Katherine Jefferts Schori, who just became the first woman to head the American Episcopal Church, gave an interview to CNN yesterday. Queerty’s got the video clip. The press is speculating how big a problem it is for the U.S. church that they’ve gone and elected a girl (many traditionalists don’t think women should even be […]

Remember the New Jersey minister who was removed from his post at the New Brunswick Theological Seminary after he performed a commitment ceremony for his daughter and her girlfriend? Well, the daughter, Ann Kansfield, is currently acting as a pastor at the Greenpoint Reformed Church in Brooklyn. The Times is on the very low-key story.
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In an effort to counteract the attack of the conservative religious leaders opposed to gay marriage, a new group called Clergy for Fairness is now lobbying senators to reject the proposed amendment to the constitution. Among the participants: Protestant, Jewish, and Sikh leaders. And of course the Unitarians. Good ol’ Unitarians.
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After all the to-do about the possible election of an openly gay bishop in the Diocese of California over the weekend, the clergy and delegates went with a straight, white guy, keeping the more agitated members of the Episcopal Church happy. (Though really, it’s hard to keep the rabidly anti-gay folks ever truly happy.) The […]

Not really. The Diocese of California is set to elect a new bishop over the weekend, and three of the seven men running are openly gay. The American Episcopalian Church is already on the outs with the worldwide Anglican Church, after the ordination of gay bishop Eugene Robinson in New Hampshire in 2003, so any […]

Because there’s nothing else important to worry about. Fifty prominent religious leaders, including a Benetton ad coalition of rabbis, Protestant ministers, Mormons, and Catholic cardinals, bishops and archbishops have signed a petition pledging their support for a consitutional amendment banning gay marriage. They promise to participate in get-out-the vote efforts among their congregants this November […]

Taking an opportunity to bitch-slap their nearest competitor, gay channel Here! has not only agreed to run the pro-gay commercial for the United Church of Christ, but it’s running it for free as a public-service announcement. The other gay network, LOGO, had to reject the ad because of corporate parent Viacom’s decision. So Here! wasted […]

The LA Times has up a piece about the latest in trendy legal tactics to get around those pesky anti-discrimination laws. Conservative Christians are increasingly suing to challenge the sexual orientation policies of workplaces or universities. Their reasoning? Since they find homosexuality immoral, then their being forced to accept it at work or at school […]

Bitter irony alert! The United Church of Christ, that gay-friendly, diversity-encouraging ministry, has continually had trouble getting their gay-friendly, diversity-encouraging commercials on television, because various networks have turned down the ads as “too controversial” or overtly religious or icky because they portray happy gay couples going to church. Their latest ad, the “ejector button,” features […]

One half of the Indigo Girls, Emily Saliers, is scheduled to speak with her father, minister Don Saliers, at the upcoming United Methodist Women’s Assembly in Anaheim, but now there’s a movement afoot to get her disinvited because she’s a lesbian. Saliers and her dad coauthored a book in 2004 about religion and music called […]