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Bishops Down Under Offer Over-the-Top Rhetoric as Marriage Equality Approaches

July 28, 2015/6 Comments/in Hierarchy, Marriage & Family /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Australia's political leaders are slowly moving towards marriage equality, prompted by successful developments in Ireland and then the United States, movement prompting aggressive action from the nation's Catholic bishops. Read More

Ireland's Top Bishop Meets with Gay Advocates, Withdraws Marriage Boycott Threat

July 27, 2015/2 Comments/in Hierarchy, Marriage & Family /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Ireland's leading archbishop met with faith-based LGBT advocates last week, focusing in on his participation at the Synod of Bishops this fall but with Ireland's marriage referendum clearly in mind. Read More

Teacher Resigns Over San Francisco Contract Proposals Which California Lawmakers Are Investigating

July 25, 2015/3 Comments/in Employment Issues, Schools & Youth /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Another teacher is leaving San Francisco's Catholic school system due to proposed contract changes targeting LGBT and ally employees, a resignation coming at the same time California's legislature holds hearings on the controversy. Read More

Historically Catholic Nations Lead on Transgender & Intersex Civil Rights

July 25, 2015/12 Comments/in Gender Identity, Politics & Human Rights /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Transgender Italians can now self-declare their gender identity on official records following a court ruling, another sign of historically Catholic nations' increasing leadership in expanding rights for trans and intersex communities. Read More

Sister of Mercy Joins Parents in Protests Against Firing of Lesbian Educator

July 24, 2015/3 Comments/in Employment Issues /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

A prominent Sister of Mercy has joined parents in criticizing an LGBT church worker's expulsion, setting her apart from Mercy leadership which expressed its support for the discrimination. Read More

Fired New Jersey Priest Asks Pope Francis to Defend LGBT Church Workers

July 23, 2015/7 Comments/in Employment Issues, LGBTQ Clergy & Religious /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

A priest fired for opposing anti-gay bullying has written to Pope Francis, asking the pontiff to stem the expulsion of LGBT church workers. Read More

Lifting Up the Holiness of LGBT Families at Philly's World Meeting

July 22, 2015/10 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

The World Meeting of Families, a Vatican-sponsored gathering of thousands of families from around the... Read More

Changing the Conversation on Church Workers' Rights

July 21, 2015/5 Comments/in Employment Issues /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

It seems as if every few months, and sometimes weeks, Bondings 2.0 covers the story of a church worker who lost their job in an LGBT-related dispute made public. There are more than fifty such cases since 2008, but there are signs of hope as ecclesial forces increasingly resist these firings. Read More

Archdiocese of New Orleans' Missing LGBT Webpage Mystery Is Partially Solved, But Questions Remain

July 20, 2015/6 Comments/in Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

In the Bondings 2.0 post on July 19, 2015, we described a communion denial near Baton Rouge,... Read More

A Divided Response to Transgender Persons at Georgetown's Campus

July 20, 2015/1 Comment/in Higher Education /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

One step forward, one step back. This is the two step experienced by the trans community at Georgetown University's campus as its affiliated hospital faces a discrimination complaint even as name changes become accessible to students. Read More

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