to commit sexual abuse against numerous young men, according to a new report from an independent watchdog group.  An investigation by a group called Godly Response to Abuse in…