http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Sun, 12 Feb 2012 13:59:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26313/dutch-christian-civil-servant-fired-for-opposing-gay-marriage http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26313/dutch-christian-civil-servant-fired-for-opposing-gay-marriage#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 13:45:25 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26313 A Christian civil servant has been fired by the Dutch city of The Hague for refusing to oversee same-sex marriages on Biblical grounds.

Wim Pijl, 67, said Tuesday, November 15, he would take legal action against the dismissal despite parliamentary support for gay weddings.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26313/dutch-christian-civil-servant-fired-for-opposing-gay-marriage/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26193/scotlands-gay-marriage-discussion-stirring-controversy-among-faith-groups http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26193/scotlands-gay-marriage-discussion-stirring-controversy-among-faith-groups#comments Wed, 28 Sep 2011 09:18:59 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26193 The Scottish government has begun a 14-week public consultation, running from 2 September to 9 December, on the question of legalizing marriage for gay couples, encouraging individuals and groups such as religious organizations to take part.

The government has said it would like to hear from religious groups and ordinary people, and has indicated religious organizations will have freedom of choice in deciding whether to officiate at gay weddings. ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26193/scotlands-gay-marriage-discussion-stirring-controversy-among-faith-groups/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24516/24516 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24516/24516#comments Fri, 25 Jun 2010 23:20:39 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24516 The Twin Cities Pride Festival cannot prevent an evangelical Christian from passing out Bibles and discussing his views against homosexuality at this weekend's event, a federal judge ruled Friday.

Twin Cities Pride argued that its rights should take precedence because it's paying $36,000 to lease Loring Park on the edge of downtown Minneapolis for the two-day event. The group also said Johnson contradicts the festival's "message of celebration and pride in being gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender."

But the judge ruled that the 42-acre park is a public forum, so Johnson's free-speech rights must be honored. Tunheim said Johnson is entitled to go ahead with his plans as long as he remains undisruptive.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24516/24516/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24486/ban-of-evangelist-at-pride-festival-is-sought http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24486/ban-of-evangelist-at-pride-festival-is-sought#comments Thu, 24 Jun 2010 05:47:07 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24486 Organizers of a gay pride festival in Minnesota have asked for a court order barring evangelist Brian Johnson from distributing Christian literature construed as anti-gay.

The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board refused to bar Johnson from handing out materials at the festival, saying it was his right under the First Amendment. Pride organizers say they barred Johnson from last year's festival because in previous years he misled attendees and tried to entice them to repent for the "sin of homosexuality."]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24486/ban-of-evangelist-at-pride-festival-is-sought/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24455/prop-8-mormonism-and-the-other-fight-for-alternative-marriage http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24455/prop-8-mormonism-and-the-other-fight-for-alternative-marriage#comments Tue, 22 Jun 2010 08:05:38 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24455 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24455/prop-8-mormonism-and-the-other-fight-for-alternative-marriage/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24445/baptists%e2%80%99-large-military-presence-colors-gay-debate http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24445/baptists%e2%80%99-large-military-presence-colors-gay-debate#comments Mon, 21 Jun 2010 13:34:36 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24445 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24445/baptists%e2%80%99-large-military-presence-colors-gay-debate/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/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