Another University of Oklahoma instructor suspended in biblical psychology paper grading controversy
The university is investigating whether the second instructor engaged in "viewpoint discrimination."
December 8, 2025
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Trans pastor says she’s ‘surrounded by loving kindness’ after coming out to New York congregation
“The affirmations have been amazing,” Methodist Rev. Dr. Phillippa Phaneuf told The Advocate in an interview.
December 4, 2025
Upstate New York Methodist minister comes out as transgender to congregation during Sunday service
"I’m affirming and saying to all of you that I am transgender, and so the best way to put this is that I’m not becoming a woman, I’m giving up pretending to be a man," Rev. Dr. Phillippa Phaneuf told her congregation in a powerful speech.
December 3, 2025
Meet the lesbian minister whose church clapped back at Texas's ban on rainbow crosswalks
Volunteers at Oak Lawn United Methodist Church in Dallas have painted the steps in rainbow colors as a sign of welcome to all.
November 11, 2025
17 queer clergy taking the Gospel back from Christian nationalism
In churches across America, a quiet rebellion is rising from the pews to the pulpit. These clergy aren’t just preaching the gospel; they’re reclaiming it from those who’ve turned faith into a weapon.
November 11, 2025
Inside the fight against Trump in red states: It 'isn't just about Pride. It's about power'
In an exclusive interview, Human Rights Campaign President Kelley Robinson reflects on faith, family, and a new era for the equal rights movement.
October 22, 2025
Bishop William Barber: Ignoring the poor means ignoring the Jesus factor and defying Christianity
Opinion: Anything less, he warns, is heresy and a betrayal of both the gospel and democracy itself, writes John Casey.
September 27, 2025
Gay Trump ally Peter Thiel: Fear of technology will bring on the Antichrist
Thiel once suggested that environmental activist Greta Thunberg could be the Antichrist, although not in his latest lectures.
September 26, 2025
Bishop Budde’s inaugural remarks, not the impiety at Kirk’s memorial, are what Christianity is really about
Opinion: Will we follow the Christianity that serves the oppressed or the one that justifies hate and exclusion? writes John Casey/
September 23, 2025
Pope Leo XIV will continue Francis's acceptance of LGBTQ+ Catholics
The new Pope met with Father James Martin and shared his belief in inclusion and desire for continuity.
September 2, 2025
What are LGBTQ+ people's views on religion in the U.S.?
Less than half of U.S. adults who are LGBTQ+ (48 percent) say they identify with a religion, according to a new study by Pew Research Center.
August 25, 2025
While John MacArthur and Jimmy Swaggart welcome James Dobson to hell, their bigoted legacy on Earth lives on
Opinion: Three devils of the pulpit are gone, but their venom still fuels Trump’s pastors, politics, and power, writes John Casey.
August 25, 2025
James Dobson, the homophobic leader of Focus on the Family, dead at 89
Dobson was notoriously anti-LGBTQ+ and helped catalyze the religious right movement.
August 21, 2025
Conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ people, long discredited, could make a comeback
More than half of states restrict conversion therapy, but conservative courts could change that.
August 18, 2025
Anti-LGBTQ+ Catholic leader confirmed as ambassador to Vatican
Brian Burch, cofounder of CatholicVote, criticized Pope Francis's decision to bless same-sex couples.
August 6, 2025
Texas church vandalized by homophobes gets restored by affirming community
The Congregation at Life in the City painted over spray-painted messages of hate before Sunday service rolled around.
August 5, 2025
Indiana Lt. Gov. Beckwith shares post from church that called for death to gays; his team walks it back
Nevertheless, Beckwith has a history of horrific comments about LGBTQ+ people.
August 4, 2025
When Father Joe tells you who to vote for, America loses its last vestige of morality
Opinion: There’s no more separation of church and state, and congregants souls may only be saved by voting for the right candidate, writes John Casey.
July 11, 2025
Will the Catholic Church continue blessing same-sex couples under Pope Leo XIV?
A Vatican official spoke with a reporter about the topic recently.
July 9, 2025
Tennessee AG: It was God's will for him to defend gender-affirming care ban at Supreme Court
"God puts his people where he needs them," Jonathan Skrmetti said during the Southern Baptist Convention's annual meeting.
June 11, 2025
As Mental Health Awareness Month ends, the three lives I tried to run from and the one I’m running toward
Opinion: While May recognizes mental health, these issues need to be recognized every day, writes John Casey.
May 31, 2025