NEWS NOTES: March 6, 2012

Here are links to some items you might find of interest:

1) Paul Brandeis Raushenbush, senior religion editor of HuffingtonPost.com, answers a Catholic’s question: “How Can I Be a Lesbian and Stay in My Church.”

2) The recent case of the denial of communion to Barbara Johnson, a lesbian woman at her mother’s funeral is put into the historical context of the “wafer wars,” by theologian Mary Hunt in a ReligionDispatches.org column:  “Communion or Disunion?”

3) Candace Chellew-Hodge examines Maryland’s potential referendum on marriage equality with Francis DeBernardo, New Ways Ministry’s Executive Director, in a ReligionDispatches.org article: “Maryland Voters Split on Marriage Equality, So Far.” New Ways Ministry Co-Founder Sister Jeannine Gramick is also quoted in this article.

–Francis DeBernardo, New Ways Ministry