Pew Forum Religious News

Just 20 years ago, opposition to abortion and opposition to homosexual rights seemed to overlap entirely.

Bishops in the nation's largest Lutheran denomination have approved preliminary steps to welcome a group of openly gay and lesbian ministers as official clergy with new liturgical rites.

A leading gay rights group says married gay service members should have the same rights as straight couples once President Obama ends the military's ban on open homosexuality in the ranks.

In a city with two openly gay council members, a powerful gay rights lobby and one of the highest proportions of same-sex couples living together in the nation, the question in recent years was not whether gay couples would be able to marry in the District but when.

Do not underestimate the significance of this day.

The Archdiocese of Washington's social service branch will stop offering benefits to spouses of new employees in a bid to balance the District of Columbia's new same-sex marriage law with Catholic opposition to homosexuality.

The Archbishop of Canterbury warned yesterday that damaging infighting over women bishops and gay priests could result in a permanent split in the Anglican Communion.

Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams warned Anglican clergy on Tuesday (Feb. 9) that their debate about female and gay bishops is causing "chaos" that must be resolved if the Church of England is to be unified.

There are some excellent arguments for ending the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy.

An instructor at a public community college in Fresno has been presenting his religious views on homosexuality, abortion and global warming as fact to students in an introductory health science class, the American Civil Liberties Union alleged Monday.