(RNS) — Community of Hope was founded in 1993 as an outreach to ‘people on the margin,’ including LGBTQ people and people living with HIV/AIDS, according to its former pastor. The post UMC edges toward historic split over LGBTQ inclusion. This church showed the way. appeared first on Religion News Service.
Fortnite’s latest event, Rainbow Royale, is supposed to be a celebration of the LGBTQ+ community. But elsewhere, developer Epic Games chose not to suspend a popular creator for more than a few hours after discovering a history of homophobia. While the influencer has been reinstated, the situation underlines what some…Read more…
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Actress Sharon Stone urges the Vatican Curia to follow Pope Francis’ footsteps in including LGBTQ individuals The post Sharon Stone says Vatican must listen to Pope Francis and welcome LGBTQ Catholics appeared first on Religion News Service.
After leaving the United Methodist Church over the denomination’s opposition to same-sex marriage and the ordination of LGBTQ clergy, two former Georgia-based UMC churches have merged into one church.
The Mediterranean coast of Turkey has been ravaged by forest fires since the end of July, brought on by soaring temperatures, drought and strong winds. Thousands of residents and foreign tourists have had to flee from the blaze, which has caused eight people to lose their lives. Criticising the government for its inaction, residents of the…
Thursday 5 August, 2021 This year the National Allotment Society is Plotting for the Future and celebrating the contribution that allotments make to a sustainable future, by being economical with resources, caring for the land and supporting a balanced eco-system. We would like to take this opportunity to applaud all those gardeners and plot-holders who:…
On a balmy, overcast Tuesday in Washington, protesters and lawmakers gathered on either end of the Capitol to urge Congress and the White House to act on two issues of varying urgency: the push for a new voting rights law and a solution to the recently expired eviction moratorium. The public demonstrations raised thorny questions…
It was one of several bizarre lines of defense, including the one wherein the governor declared “I do it with everyone. Black and white, young and old, straight and LGBTQ, powerful people, friends, strangers, people who I meet on the street.”