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announced it would not take up the case of Arlene’s Flowers, a Washington state florists owned by Barronelle Stutzman, who in 2013 refused a same-sex couple’s wedding request. The case was a darling of the religious right, the far right, and her hate group attorneys, who falsely parroted the claim that because Stutzman was following her religious beliefs, the elderly florist may lose her business, her home, and her savings.

a case against the City of Philadelphia that had ended its contract because the adoption organization refused to serve same-sex couples and LGBTQ parents.“Not a green light for other organizations” to violate anti-discrimination laws, NBC News’ Pete Williams said.Catholic Social Services and the religious right groups supporting this lawsuit were seeking to revoke non-discrimination protections for LGBTQ people, along with minority religious groups like Jews and Muslims in an attempt to hand

published on Medium on Memorial Day, Leona Kimes, 37 — currently a lead pastor of Hillsong Boston — has alleged that in the seven years she spent as a nanny for Hillsong NYC pastors, she was “subjected to manipulation, control, bullying, abuse of power, and sexual abuse.”Her allegations join a months-long stream of claims about the formerly celebrity-adored church and its leaders, beginning with the shocking news that its now-fired head “hypepriest” pastor Carl Lentz had cheated on his wife.

Salt Lake City Tribune reports.He received criticism from a number of women, which led to Smith branding them nonbelievers and encouraging his followers to do the same.Calvin Burke, a gay BYU student and practicing Mormon, responded by tweeting out an apology for Smith’s comments.“On behalf of Mormonism, I apologize for Hank Smith,” Burke wrote.Smith responded by calling Burke “Korihor,” a term from the Book of Mormon associated with the anti-Christ.

The Pitch, those who refuse to sign the letter are “expected not to return” to their jobs in the fall. At least three teachers reportedly won’t be returning, after declining to sign.Whitefield’s headmaster, Dr.

Senator Lisa Murkowski, is a far right wing, pro-Trump religious extremist who believes being gay is “a choice” but being conservative is not.Tshibaka has written in years past in support of so-called “ex-gay” groups like the now-defunct Exodus International, supported psychologically-damaging “conversion therapy,” said gay people were “molested” as children, and opposes separation of church and state, according to a CNN investigative report.Tshibaka, a pastor who co-founded a Pentecostal

Tucker Carlson appears to have written that he was a member of the “Dan White Society” and the “Jesse Helms Foundation.”Dan White, assuming it’s the same one, is the man who assassinated Harvey Milk, one of America’s first openly-gay elected officials. At the same time, in 1978, he also assassinated San Francisco Mayor George Moscone.Jesse Helms is an infamous white supremacist who served as a Republican U.S.

ChéAhn, held a “Global Summit” last weekend that featured various right-wing pastors as speakers, including Trump-supporting evangelist Mario Murillo.Murillo, who has vehemently refused to accept the results of the 2020 presidential election, used his preaching slot to declare that God will destroy the United States to save it from the Democrats.“I felt the fierceness, the rage, and the absolute spirit of God Almighty,” Murillo said.

Right Wing Watch’s Kyle Mantyla.“Jesus wasn’t a wimp,” Jansen told parishoners. “He was a tough guy. He was a man.

embattled-megachurch revealed he had lived a double life as a pop-star preacher, performing his hit song “Healer” for Hillsong United with an oxygen tube in his nose — a ruse to hide a crippling addiction to pornography. (When Guglielmucci’s “lie was later exposed, Hillsong proactively removed the album that his recording of ‘Healer’ appeared on from shelves worldwide” and he has “never been employed at Hillsong Church in any capacity” a rep for the church confirmed to The Post.)The comeback

the AP reports.“The LGBTQ community opposes the bill, arguing it could lead to challenges against ordinances in several cities that prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression,” the AP adds.

registered Lighthouse City Mission Incorporated as a charity helping the “financially disadvantaged,” “people with chronic illness,” “migrants, refugees,” and the “general community in Australia,” among others. “Our mission is to provide food, clothing and a community of support for people who need it in the Port Adelaide area,” the charity’s Instagram bio more succinctly describes.

