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/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/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/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/22628/amsterdam-says-faith-healers-dangerous http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22628/amsterdam-says-faith-healers-dangerous#comments Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:17:08 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22628 The City of Amsterdam and the COC -- an advocacy group for LBGT men and women -- are calling for an investigation by the Netherlands Health Care Inspectorate into healing rituals offered by Pentecostal churches for homosexuals and HIV patients.

The healing services can lead to HIV patients forsaking their medicines, and contribute to the stigmatization of homosexuals.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22628/amsterdam-says-faith-healers-dangerous/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21754/raelian-lesbians-attack-pope-and-catholic-church http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21754/raelian-lesbians-attack-pope-and-catholic-church#comments Sun, 13 Jul 2008 23:12:26 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21754 A group of glamour lesbians who believe the world was created by an alien civilisation 25,000 years ago have criticised the Catholic Church for being out of touch.

Raelian spokeswoman Eden Bates said it was an insult that the Pope would be welcomed into Australia when "our gorgeous, fantastic spiritual leader Rael wasn't even given the respect of a visa".]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21754/raelian-lesbians-attack-pope-and-catholic-church/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21748/christian-registrar-gay-weddings http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21748/christian-registrar-gay-weddings#comments Sat, 12 Jul 2008 10:30:07 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21748 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21748/christian-registrar-gay-weddings/feed 0