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Vice President Joe Biden, a Catholic, Officiates Same-Gender Marriage

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Vice President Joe Biden, who is Catholic, officiated a same-gender marriage this week.  just as electoral... Read More

Fired Church Worker’s Lawsuit May Proceed Against Archdiocese, Court Rules

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A federal court in Chicago has ruled that a fired gay church worker’s discrimination case against... Read More

Massachusetts Bishops Offer Temperate Response to New Transgender Law

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Catholic bishops in Massachusetts have offered a tempered, though not perfect, response to newly passed anti-discrimination... Read More

Complicating Catholic Understandings of Sex and Gender

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Respecting LGBTQI people should be a “fairly simple thing to do,” as Jesuit Fr. James Martin remarked... Read More

Fr. James Martin: Respecting Transgender People “Fairly Simple Thing to Do”

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Jesuit Fr. James Martin again affirmed LGBT inclusion, saying transgender people using restrooms according to their... Read More

Theologians: Catholics Have “Civil Rights Imperative” to Seek LGBT Protections

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Two theologians from Creighton University have called for Catholics to support LGBT non-discrimination protections in a... Read More

U.S. Catholics Overwhelmingly Reject LGBT Discrimination by State Legislatures

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Marriage equality’s legalization in the United States last year has prompted an anti-LGBT backlash at... Read More

Sacrificing Profits to Avoid Discrimination and Protect Religious Freedom

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For a person like myself who cherishes both religious freedom and LGBT equality, the recent... Read More

Carla Hale Settles with Diocese of Columbus in Discriminatory Firing

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Lesbian educator Carla Hale, who was fired from a Catholic high school earlier this year,... Read More

Phoenix Diocese Opposes Non-Discrimination Expansion for LGBT Individuals

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The Diocese of Phoenix publicly announced on Monday its opposition to proposed expansions in that... Read More