http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:15:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23670/islam-and-homophobia http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23670/islam-and-homophobia#comments Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:48:30 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23670 In most Islamic countries, gay men and women are ostracized, persecuted and in some cases even murdered. Repressive regimes are often fanning the flames of hatred in a bid to outdo Islamists when it comes to spreading "moral panic."

More than 30 Islamic countries have laws on the books that prohibit homosexuality and make it a criminal offense. ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23670/islam-and-homophobia/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23396/religion-news-roundup-6 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23396/religion-news-roundup-6#comments Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:11:26 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23396 Today's Religion News Roundup includes stories about elves, a ship operated by a religious sect, mosques facing the wrong direction, and mosques possibly spied upon by the FBI.

Also: "I'm Perfect, You're Doomed." Yes, it's about Jehovah's Witnesses.

Further, the definitive book on the Columbine High School massacre. Germany's main Neo-Nazi party faces collapse, and according to the Vatican the Knights Templar hid the Shroud of Turin.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23396/religion-news-roundup-6/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23359/homosexual-couple-sues-christian-hotel-owners http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23359/homosexual-couple-sues-christian-hotel-owners#comments Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:53:59 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23359 A gay couple is suing the Christian owners of a Cornish hotel for discrimination after being denied access to a double bed.

The owners of the hotel state clearly on their website that double rooms are not available to unmarried couples, gay or straight.

The Christian Institute is funding the hotel owners’ defence costs.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23359/homosexual-couple-sues-christian-hotel-owners/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23277/westboro-hate-group-masquerading-as-a-baptist-church-announces-england-picket http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23277/westboro-hate-group-masquerading-as-a-baptist-church-announces-england-picket#comments Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:30:44 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23277 The Westboro, Kansas hate group that masquerades as a church has threatened to picket a sixth form college in England during a staging of The Laramie Project, a play about an American youth murdered because of his sexuality.

Details of the group's first picket in Britain was posted on their website with the slogan "God Hates England; Your Queen Is A W----".]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23277/westboro-hate-group-masquerading-as-a-baptist-church-announces-england-picket/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23259/religion-news-5 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23259/religion-news-5#comments Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:51:34 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23259 In today's RNB Roundup: Geert Wilders and more religion-motivated political correctness in England • What happened between a Mormon film maker and a lesbian priest • Church on fire (but not the right kind) • Religious Broadcasters (including the give-me-money-so-God-will-give-you-money-to-give-to-me scammers) tightening their belts • Church's faith healing advertisement branded 'irresponsible' • The never-ending attempt to reconcile science and religion, and why it is doomed to fail. • A source guide to the Bahá'í Faith

Plus: Holocaust denier Richard Williamson on the subjects of Pink Floyd, women’s trousers and ‘The Sound of Music’ ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23259/religion-news-5/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23203/ted-haggard-8 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23203/ted-haggard-8#comments Sun, 25 Jan 2009 12:48:46 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23203 Disgraced evangelical leader Ted Haggard's former church disclosed Friday that the gay sex scandal that caused his downfall extends to a young male church volunteer who reported having a sexual relationship with Haggard - a revelation that comes as Haggard tries to repair his public image.

The disclosure comes as Haggard, 52, is about to give a series of high-profile interviews to promote the cable documentary about his time in exile. He is scheduled to appear on CNN's Larry King Live on Thursday, the date of the documentary's premiere, and already has taped "The Oprah Winfrey Show." [video]]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23203/ted-haggard-8/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23083/amsterdam-gay-nativity http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23083/amsterdam-gay-nativity#comments Mon, 22 Dec 2008 00:18:03 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23083 Amsterdam played host Sunday to a Christmas celebration for its gay community that featured a Nativity tableau with a man in drag playing the part of Mary.

Frank van Dalen, chairman of the advocacy group Pro Gay that organized the event, known as Pink Christmas, said that it sought to raise Amsterdam's profile as a capital for gays.

In news forums, countless homosexuals condemned the display.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23083/amsterdam-gay-nativity/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23075/ted-haggard-hbo-documentary http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23075/ted-haggard-hbo-documentary#comments Fri, 19 Dec 2008 09:58:25 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23075 In an HBO documentary set to air Jan. 29, disgraced evangelical leader Ted Haggard says he never claimed to be heterosexual, as was once reported, and he continues to struggle with same-sex attraction.

But he's committed to living a heterosexual life because he believes it's better for children to be raised by a mother and a father.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23075/ted-haggard-hbo-documentary/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23068/muslim-lesbianism http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23068/muslim-lesbianism#comments Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:51:00 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23068 Aliyah Bacchus is a Muslim who left an arranged marriage in Queens, N.Y., before coming to understand her sexuality as a lesbian. Before heading off to a new life with her lover, she made a visit to family members in Rockaway Beach, N.Y., to give them the choice of accepting her as she is, or losing her forever.

Aliyah Bacchus returns home to offer a choice: Accept her sexuality -- as she has -- or lose her forever.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23068/muslim-lesbianism/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23040/richard-cizik-gay-unions http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23040/richard-cizik-gay-unions#comments Fri, 12 Dec 2008 10:15:23 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23040 An outspoken and polarizing voice in conservative Christian politics resigned effective Thursday from the National Association of Evangelicals after a radio interview in which he voiced support for same-sex civil unions and said he is "shifting" on gay marriage.

The Rev. Richard Cizik's comments — made on a Dec. 2 "Fresh Air" broadcast on National Public Radio — triggered an uproar that led to his stepping down as NAE vice president of governmental affairs.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23040/richard-cizik-gay-unions/feed 0