How the “Ministerial Exception” Ruling Already Impacts Church Workers

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The court determined that a religious institution could broadly define which employees fall into the category of “ministers” and thus be exempt from following legal protections against discrimination, including those for LGBTQ+ identity. Read More

Freedom of Religion vs. Freedom from Discrimination: A Lament and A Plan of Action

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As LGBTQ Catholics, we recognize that none of us is free from discrimination unless all of us are.  What are our next moves? Read More

Gay Teacher at Catholic School Appeals for an End to the Firing of LGBTQ Church Workers

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An LGBTQ Catholic school teacher has shared his reflections on the church’s too-frequent problem of firing LGBTQ employees, following the recent dismissal of  two of his colleagues Read More

Franciscan Theologian: Church Must Abandon “Boogeyman of ‘Gender Ideology'”

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Fr. Daniel P. Horan, OFM, writes in the National Catholic Reporter: "The time is long overdue to reject specious arguments like those that undergird the right-wing political and ecclesial agendas promoting the boogeyman of ‘gender ideology.’” Read More

Discrimination and Degradation Both Are Parts of SCOTUS Decision on “Ministers”

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The ministerial exception allows Catholic institutions to treat its employees in ways that civil society has deemed immoral and illegal. Read More

The Groaning In My Soul

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The current situation has taught me that true faith and hope are the assurance that God’s loving hand is ultimately going to bring us where we should go . . . Read More

Experts Warn of Consequences for LGBTQ Church Workers After Supreme Court Ruling

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". . . religious freedom is a world of permitted and funded discrimination." Read More

LGBTQ Catholics, Advocates Sharply Criticize Supreme Court Ruling on Religious Exemptions

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Catholics and LGBTQ advocates have responded critically to the U.S. Supreme Court's decision earlier this week that religious institutions had a wide exemption from employment non-discrimination laws, which leaves many workers vulnerable to firings, especially LGBTQ people. Read More

New Ways Ministry: SCOTUS Ruling on Religious Exemptions Leaves LGBTQ People Vulnerable

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The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru and St. James School v. Biel not to protect workers at religious institutions from employment discrimination leaves many people, especially LGBTQ people, vulnerable to being fired by institutions that should be the model of fairness and equality, not bigotry and exclusion. Read More

An Easy Yoke

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The only person I’ve ever seen wearing a wooden shoulder yoke was an actor at an historical park like Colonial Williamsburg, King’s Landing, or Old Sturbridge Village.  They look crude and cruel to us.  Read More