The poll focused on treatment of LGBTQI+ people, such as in the famous case when the baker refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple. “For the first time in a PRRI poll of this size, no major religious group reports majority support for religiously based service refusals of gay and lesbian Americans,”
in his statement on Thursday: “I accept the criticisms made of me. I apologise to the victims of Peter Ball. I believed Peter Ball’s protestations and gave too little credence to the vulnerable young men and boys behind those allegations.”
The Bishop in Charge of the Episcopal Church in Europe, Rt. Rev. Pierre Whalon, attended a convention this past week, hosted by the King of Norway, on the vital role rain forests play in our global ecosystem.
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