Tag: LGBTQ

United Methodist delegates approve plan giving U.S. churches more autonomy on LGBTQ issues

United Methodist Church delegates approved a restructuring plan that would allow church regions — including the U.S. — greater autonomy in deciding matters such as approving same-sex marriages and ordaining active LGBTQ clergy. Delegates to the church’s General Conference meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina, approved the measure 586-164, sending it to local conferences, the equivalent […]

Outgoing United Methodist leader predicts fallout if LGBTQ rules relaxed at upcoming meeting

The United Methodist Church could face a “seismic shift” if next week’s business session approves sweeping measures to relax long-held denominational restrictions and policies on homosexuality, an outgoing leader said Wednesday. On the ballot are proposals to drop restrictions on the roles available to LGBTQ people in the denomination, to eliminate policy language calling homosexuality […]

Mining Agency Seeks New Resources for LGBTQ Sensitivity

An Interior Department mining agency sought to purge its website and field offices of traditional language that could offend LGBTQ individuals, to comply with an executive order from President Joe Biden.  Employees of Interior’s Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement are directed to go through all agency messaging and remove language that presumes traditional […]

A Long Time Ago, in an LGBTQ+ Galaxy Far, Far Away… – PJ Media

I have a bad feeling about this. There’s a new Star Wars series coming to Disney+ that I’d briefly considered maybe-possibly giving a chance when it starts streaming in June. For starters, “The Acolyte” features Carrie-Anne Moss, who I’d happily watch read the warning labels of various prescription medications I’ll (hopefully) never have to […]

Gay rights advocates in Kentucky say expansion to religious freedom law would hurt LGBTQ+ safeguards

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Gay rights advocates pushed back Wednesday against a Republican-sponsored measure to broaden Kentucky’s religious freedom law, claiming it threatens to undermine community-level “fairness ordinances” meant to protect LGBTQ+ people from discrimination. The measure, House Bill 47, won approval from the House Judiciary Committee, but some supporters signaled a willingness to make revisions […]