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Colorado’s Bishops Issue Election Letter Insisting Catholics Vote Against LGBTQ+ Rights

July 17, 2024/8 Comments/in Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Politics & Human Rights, Schools & Youth /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Colorado's bishops have issued a joint letter about ballot initiatives in the state that will be voted on in November 2024. Four of the five initiatives on which the bishops opined were about LGBTQ+ issues, including efforts to protect marriage equality. Read More

Candidates, LGBTQ Advocates Challenge Use of Catholic Parishes for Election Events

October 19, 2019/0 Comments/in Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights /by Brian Kaufman

Two disputes, one in British Columbia and one in Kansas, have arisen about whether Catholic parishes are suitable locations for local politics given the church's LGBTQ-negative stance. Read More

Australia’s Catholic Prime Minister Defends Marriage Equality

September 8, 2013/9 Comments/in Marriage & Family, Politics & Human Rights /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

As Australians cast their ballots this weekend, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s promise to pass marriage... Read More

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