Catholic Conference Outlines Legislative Priorities, Attacks LGBT Families
February 4, 2011 by Sharon Groves
The following is a guest post from HRC Religion Council member, and co-founder of Catholics for Marriage Equality, Anne Underwood: Recently, Archbishop Timothy Dolan, President of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, sent a letter to Congress outlining the Conference’s legislative priorities for the 112th Congress. The Archbishop begins by expressing the best of Catholic social teaching when he calls on the new Congress to “advance the common good and defend the life and dignity of all, especially vulnerable and poor persons.”
Continue Reading ►U.S. Pastors Exporting Bigotry to Uganda with Murderous Results
January 28, 2011
In the wake of the murder of Ugandan LGBT civil rights leader, David Kato, we are calling on U.S. fundamentalist pastors Carl Ellis Jenkins, Lou Engle and Scott Lively, to quickly abandon their hateful and dangerous anti-LGBT rhetoric and actions. David Kato, the gay Ugandan human rights defender, was brutally murdered in his home on Wednesday. David was the Advocacy Officer for Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG), a coalition of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex human rights organizations in Uganda.
Continue Reading ►Colorado Diocese Adopts Snake-Oil “12 Step Program” For Gay Men
January 20, 2011 by Michael Cole-Schwartz
Today we called on the Catholic Diocese of Colorado Springs to listen to mental health professionals and discontinue their newly adopted “12-step program” for gay men. The Colorado Springs Gazette reported that the diocese has adopted Twelve Steps of Courage, a counseling program for gay men based on Alcoholics Anonymous. Part of the program asks participants to admit they are “defective.”
Continue Reading ►Clergy Against Bullying Launched
October 20, 2010
“Bullying for any reason is contradictory to authentic religion.” This, statement by Dr. C. Welton Gaddy of the Interfaith Alliance, is a sentiment that has inspired faith leaders to declare that we cannot afford to be quiet in the face of the violence and hatred that is literally killing our LGBT youth.
Continue Reading ►Members of HRC's Religion Council Remind Teens that 'It Gets Better'
October 14, 2010
As part of the incredible support from all over the community during the crisis of teen suicides, the Reverend Gene Robinson and the Reverend Susan Russell loaned their voices to the It Gets Better Project, a resource of videos reaching out to teens across the nation to let them know first hand that they are cared for and that there can be love and happiness in their future.
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