Gay pride focuses on religion, marriage
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Religious groups led the city's gay pride parade on Sunday, lending gravity to an often outrageous event that also featured a jumble of drag queens in feather boas, marching bands, motorcycle-riding lesbians, rugby players and samba dancers.
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The sweeping changes of 2003 pushed gays more toward the mainstream than ever. If the revolution was coming, Oklahoma aimed to stop it.
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Homosexuality dominates official launch of the Lambeth Conference, the 10-yearly gathering of the world's Anglican bishops
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JERUSALEM -- The Israeli Supreme Court touched off fresh controversy over gay rights yesterday when it ordered the government to register same-sex marriages of couples who wed abroad. The ruling by a seven-judge panel, though limited in scope, reignited a debate over the rights of homosexuals in Israel. The 6-to-1 decision was hailed by rights advocates as a political advance ...
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Humanist and atheist groups around the  world are looking to boost their profile in 2005 to counter  religious fundamentalism and efforts by some Western leaders to  relaunch faith as a keystone of national life.
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NEW YORK, Dec. 6 -- A panel of rabbis opened the way Wednesday to allow same-sex commitment ceremonies and the ordination of gays within Conservative Judaism, which occupies a difficult middle ground between orthodoxy and liberalism in American Judaism.
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CHICAGO _ Many conservative Anglicans would agree with Nigerian lay minister Davis Mac-Iyalla that the summer of 2003 _ when the Episcopal Church approved the first openly gay bishop _ left a gaping hole and wrenching pain in their hearts. But not for the same reasons.
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Some clergy have criticized what they regarded as the churchâs leftward drift, including the consecration of an openly gay bishop.
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Some people have been trying to eliminate their gay desires through therapy or religious ministries dedicated to that end.
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African Anglican bishops said Monday that they were considering establishing a theology that conforms to the continent&#39;s culture, including prevailing beliefs against same-sex unions.
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A new think tank specializing in gay issues wants a say in the U.S. debate over same-sex marriage and other matters, seeking to counter the influence of religious conservatives by beating them at their own game.
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Celebrating the first anniversary  of his decision to issue marriage licenses to gays, San  Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom vowed on Saturday to stay at the  forefront of fights to make same-sex marriages legal.
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Ministers pledge to get back on track their plans to allow gay couples the same rights as married couples.
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Few constituencies are as eager for the Republican Party to falter this political season as gay-rights activists. Yet as they observe the Democratic presidential campaign and the rest of the electoral landscape, their high hopes often are mixed with frustration.
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Chocolates and flowers still abound, but Valentine's Day is acquiring a new, politically tinged layer of symbolism: For many activists, it's now the date of choice to mobilize on matters of the heart &#151; advocating abstinence, decrying divorce, rallying nationwide to demand gay marriage.
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A growing religious movement sees potential to shift a blue state's hue.
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I recall this on the news one morning, as I helped the kids get ready for school and take their various medications... "He is purple -- the gay-pride color; and his antenna is shaped like a triangle -- the gay-pride symbol," the story says.  Jerry Falwell, the founder of the now-defunct Moral Majority, contends the "subtle depictions" are intentional and in a statement issued Tuesday said, "As a Christian, I feel that role modeling the gay lifestyle is damaging to the moral lives of children." I was astounded.