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Christian College Fires Gay Soccer Coach Over Instagram Stories

Kelsey Morrison was fired by Geneva College for posting “Jesus is radically inclusive.”

More Churches Cutting Ties With Boy Scouts of America

The BSA's new policy allowing gay adult leaders doesn't require any church-sponsored unit to accept them, but that's not enough for some churches.

Inclusiveness Is an Asset to Major LGBT-Affirming Churches and Synagogues

Some of the biggest congregations find that inclusion isn't just the right thing to do -- it brings worshippers in the door.

Christian College With Out Athletes Bans Gay Sex

The college, with two out volleyball players, has adopted a 'statement on human sexuality' proscribing 'sexual relations outside of marriage or between persons of the same sex.'

Presbyterians Overwhelmingly Approve Marriage Equality

The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) will soon allow its ministers to perform same-sex marriages.

U.K. Denomination Votes Down Same-Sex Weddings

A majority of United Reformed Church delegates favor the proposal, but unanimity is required.

During Pride, Take a Moment to Realize All We've Accomplished

We're living in scary, divisive times. But we have much to be proud of, writes Roberta Sklar.

'Time to Relocate:' Company Fleeing Georgia After Passage of Antigay Bill

A telecom business based in Decatur, Ga. stands by a tweet declaring it's moving out of state because of antigay legislation passed by the senate.

Faith Groups: Add Religious Freedom to Marriage Equality Bill

The organizations support a religious liberty amendment backed by a bipartisan group of U.S. senators, including Susan Collins and Tammy Baldwin.

Lutheran pastor's trial rekindles debates over gay clergy

A gay pastor in a relationship with another man will face disciplinary proceedings for violating church rules banning sex outside marriage.

The real meaning of ex-gay

"Reparative therapy" is based on an understanding of homosexuality that has been rejected by all the major health and mental health professions

Crossing Borders

Gay Americans have long been denied the right to live at home with their noncitizen partners. But Congress may finally be on the verge of changing all that. 

Jesus Would Go to Jail for Rejecting Same-Sex Unions, Says Conservative Cardinal

But did he really reject them? Some Catholics and other Christians say definitely not.

An Alternative Way to Be Catholic - and LGBT

Churches in the Old Catholic and Independent Catholic traditions offer services that will be familiar to Roman Catholics, along with unqualified affirmation of LGBT people.

More of You Could Be Fired for Getting Married

Necessary But Dangerous: If the Supreme Court rules in our favor, not all of the effects will be positive. The Advocate explores those possibilities in a special series.

Religious Support for Marriage Equality Marches Forward

The legal argument against marriage equality is being upended by the numerous Christian and Jewish bodies that support LGBT rights.

The Year in Queer

A month-by-month breakdown of the important LGBT news events of 2008.