The Denver Post is reporting that Ray Chavez, a minister in Lakewood, Colorado, refused to perform a memorial service for a 33-year-old woman, Vanessa Collier, last Saturday. Her friends and family say it’s because she was gay. A Facebook event for today, January 13, was created to rally protestors: “Dignity in Death Rally for our […]
The Twittersphere exploded this weekend with the hashtag #FoxNewsFacts after self-proclaimed “terrorism expert” Steve Emerson told Fox News host Jeanine Pirro that Birmingham, England, is closed to non-Muslims. Emerson, who heads The Investigative Project on Terrorism, told Pirro that in Britain “there are actual cities like Birmingham that are totally Muslim where non-Muslims just simply […]
Pope Francis told a Vatican audience that the Big Bang Theory and evolution “do not contradict” the idea of creation. NBC News reported that “The Pope’s remarks on Monday to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences appeared to be a theological break from his predecessor Benedict XVI, a strong exponent of creationism.” According to Pope Francis, […]
Country music legend Dolly Parton is speaking out in support of her LGBT fans and chastizing Christians for being judgmental. In an interview, published by Billboard, Parton was asked to comment on her LGBT fans: You have a large gay following. To what do you attribute that? They know that I completely love and accept […]
You might recall the story of Melissa and Aaron Klein, the owners of an Oregon bakery that made national headlines last year after turning away a pair of lesbian brides-to-be. KATU reported in February 2013 that the Oregon Attorney General’s civil enforcement office received a complaint in January of that year and was investigating allegations […]