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NBA’s Collins takes spiritual risk with gay lifestyle

NBA player Jason Collins said in a Sports Illustrated article dated May 6 that he is gay. One is to assume that he advocates homosexual activity. He does so at his own risk, morally and spiritually. Both "The Catechism of the Catholic Church" and St. Paul's writings make it clear that the homosexual lifestyle is a sin. 
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Boy Scouts proposal displeases religious leaders on both sides

| Apr 24, 2013

(RNS) Conservative and liberal religious leaders may not often agree on much, but both are expressing displeasure with the Boy Scouts’ proposal to accept gay members but continue to reject gay leaders.
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Purity Culture Backlash, part II

| Apr 22, 2013

Pearl writes: "Retaining virginity shouldn’t be achieved through shame-based repression.  It should be through a lovingly taught life skill, self-control." What do you think?
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If love waits, does a backlash follow?

| Apr 9, 2013

Have you ever stood in front of your youth group or congregation and pledged you would not have sex before marriage? Or if you've ever signed a purity pledge, did you experience a cultural or personal backlash from that decision? Pearl writes about what's buzzing in the Christian Purity Culture these days.
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‘More than just our back stories’ - the big break for Micah’s Rule

| Jan 28, 2013

The members of Micah's Rule grew up singing in the church, earned degrees in music and ministry. Recorded some albums. Toured with Christian music legends. Even struggled with their faith along the way. What their bios don't mention outright might make them one of the rarist recent talents to record in Nashville. The three musicians of Micah's Rule are an openly gay man, transgendered woman and a lesbian.
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Vatican criticizes European religious freedom ruling

| Jan 16, 2013

(RNS) The Vatican blasted a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights that rejected three claims of religious discrimination, saying personal freedoms are falling victim to the “dictatorship of relativism.” By Alessandro Speciale.
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New poll shows fewer Americans believe homosexuality is a sin

| Jan 10, 2013

(RNS) Americans’ acceptance of gays and lesbians is continuing to grow, with a new poll showing that just over a third of Americans view homosexuality as a sin, down from 44 percent a year earlier.
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Giglio pulls out of inauguration after outcry over anti-gay sermon

| Jan 10, 2013

(RNS) The evangelical pastor that President Obama picked to deliver the benediction at his inauguration ceremonies withdrew from the high-profile assignment on Thursday following a furor over a sermon from the mid-1990s in which he denounced the gay rights movement and advocated efforts to turn gays straight. By David Gibson.
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Years of tension yield to thaw between gays, Mormons

| Jan 4, 2013

SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) After years of tension between Mormons and gay rights activists — with political action and theological pronouncements on one side, protests and pain on the other — the gulf between the two groups has begun to narrow.
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Pakistani girl released from hospital after Taliban shooting

| Jan 4, 2013

LONDON (RNS) Malala Yousufzai, the schoolgirl and women’s rights activist from Pakistan who was shot in the head by the Taliban and subsequently flown to the United Kingdom for treatment, has been discharged from Birmingham’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital, the hospital said Friday (Jan. 4).
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New Mormon website features softer, gentler tone on gays

| Dec 7, 2012

SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) The Mormon church is not changing its tune about homosexuality, but it has launched a new website to alter the tone. The site includes video clips of gay members and their families promoting compassion and understanding toward homosexuals, and encouraging everyone to be "disciples of Christ.'' By Peggy Fletcher Stack.
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