This week's religion news summary includes Bishop Timothy Dolan's statement about LGBT inclusion--along with stories of LGBT Catholics who have experienced exclusion. A rainbow house across from the Westboro Baptist Church caused a media stir, and the SCOTUS cases drew the support of faith leaders from across the country.
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01/31/12
A Washington Post poll released this week found that 50% of Maryland residents support "allowing gay and lesbian cou
01/31/12
Martha Boggs, who owns the Bistro at the Bijou Theatre, on Sunday asked anti-gay Tennessee state Senator Stacey Camp
01/31/12
The "Infinite Forest" design was chosen as winner of a competition to design the planned AIDS Memorial Park in Manha
01/31/12
TransYouth Family Allies recently set up a donation page to support a Colorado Girl Scout troop that embraced a tran
01/31/12
The Forum on the Military Chaplaincy this week criticized legislation aimed at preventing military chaplains from pe
01/31/12
The New Yorker: "Dharun Ravi grew up in Plainsboro, New Jersey, in a large, modern house with wide expanses of wood flooring and a swimming pool out back. Assertive and athletic, he used 'DHARUNISAWESOME' as a computer password and played on an Ultimate Frisbee team..."
01/30/12
Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-Kan.) on Friday announced the introduction of legislation aimed at preventing same-sex couples from using military facilities to conduct their marriages. Huelskamp said, "It will also protect the freedom of those in the military to express vocally the tenets of their faiths. And it will make certain that our military facilities are not used in contravention to the federal Defense of Marriage Act. Military installations exist to carry out the national defense of our nation, not to facilitate a narrow social agenda."