Results for: be the change
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Here Are The Strategies That Actually Work Against Christofascism, From a Former Believer
Fighting the Christofascist uprising on our doorstep will take getting out of our complacency and belief that people can’t possibly be as bad as they seem.
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The Battle Between Religious Freedom and LGBT Rights is Happening Right Now
What the battle over ‘religious freedom’ looks like in magistrate offices and universities; Rahm Emanuel backpedals on police violence in Chicago; the Supreme Court hears arguments on affirmative action and more.
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Daily Fix: The Pope is Taking America by Storm and More News
The Pope visits Obama and canonizes a colonizer, Kim Davis loses another appeal, a Republican advocating for English as the state language, and more.
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Daily Fix: All the New Research You Can Shake A Stick At and More News
Research on nationwide LGBT legal equality, bisexuals in the UK, racism in the university classroom, and religion. PLUS updates on your fave/least fave Republicans, police practices overhaul in Cleveland, new laws and more!
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Times A-Changing: Even the Church of England Thinks This Ridiculous Homophobic Vicar Is Wrong
Aimi and Victoria Leggett wanted to have their son baptized into the Church of England but were rejected by the local vicar. Thankfully, the rest of the Church of England also thinks this is ridiculous.
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Daily Fix: Alabama Wants You to Think of the Children and More News Stories
Birth justice, the passing of Marcia Diehl, a comprehensive LGBTQ bill of rights, the violence against Martese Johnson, St. Patrick’s Day parades and more!
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A SCOTUS Ruling, Marriage Equality, and the Hobby Lobby Law Walk Into a Bar
Two of the biggest LGBT legal issues on everyone’s mind right now are the upcoming Supreme Court hearings on marriage equality and Religious Freedom Restoration Acts. How are the two going to impact each other?
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Post-Backlash, Indiana Gov Rushes To Fix Religious Freedom Bill While Insisting It’s NBD
In the latest development of the legislative rollercoaster that is the Indiana Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Governor Mike Pence has pledged to “fix this and move forward,” while also reiterating that there’s nothing about the law that needs fixing.
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Quaker School Wins Religious Exemption to Exclude Trans Student From Campus Housing
African American trans student Jayce M has lost an appeal to receive on campus housing at George Fox University after the Department of Education granted the school a religious exemption from Title IX requirements.
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Presbyterian Church Assembly Votes to Make Room for Marriage Equality in Their Constitution
After a landmark vote in the Presbyterian Church USA General Assembly Thursday, the denomination’s constitutional definition of marriage allows for same-sex unions.
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George Fox University Updates Trans Student Housing Policy, Remains The Worst
In response to the general freakout over the school’s discrimination against Jayce M, George Fox upped the ante on its discriminatory cluelessness. He and other trans students can live on campus in gender-appropriate dorms — if they get genital surgery.
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Post Hobby Lobby, Religious Leaders Ask For Right To Discriminate Against Queers
Religious leaders have their eye on broad exemptions from a pending executive order to block employment discrimination by federal contractors against LGBT people.
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Pope Francis Extends Message of Tolerance for LGBT People, Women and Abortion
Although no change in policy has been proposed, the Pope’s remarks further signal a significant departure in tone and style from predecessors.
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Pope Francis Wants To Know What You Think About Gays (If You’re A Bishop)
The Vatican is soliciting opinions on a number of groundbreaking issues, including same-sex marriage, birth control, polygamy and forms of feminism “hostile to the Church.”
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Religious Gay Acceptance on the Rise; More Than Just Marriage Happening for Gays at the Altar
From President Obama’s reelection after his marriage equality statement to the Pope’s message that that gay people should not be marginalized, the future is looking a little brighter for LGBT people of faith.
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Pope Francis Doesn’t Approve of Gay Marriage or Adoption, But Says “We Shouldn’t Marginalize People For This”
“If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge?” Francis remarked in Italian. “We shouldn’t marginalize people for this. They must be integrated into society.”
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Exodus International’s President Does the Unthinkable, Explicitly Apologizes to Gay Community
Exodus’s president, Alan Chambers, has posted a comprehensive apology to the gay community on their website.
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What Does The Pope’s Resignation Mean For Us?
With the opportunity for change on the horizon, we look at Pope Benedict XVI’s legacy and how we can benefit from learning about what we don’t believe.
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It’s Hard To Simply Dismiss The “Simple” New Pope
Likes: long bus rides, quiet nights spent reading, home-cooked dinners. Dislikes: unfortunately, the same old suspects.
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Mormons’ “Softened Stance” On Homosexuality Still Feels Pretty Hard
The Church acknowledges that “same-sex attraction is a complex reality for many people,” and goes on to conclude that “even though individuals do not choose to have such attractions, they do choose how to respond to them.”