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Church Worker Faces Second Firing from Catholic Institution Over LGBTQ Marriage

February 18, 2022/1 Comment/in Employment Issues, Schools & Youth /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

A church worker has been fired from a Catholic institution for the second time over his same-gender marriage. Read More

Lesbian Woman Files Discrimination Lawsuit Involving U.S. Bishops’ Foster Care Funding

October 30, 2021/0 Comments/in Healthcare, Marriage & Family, Politics & Human Rights, Religious Liberty, Schools & Youth /by Angela Howard-McParland

A lesbian woman in Nashville is suing the U.S. government after she was twice rejected from being a foster parent to unaccompanied migrant children, which she believes is discrimination based on her sexual orientation. Read More

Gay Priest Affirms God’s Love for Transgender People, Including His Sister

October 5, 2021/7 Comments/in Gender Identity, LGBTQ Clergy & Religious, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Personal Stories /by Barbara Anne Kozee

"I believe God invites each of us to stand in defense of any child of God who is being bullied, even if that means accompanying a sister in transition and standing guard outside of a bathroom stall." Read More