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International Human Rights Day was Monday, and many, including Archbishop Desmond Tutu, took the opportunity to address the ‘Kill the Gays Bill’ in Uganda, urging prominent religious leaders to speak out against the bill.
The Mormon Church set up a web site to ask the LGBT community to “stay with us.” Justin Lee describes the experience of being gay and Christian as “TORN”. And a LGBT affirming mosque has opened (although at a secret location) in Paris.
Students at Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego are launching a public petition to get an LGBT student organization on campus, but being met with administration resistance. At the same time, self-professed conservative Christian and Pennsylvania State Rep. Mike Fleck shared that he is also gay.
Episcopalians are ready to start using that new blessing for same-gender unions, Bishop Gene Robinson told John Stewart so! And they are being joined by more and more Americans who support marriage equality.
Baptist
- Queer Suicide and the Malpractice of “Love”
- Religion Dispatches, December 11, 2012
Catholic
- Catholic teen’s gay marriage stance unsettles Minnesota town
- LA Times, December 3, 2012
- Catholic Notre Dame announces services for gay students
- CNN, December 7, 2012
- Fargo church targets disenchanted Catholics, embraces gay parishioners
- Grand Forks Herald, December 12, 2012
- Notre Dame approves gay/straight alliance
- Windy City Media Group, December 12, 2012
Christian
- Christian’s year of living ‘gay’ leads to dramatic change, sparks controversy
- CNN, December 2, 2012
- Pennsylvania State Rep. Mike Fleck Announces He is Gay
- Opposing Views, December 3, 2012
- An Urgent Call from US Faith Leaders in Support of Gay Ugandans
- Human Rights First, December 6, 2012
- US Christian Leaders in Uganda’s Anti-Gay Proposed Laws
- National Catholic Reporter, December 7, 2012
- Polls: Americans’ views on gays and lesbians shifting fast
- Religion News Service, December 7, 2012
- ‘Torn’: Living As An Openly Gay Christian
- NPR, December 9, 2012
Episcopal
- Liturgy for Blessing Same-Gender Relationships Begins Provisional Use
- Episcopal News Service, December 3, 2012
- Episcopal priests offer spiritual support for gay unions
- Sun Sentinel, December 4, 2012
- Episcopal Church Removes Bishop Who Split Following LGBT Inclusion Vote
- Religion Dispatches, December 7, 2012
- Episcopal priests will be able to marry same-sex couples
- The Spokesman-Review, December 8, 2012
Evangelical
- Rick Warren Condemns Uganda Anti-Gay Bill after Faith, LGBT Groups call for response
- The Christian Post, December 7, 2012
International
- Faith groups given freedom to host same-sex weddings
- Ekklesia, December 7, 2012
- Bishop launches attack on David Cameron over gay marriage
- The Telegraph, December 9, 2012
- England’s marriage law to include church weddings
- Box Turtle Bulletin, December 10, 2012
- Parliament bars Church of England from hosting gay weddings
- Religion News Service, December 11, 2012
- Pope gay marriage ad not targeted at Catholics
- The New Zeland Herald, December 11, 2012
- Marriage Equality Advances in Uruguay, Mexico
- Religion Disptaches, December 11, 2012
- Rick Warren Tweets Opposition to Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill
- Box Turtle Bulletin, December 11, 2012
- Desmond Tutu Pens Op-Ed for Ugandan Newspaper
- Box Turtle Bulletin, December 11, 2012
Jewish
- Sexual Conversion is not a Jewish Value
- Haaretz, December 3, 2012
- Filmmakers Weigh in on Lawsuit Against ‘Ex-Gay’ Org JONAH, Wonder if Founder’s Gay Son Will Testify
- Towleroad, December 3, 2012
- Gay Orthodox Jews Prepare for Hanukkah
- NPR, December 7, 2012
Lutheran
- Illinois’ Augustana College to allow same-gender ceremonies on campus
- ReconcilingWorks, December 3, 2012
Marriage Equality
- UK Prime Minister David Cameron To Push For Gay Weddings in Church
- Queerty, December 7, 2012
- A holy impatience: Supreme Court must right a great wrong on marriage
- Washington Post, December 10, 2012
Miscellaneous
- Liberals in our Midst: How the Religious Left Is Changing America’s Future
- Take Part, December 10, 2012
Mormon
- Mormon website embraces LGBT community
- CNN, December 6, 2012
- With new Latter-day Saint Web site, a gay Mormon moment
- Washington Post, December 11, 2012
Muslim
- Gay Muslims: The Elephant in the (Prayer) Room
- Huffington Post, December 3, 2012
- Paris gay-friendly mosque denounced by Islamic leaders
- Pink News, December 4, 2012
- Gay and Muslim: The Challenge of Homophobia in Islam
- Huffington Post, December 7, 2012
Nazarene
- LGBTQ Club Denied Charter at Point Loma Nazarene University
- GLAAD, December 10, 2012
- Gay-themed group denied charter at Point Loma Nazarene University
- ABC 10 News, San Diego, December 11, 2012
Salvation Army
- UC Berkeley Student Government Demands School Ban Salvation Army for its Bias Against Gays
- Towleroad, December 7, 2012
Unitarian Universalist
- OUTreach invites LGBT teens in
- The Star Press, December 7, 2012