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Parents awarded $1.5M after Supreme Court win in LGBTQ+ books case

3+ hour, 12+ min ago  (503+ words) Parents awarded $1.5M after Supreme Court win in LGBTQ+ books case A group of conservative religious parents who sued the Montgomery County Board of Education in Maryland after it refused to let them opt their children out of classes discussing books…...

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Episode 14: Queering Sacred Art with Fr. William Hart McNichols

6+ mon, 1+ week ago  (74+ words) Episode 14: Queering Sacred Art with Fr. William Hart McNichols Cassidy Hall is the author of Queering Contemplation (Broadleaf) and a filmmaker whose documentaries include'In Pursuit of Silence and Day of a Stranger. She is ordained in the United Church of…...

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In the Bible, gender is not binary

8+ mon, 2+ week ago  (245+ words) In the Bible, gender is not binary The Bible employs many merisms, in which two contrasting words stand in for a whole spectrum. "Male and female" is one of them. Century illustration (Source images: Creative Commons / Public domain) Much is…...

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Abortion fight won, conservative Christians mimic Dobbs tactics to go after same-sex marriage

11+ mon, 1+ day ago  (1073+ words) If you listened closely at a meeting of mostly evangelical Christian communicators, activists, and lawyers that took place in Dallas in February, you could hear more than a few panel discussions and hallway conversations repeatedly circle back to the same…...

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PCUSA adds sexual orientation, gender identity to constitutionally protected classes

11+ mon, 2+ week ago  (440+ words) (Image courtesy of Covenant Network of Presbyterians) Many are hailing presbyteries" approval of Amendment 24-A, which enshrines, for the first time, recognition of LGBTQIA+ people in the Constitution of the Presbyterian Church (USA) and declares the denomination"s commitment to…...