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“We Are No Longer Invisible—Greece Is the First Orthodox Christian Country To Say Yes to Same-Sex Marriage

Fourteen countries have Orthodox Christian majorities. On February 15, Greece became the first of them to legalize same-sex civil marriage. A bipartisan majority of

Millsaps College

Wedding Officiants Face Loss of Ministerial Credentials in Another Symptom of Friction within the United Methodist Church

It was a storybook wedding in every way—a loving couple, flowers, friends and two officiating ministers who had mentored the couple and were well

Religious News From Around the Web November 22, 2021

Catholic Bishops Avoid Direct Rebuff of Biden over Abortion; Forty-One Countries Ban Religion-Related Groups; Christian Florist Settles Suit with Same-Sex Couple; Congress Issues Resolution

Pope Francis Assigned the First African-American Bishop to Head the D.C. Church

Religious News From Around the Web October 26, 2020

Pope Supports Same-Sex Unions, Bahai's Imprisoned in Iran, Brandeis University Bans Discrimination Based on Caste, China Continues to Suppress Religion, Pope Names First African-American

A Surge of British Jews Affected by Holocaust are Trying to Move to Germany

Religious News from around the web October 19, 2020

Same-Sex Marriage Going Away? Washington's Lt. Gov Becoming a Priest, Orthodox Jews Defy COVID restrictions, She Became a Jew and Discovered Anti-Semitism, Why Amy

Political and Religious Holograms

Lumpers lump things together and call them the same. Splitters make a point of differentiating things. So while a lumper might say “All women

Religious Liberty Under Attack and into Focus By Charles Franklin

One might suppose that religious liberty in the United States, would – like granite cliffs – withstand any ocean storm of legal assaults. It

ECC Expels First Convent Church For LGBTQ Inclusion

ECC Expels First Convent Church For LGBTQ Inclusion

Voted out on for being "out of harmony on human sexuality.” The Evangelical Covenant Church (ECC) has a history which spans 134 years, and

IFS Study Reports Religious Couples Have Better Sex Lives

IFS Study Reports Religious Couples Have Better Sex Lives

The methodology is prone to errors A new study conducted by the Institute for Family Studies (IFS) found that religious couples enjoy better relationships

Methodist Council Upholds LGBT Ban

Methodist Judicial Council Votes to Uphold LGBT Ban

Opponents may leave to form a new denomination The nine-member Judicial Council of the United Methodist Church (UMC) upheld on April 26 essential portions