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World Vision, one of the largest Christian charities in the world, announced today that it would now be open to hiring gay people, representing a
Ordaining gay clergy and embracing new liturgies to celebrate same-sex unions, the Episcopal Church is part of a growing movement in American churches toward more
Katharine Welby writes compellingly about the challenge she and other introverts face when it comes to being as inclusive as Christ commands:
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How faith fuels progressivism from the
David Briggs writes at Huffington Post that while believers played a major role in the civil rights movement, “the voluntary segregation still found in houses
Hawaii is sending the U.S. House of Representatives its first Hindu member, and the U.S. Senate its first Buddhist. Huffington Post reports:
Update: The church mentioned below is in Daytona Beach, Florida. Fr. Phil Egitto at Our Lady of Lourdes says he adapted this from text originally
A Roanoke, Virginia man has sued a fitness club after it sold him a family membership, then revoked it after realizing that his family consisted of two fathers and a son.
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