Lutheran Panel Votes to Expel Gay Minister
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A disciplinary committee of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America ruled yesterday that a gay pastor in Atlanta must give up his pulpit, saying it was reluctantly enforcing a "bad policy."
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The United Methodist Church defrocked a lesbian minister who lives with her partner Thursday for violating the denomination's ban on actively gay clergy &#151; the first such decision by the church in 17 years.
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The U.S. Presbyterian Church has rebuked one of its ministers who describes herself as a "lesbian evangelist" for presiding over two gay weddings, officials said on Friday.
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By DORIE TURNER  ATLANTA - The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America said Thursday it is removing from the clergy a gay minister who announced he has a partner.  The Rev. Bradley Schmeling, who has led St.
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The Anglican Church will announce today if it is to sanction liberals in North America who ordained an openly gay bishop and approved same-sex marriages.
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The rare United Methodist Church (UMC) trial of a lesbian minister who violated church law by being honest about who she is ended Thursday with a guilty conviction and a vote to defrock her.
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A jury made up of United Methodist Church clergy convicted a lesbian minister Thursday of violating church law by openly living with her partner in a committed relationship.
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A county judge struck down Iowa's decade-old gay marriage ban as unconstitutional Thursday and ordered local officials to process marriage licenses for six gay couples.
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Compensation is awarded to a gay man whose appointment as a youth worker was blocked by the Church of England.
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A Christian law group is fighting for a ban on gay members
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Saying church unity is at least as important as resolving disagreements over sexuality, a panel recommended Thursday that the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America officially maintain its positions against same-sex blessing ceremonies and ministers involved in gay relationships, but tolerate those who believe and act otherwise.
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BATON ROUGE, La. - A state judge Tuesday threw out a Louisiana constitutional amendment banning gay marriage...
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An urban ministry that aids the poor and homeless had its official recognition removed by Lutheran church officials in a dispute over an associate pastor who is in a lesbian relationship.
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OTTAWA (CP) - Deep Liberal divisions over same-sex marriage were laid bare Thursday when a cabinet minister revealed he may risk his job rather than support his government's legislation.
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PUGHTOWN, Pennsylvania  - A lesbian Methodist  minister was found guilty by an ecclesiastical court on  Thursday of breaking church law by being openly homosexual.
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Rocco Buttiglione, the Italian official who declared homosexuality a sin to the anger of left-leaning members of the European Parliament (MEPs), has withdrawn his nomination as chief of justice for the European Commission.
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Conservatives and liberals locked horns over homosexuality at a Church of England synod on Wednesday as the worldwide Anglican communion faced the grim prospect of schism.