The Evangelical Unicorn: A Third Way on Gay Marriage
I reviewed two books by evangelicals on gay marriage for The Christian Century — God and the Gay Christian by Matthew Vines and A Letter to my Congregation by Ken Wilson — and the review is now available online. Here’s the core of what differentiates …

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Obama Gives Protection to Gay, Transgender Workers
Federal workers and contractors who are gay and transgender are getting new protections from President Barack Obama. Obama is signing executive orders that will prohibit employment discrimination against those workers by the federal government and its …

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"Bad" laws hurt sex workers, gays from Uganda to Nepal, AIDS meeting told
By Katie Nguyen MELBOURNE (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – After Uganda passed a law that punished gay sex with long prison sentences, Daisy Nakato got a visit from the police. The country’s Red Pepper tabloid had outed hundreds of gays after President Yoweri Museveni signed the anti-homosexuality bill in February and Nakato’s name was on a list. Over the following six hours, Nakato, a bisexual …

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George Takei: I pitched a gay-themed Star Trek episode, but it was shot down
George Takei has revealed that he once pitched the idea of doing a gay-themed Star Trek episode, but it was shot down by the show’s executive producer. Takei, who played Hikaru Sulu in the original 1965 TV series , is known in later life for his gay …

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Obama moves to protect LGBT federal contractors and employees – Washington Post (blog)

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Obama moves to protect LGBT federal contractors and employees Washington Post (blog) The executive order President Obama is scheduled to sign today protecting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) federal contractors is as notable for what it says as what it explicitly does not say. There will be no additional exemptions for … Obama Finally Ready To Sign Executive Order Targeting LGBT Job DiscriminationHuffington Post No religious exemption from Obama order on LGBT workplace protectionsMSNBC White House to issue order on LGBT federal contractorsPolitico BuzzFeed –The New American –PoliticusUSA all 556 news articles »

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Mormon Church Hasn't Budged on Gender Roles in 40 Years
The Mormon Church has not shifted its official positions on the roles of men and women since the 1970s, a new study finds. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or the LDS Church, has 15 million members worldwide and is the fourth-largest church in the United States. LDS theology is socially conservative, and the church was active in supporting the 2008 Proposition 8 in California …

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