Jenna Ellis is furious about the Dept.

temporarily served as lead pastor for Hillsong’s NYC branch in the wake of Carl Lentz’s adulterous fall from grace — is leaving and embarking for sunnier shores, to set up his own religious institution in Hawaii. “My family and I will be moving to Hawaii in August, where I will begin the process of planting a local church close to where my brother lives with his beautiful wife and little boy,” Termini, 38, said in an Instagram post Thursday, before launching into praise for Hillsong founders

last year, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline operates 24/7 and toll-free, and can be accessed by dialing 988 regardless of location in the U.S.Legislation creating the toll-free number required LGBTQ cultural competency training for counselors, a voice response option which would allow LGBTQ youth to access specialized care, and LGBTQ resources on the Lifeline website.The passage of the National Suicide Prevention Hotline Designation Act also marked the first time that legislation

Mike Pence is re-establishing himself as an individual political entity after spending four years in President Donald Trump’s shadow as his loyal vice president, and once again he is embracing the more extreme religious and anti-LGBTQ elements of the conservative world.The former Vice President and former Second Lady, Karen Pence, on Wednesday visited Franklin Graham and his Samaritan’s Purse ministry, an evangelical Christian humanitarian aid organization that uses disasters to spread the

Jack Phillips, the Colorado Christian baker who refused to bake a wedding cake for a same-sex couple and won a very narrow victory in the U.S. Supreme Court – which was quickly misused by the Trump administration to expand anti-LGBTQ discrimination – is back in court this week.Phillips, who owns Masterpiece Cakeshop, refused to bake a birthday cake for a transgender woman back in 2017.

official ministry to pastors, summarizes a publication from last year called “Biblical Principles for Human Sexuality,” written by David Closson, FRC’s Director of Christian Ethics and Biblical Worldview.“The apostle Paul explains that humanity has rejected God, exchanging the truth about Him and the things He created for a lie,” FRC, a recognized hate group, summarizes.

Arkansas Republican Governor Asa Hutchinson‘s desk is legislation that, if signed into law, would allow a vast array of healthcare workers including doctors and pharmacists, hospitals, and even students to deny service to LGBTQ people or anyone else for any reason, including religious or moral, if doing so would violate their conscience.SB 289, the “Medical Ethics and Diversity Act,” is sponsored by Republican state Senator Kim Hammer, a Missionary Baptist preacher and hospice pastor who earlier

Tony Perkins, president of the anti-LGBTQ hate group Family Research Council, had an open door to President Donald Trump’s Oval Office until January 20.  Now he says President Joe Biden’s policies are “literally from the pit of hell.”Perkins, who continues to serve as Vice Chair of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, was also on President Donald Trump’s evangelical executive advisory board.

almost 16 million views due to the woman’s brazen proselytizing and bigotry.In captions accompanying the video, Kaiden — who is trans — notes that the woman was staring at him and his cousin, Jordan, before approaching their table.She asks them if they “go to church anywhere?”When they say that they don’t, she responds, “Do you guys know how to get to heaven?”“I don’t know you guys at all,” Jordan replies.Unfazed, the woman proceeds to misgender Kaiden, saying, “I know, I know, I just see you

Plans for the United Methodist Church to split into two denominations — one that supports LGBTQ people, and one that does not — have finally been revealed.Conservative leaders within the church announced Monday that they will seek approval to form the Global Methodist Church, more than a year after the church started to divide itself over the issue of same-sex marriage.Related: United Methodist Church splits over gay marriageThe specifics of the proposal, as set forth by 16 United Methodist

The Washington Post, after Politico Thursday night broke the news that the State Dept.

Family Research Council.On Thursday the FBI arrested Klein “on charges related to the storming of the Capitol on Jan.

launched a run for U.S. Congress Sunday in Washington state’s 3rd Congressional District, where incumbent Republican Rep.

statement released last week .Bill Donahue, CEO of Catholic League, accused Biden of using his first day in office to discuss human rights but limiting “his discussion to the rights of homosexuals and transgender persons.”“This tells us a great deal about his priorities,” Donahue continued. “In contrast to Biden’s obsession with the rights of sexual minorities is his total disinterest in the rights of Christians.

estimated 181 attacks on LGBTQ people during his time as president.He arguably led one of the most anti-LGBTQ administrations in recent history, including banning transgender people from the military, arguing that it should be legal to discriminate against LGBTQ people, and trying to prevent the children of same-sex parents from having U.S.

Sunday’s “Swamp Rangers” radio program, radical anti-LGBTQ activist Scott Lively declared that God stripped Donald Trump of the presidency because of Trump’s promotion of the LGBTQ agenda by giving a gay man, Richard Grenell, prominent positions within his administration.Lively was an ardent supporter of the former president and had hoped that Trump would use his presidency to destroy the LGBTQ movement by enacting Russian-style anti-gay laws in the United States.

signed the statement, which was released by the Tyler Clementi Foundation, a nonprofit that tackles online and offline bullying, harassment and humiliation.“As Catholic Bishops in the United States, we join with the Tyler Clementi Foundation in standing up for at-risk LGBT youth in our country,” the statement reads.

Trump’s tweets read. “Thank you.”The Commander in Chief had just placed a total ban on transgender service members.